Shin Chitose Country Club (Horoka Left)

Overview: Horoka is the companion 18-hole routing at Shin Chitose Country Club, with a current blue-tee total of 6,624 yards and par 72. The PGM guide shows a varied card, including the 498-yard second hole, a 555-yard sixth and a run of shorter strategic holes on the inward nine. That balance gives Horoka a different pacing from Hamanasu while keeping the same broad Chitose travel setting.

History: The current operator presents Horoka and Hamanasu as separate courses at Shin Chitose Country Club. The directory's Left and Right labels are alternate records around Horoka, not two independent 18-hole layouts, so the Left row is retained as the canonical identity and the Right row remains held. Current PGM evidence confirms the operating route and scorecard, but does not give a reliable opening year or architect for this exact routing.

Did You Know? Horoka's par-threes create a neat contrast across the round. The third measures 171 yards from blue, the eighth 184, the fourteenth 141 and the seventeenth 164. Those distances are close enough to invite comparison, but the changing position in the round and surrounding hole sequence mean they are not interchangeable shots.