Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course, Public golf course in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course occupies 250 hectares on Kau Sai Chau, an island off the Sai Kung Peninsula about 15 km from central Hong Kong. It holds three 18-hole courses: the North and South Courses, designed by Gary Player, and the East Course, by Nelson & Haworth. A two-tier driving range has 60 bays, plus two practice greens.
The facility was founded in 1995 by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and was Hong Kong's first publicly accessible golf facility. This opening allowed more people to play the sport rather than reserving it for members of private clubs.
The course was conceived as a community project: the Hong Kong government loaned the land to the Jockey Club free of charge, and the club donated HK$500 million to build the facilities with the mission of promoting golf to the people of Hong Kong. Weekday handicap limits are 36.4 for men and 40.4 for women.
Access is by ferry from Sai Kung Pier, which regularly connects the mainland to the island. Visitors should check departure times in advance and allow enough time to complete the crossing and travel to the courses.
Wild boars, about 20 of them, forage on the course at night, rooting up turf for earthworms and insects; a 50 kg boar eats 4,000 to 4,500 calories a day. Electric fencing and periodic calls to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department have not solved the problem.
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