Shenzhen Mission Hills Golf Club (Els)

Overview: The Els Course at Mission Hills Shenzhen measures 7,049 yards and plays to par 72. Ernie Els built it as a lush, core-style layout where no two holes run parallel, giving the round a sequence of changing views rather than a repetitive back-and-forth. Wide turf corridors sit beside dense vegetation, colourful streams and steep grass-faced bunkers. The fourth tee occupies one of the higher points on the property, so the course mixes open panorama with a more enclosed, garden-like character.

History: Els is one of six designer-led routings at the Shenzhen clubhouse, along with the World Cup, Vijay, Ozaki, Faldo and Pete Dye courses. Mission Hills continues to list it for current events. No reliable opening year for this exact course was found in the official course material, so the historical field remains open.

Did You Know? The official description gives the Els Course an unusual architectural signature: a core layout in which no two holes run parallel. That helps explain why the course feels more like a connected walk through a large landscape than a grid of fairways. The high fourth tee opens a broad view across the surrounding Mission Hills complex.