Pyongyang Golf Club
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18

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Location:
Youth Hero Highway,
Ryonggang,
South Pyongan,
VCXP+885,
KP
(GPS):
Holes:
18
Course Record:
34
Access:
Other
Owner:
DPRK
Courses Nearby:
Yanggakdo International Hotel GC (Closed)
Camp Bonifas Golf Course
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea
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Pyongyang Golf Club is situated on the banks of Taicheng Lake, 27 kilometres (17 mi) from central Pyongyang along the Youth Hero Highway. The 18‑hole 72‑par course covers 120 hectares (300 acres) with 45 hectares (110 acres) of green and is approximately 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) long. Its clubhouse covers 2,700 square metres (29,000 sq ft), includes a pro shop and a restaurant that is said to be the best in the country. The golf course is the only one in North Korea. According to the authorities, 40 players use the course on a daily basis.

In 1994, Park Young-man, the course regular, told Australian journalist Eric Ellis that Kim Jong-il once scored a 34 on the course. Park continued that Kim achieved a Birdie or better on every hole and had five holes-in-one. Later, this claim was further embellished to say that he had scored 11 holes in one, and that this was on the first round played at the course in 1987, and there were 17 bodyguards who witnessed it. It is not clear whether the exaggerated version was spread by the North Korean state or foreign news reporting. The website of the DPRK Amateur Golf Open credits German player Claudio Consul with the course record, with a score of 71.

In 2018, major expansion projects were initiated on the golf course, including 9 new holes, and new building and lodging facilities.

Via Pyongyang Golf Course on Wikipedia

The Pyongyang Golf Club… is undergoing a major expansion

Five of the nine new holes will be built on a long, narrow peninsula that juts out into the middle of the lake, which will be connected to the peninsula nearest the main clubhouse with a new 400-meter-long bridge.

Work on this stage of the renewal effort has not yet begun, according to November 12-dated satellite imagery.

Via NK News

Some info gathered from the article: Out of Bounds in North Korea – Pyongyang Golf Course.

Hole
Back
Regular
 
 
 
 
Par
 
 
HCP
Out
Int
In
Total
340
180
380
340
510
340
140
340
530
3100
 
340
360
490
160
350
330
420
190
460
3100
6200
320
150
360
320
480
320
120
320
510
2900
 
320
340
470
140
330
310
370
170
450
2900
5800
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
3
4
4
5
4
3
4
5
36
 
4
4
5
3
4
4
4
3
5
36
72
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
11
1
5
15
7
13
9
3
 
 
14
4
12
16
2
18
6
10
8