Higashi Nagoya Country Club (West A)

Overview: Higashi Nagoya Country Club's West Course is the longer, more open-feeling half of the 36-hole club in Toyota, east of Nagoya. This profile follows the A-green routing, whose official back-tee total is 7,010 yards at par 72. The club describes the West as a course that uses the surrounding hill contours but plays comparatively flat, with fairways that may appear rippled while the actual route remains comfortable underfoot. That gives the West a different rhythm from the East: there is room to commit to a tee shot, but the long scorecard and the need to position for the approach still make accuracy valuable.

History: The property opened in 1964 to a Giichi Sato design and has since been a regular stage for important Japanese competitions. The club's official record includes the Japan Open, Japan Women's Open and Japan Senior Open, and the JGA's event history identifies the West Course as a Japan Senior Open venue. The distinction between West and East matters to the club's identity: both belong to the same historic 36-hole institution, but their terrain and strategic emphasis are deliberately different.

Did You Know? The West A routing is 205 yards longer than Higashi Nagoya's East A from the official back tees, 7,010 against 6,805. The West also changes to 6,784 yards on its BG green configuration, so the A/B suffix in the directory records a genuine green-routing choice rather than a separate 18-hole property.