Haesley Nine Bridges
The original Nine Bridges course on Jeju Island was designed by David Dale, Kevin Ramsey, and the Golfplan design team; thus, it makes sense that the developers would choose the same architects a decade later to design Haesley Nine Bridges.
After all, why wouldn't owner Jay H. Lee want to rehire the same company after his Jeju course was ranked in the World Top 100 by Golf Magazine?Dale constructed cutting-edge sub-air and hydronics systems in all eighteen T-1 bentgrass greens with the help of Augusta National's director of agronomy, Marsh Benton.Inhaling or injecting air into the soil beneath the putting greens can reduce the amount of moisture in the ground, while hot or cold water pumped through subterranean pipes can raise or lower the soil temperature.
The famed playing quality of the greens at Haesley Nine Bridges should come as no surprise. The par-4 fourth, which features an intimidating forced carry over a sequence of cascading waterfalls, and the par-4 ninth, which is played to a peninsula green in front of a spectacular, ultra-modern clubhouse that won the World Architecture Award, are two of the most memorable courses on the front nine.
The short par-4 10th on the back nine is one of the course's most breathtaking features, thanks to an island fairway and green that are both surrounded by water and framed by a thirty-foot waterfall. Hwa Young, Herald Sports' Korean Correspondent and Chief Editor, penned the following piece:
Google Rating: 4.8/5.0
Location:76 Myeongpum 1-ro, Yeoju-eup, 연라동 Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Website: https://www.haesley.com:447/index.asp
