Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Golf course in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club is a members-only golf and country club on the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Its 18-hole course and 6-hole course lie on green, rolling coastal headland above the South China Sea, with fairways winding between sandy bunkers and a rectangular marina of white floating berths at the water's edge. The club also has a driving range, putting green, gym, spa, outdoor pool, tennis courts and several restaurants.
The club was built at a cost of about HK$250 million by investors including Kenneth Fung, Run Run Shaw and Yue-Kong Pao. On 4 November 1982 masked arsonists set a maintenance shed ablaze, destroying machinery worth about $2 million and delaying the opening. It opened in December 1982 with a nine-hole course, went bankrupt in 1983, and reopened on 18 April 1984 after a $6 million injection from a member.
The club's six membership categories cover golf, country club and marina use, and new members join by buying debenture units after a character check. It has staged the PGA Tour China Clearwater Bay Open, the World Amateur Team Championships and the Hong Kong Tennis Champions Cup. Golf ambassadors include Jason Hak, Motin Yeung, Matthew Cheung and Isabella Leung; tennis ambassador is Eudice Chong.
The club is private and members-only, so access depends on a member's invitation or a debenture purchase; new members undergo a character check. The site covers over 130 hectares on the Clear Water Bay Peninsula facing the South China Sea, with the marina at the western edge and the golf courses on the headland. Sturdy footwear suits the hilly terrain.
The club's course was built at a cost of about HK$250 million, funded by wealthy backers including Kenneth Fung, Run Run Shaw and Yue-Kong Pao. Government advisers criticised the construction, saying the access roads were a "major eyesore visible over a wide area" and that building methods left "unnecessary scars" on the peninsula.
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