Hayakita Country Club (North Wing)

Overview: Hayakita Country Club’s North Wing is the tournament-minded half of a 36-hole facility in Abira, about 20 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport. The official club describes it as a full championship course laid across the green hills of Hayakita, with wide fairways, deep forest and enough distance to make the back tees a genuine test. The current scorecard gives the exact routing a par of 72 and 7,200 yards from the championship tees. Hirochika Tomizawa is identified as the designer, and the club says the design philosophy carries the influence of major champion Larry Nelson.

History: The North Wing’s story is best read alongside the South Wing rather than as an isolated resort course. Hayakita Country Club was developed as a large two-course destination overlooking the Yufutsu Plain and the Pacific, with the North Wing assigned the more tournament-oriented role and the South Wing the more scenic, delicate role. The current official material does not publish a secure opening date for this exact routing, so the profile avoids borrowing a date from another Hayakita or Abira course. What is clear is the continuing identity of the North Wing as the facility’s championship platform.

Did You Know? The official scorecard makes the finish unusually easy to picture. The 17th is a 213-yard par three where water creates a decision about whether to attack, and the 18th is a 557-yard par five where a cross bunker and another water question shape the approach. Those details explain the North Wing’s character better than a generic claim about difficulty: the closing stretch asks for both club selection and a clear strategy under pressure.