Jack_Nicklaus_Golf_Club_Korea

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea

Golf Course in Incheon, South Korea

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea (Korean: 잭 니클라우스 골프클럽 코리아, romanized: Jaek Nikarauseu Golpeu Keulleop Koria) in Incheon, South Korea, is the focal point of Songdo IBD's environmentally focused green space program. It is an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Nicklaus Design, headed by Jack Nicklaus.[1]

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Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Location in South Korea

From the back tees, the course exceeds 7,400 yards (6,770 m) and presents a challenge to even the most talented golfers.[2] Within the golf course, there will be a Western-style fairway community, including 179 detached single family villas.[1]

Events

The club hosted the eleventh Presidents Cup in 2015, the first held in Asia.[3] Before it officially opened, it was the site of a Champions Tour tournament in September 2010, the Posco E&C Songdo Championship, a first for that tour in Asia.[4] A second edition was played in 2011, as the Songdo IBD Championship. The International Crown, an eight-nation team event on the LPGA Tour, is scheduled for 2018 and will be the first held outside the United States.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Songdo IBD :: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea". Archived from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. [2]
    Nicklaus Design :: Course Overview
  3. [3]
    "Jack Nicklaus GC Korea to host 2015 Presidents Cup". PGA Tour. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  4. [4]
    Business Wire :: Jack Nicklaus Golf Korea: Asia's First PGA Tournament to be Held in Songdo[permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Course overview". Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

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