Sapporo Regent Golf Club Thomson Course

Overview: Peter Thomson's routing covers 18 holes and returns a par of 72 in the Kitahiroshima golf corridor. The current detailed hole table totals 6,847 yards from the back tees. The front of the course is relatively open, while the back nine is presented as the more scenic half, and the routing uses pot bunkers and strategic positioning to give the round a links-influenced feel within a Hokkaido parkland setting.

History: The course opened on 8 April 1995 and takes its design inspiration from the Old Course at St Andrews. That does not make it a replica links course: the setting is inland and wooded, and the course is operated as part of the wider Sapporo Regent group. Its clear Peter Thomson authorship and later opening distinguish it from Regent's 1974 New and Old courses.

Did You Know? The club overview and detailed hole table publish slightly different back-tee totals, 6,872 and 6,847 yards. This profile uses the current hole-table total rather than hiding the discrepancy or averaging it. More importantly for play, the Thomson identity is visible in the pot-bunker influence and the contrast between a more open front side and a back nine marketed for its scenery.