西湖国际高尔夫球场

West Lake International Golf Course occupies 200 Zhijiang Road in Zhuangtang subdistrict, Xihu district, Hangzhou, on the Zhijiang belt south of West Lake and about 10 km from the lake itself. It served as the competition and training venue for golf at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The course covers roughly 700,000 sqm with 1,300 sqm of buildings, 18 holes and 7,039 yards from the black tees, the championship markers. Jack Nicklaus designed it, and it opened in 1997 as Zhejiang's earliest golf course and the only one approved by the State Council. Ringed by green hills, the fairways and greens are laid among lakes, woods and streams and follow the natural fall of the land, preserving as much of the original terrain as possible; bentgrass is used on the greens and Kentucky bluegrass on the fairways. Before the Games the turf, irrigation and drainage were rebuilt to a high standard so that green speed and smoothness met professional tournament requirements. During the 2023 Asian Games the course staged the men's individual, men's team, women's individual and women's team events, four gold medals. In May 2023 the West Lake International Open ran there as the test event, with 126 players from eight countries and regions. After the Games it remains Zhejiang's golf training base and a venue for professional and amateur tournaments, keeping its public practice facilities and coaching programmes; Zhijiang Road links the site to central Hangzhou, Zhuantang and Fuyang, with Yunqi Town and Tongjian Lake nearby. The club also keeps a practice range and practice greens, which the provincial squad uses for training camps.