Southern Links

Overview: Southern Links is an 18-hole coastal course on Okinawa’s southern shore, where the fairways run across exposed ground above the Pacific. On the current Accordia card, par is 72 and the listed length is 6,311 yards. Sea wind is an active design element here: it changes the carry into exposed greens and makes club selection feel different from one side of the property to the other. The setting combines clipped fairways, rocky coast and long ocean sightlines.

History: Accordia’s current course record gives December 1, 1988 as the opening date and credits Ryukyu Resort Co., Ltd. with the design. The course was developed as part of a seaside resort setting rather than as an inland parkland club, and the hotel relationship remains visible in the way the layout and accommodation are presented together today.

Did You Know? Several holes play with the Pacific immediately in view, and the official description emphasizes the coastline rather than a manufactured water feature. That matters on a windy day: the natural sea edge is both the course’s visual signature and the source of the changing angles that give the layout its character.