Golden Palm Country Club Kagoshima Yoshida ☆ Follow

Golden Palm Country Club Kagoshima Yoshida is a 36-hole, par-72 facility located in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The course is designed as a hilly layout that incorporates large ponds, lagoon bunkers, and palm trees to evoke the atmosphere of a Hawaiian golf course. The terrain features gentle ups and downs, with wide fairways that allow players to hit with confidence. The front nine presents a challenging start, particularly the fifth hole, a long par-4 that serves as the most difficult hole on the outbound side. The ninth hole introduces water hazards, with a pond on the left side and a series of lagoon bunkers guarding the approach. The back nine continues the water-heavy theme, starting with the fourteenth hole, where the green juts out into the water like a peninsula. The sixteenth hole is noted for its beauty, with a stream flowing through the open landscape, while the eighteenth hole demands precision with a pond to the right, a creek straight ahead, and a large pond behind the green. Water hazards are a defining characteristic of the course, with many holes featuring ponds or streams. The eighteenth hole requires a strategic decision from the second shot, as the green is split into two islands; attacking from the right is generally considered the safer route for securing par. The course is equipped with GPS cart navigation to assist players with distance and pin position information.