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Player Designed Hidden Tiger Named One of China’s Best New Courses

Nov 1, 2011 | Filed Under: General NewsGolf Course Design   Share

The Gary Player designed Hidden Tiger Golf Club was just named one of the three best new courses in China by Golf Digest.  The rankings which are considered to be extremely prestigious in China and throughout Asia were based on eight factors: shot value, playability, resistance to scoring, design variety, memorability, aesthetics, conditioning and ambience.

“This is great news.  I am so pleased that Hidden Tiger has been recognized as one of the best new courses in China.  It is a wonderful course with incredible lake and mountain views and we worked hard to ensure that each hole requires players to think about the strategy needed to score well.  I am very proud of this golf course,” said Gary Player. 

“David Wang and his team at Hidden Tiger were so committed to quality from the very beginning of our design and the course reflects that commitment.  Well done!” he added.

Scott Ferrell, President of Gary Player Design commented, “We feel it is so important to establish quality designs in emerging golf markets like China, and this award is evidence that we have accomplished that at Hidden Tiger.  I firmly believe that it will become even more popular as the base of golf grows throughout Asia.”

Taiping Lake is the largest man-made lake in the Anhui Province located at the southern foot of Mt. Huangshan and to the southeast of Mt. Jiuhua in the South Eastern part of the country.  It boasts a diverse ecological environment rife with ornamental plants and local specialties such as the world famous Taiping Houkui green tea, Huangshan Maofeng green tea, Longmen persimmon, Chinese goosebeery, Qiaoshan Chinese torreya nuts, dried wild fish, and Taiping silver fish.

Because if its advantageous location, diverse ecological environment and beautiful scenery tourism has become a focus of developers and the Chinese Government.  The opening of Hefei-Tongling-Huangshan expressway has increased the ease of travel throughout the province and additional development is planned with the goal of creating an international tourist mecca.

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