Yokohama Country Club: East

The East and West Courses at Yokohama Country Club were designed by Takeo Aiyama and Hideo Takemura in 1960. More recently the East Course was renovated by Kentaro Sato in 2000 and in 2016 two holes were re-done by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (during their renovation of the West Course). The East side is characterized by deep bunkering, sloping greens and tight, tree-lined fairways. The front nine features the difficult par-4 fourth with a double-dogleg fairway protected tightly by trees. The back nine is highlighted by the two Coore and Crenshaw holes, with 17 playing as a long par 4 over water with a tight fairway, and 18 as a reachable par 5 with steep bunkering in front of the green. Forty minutes south of Tokyo, Yokohama Country Club is worth the trip to the countryside for one of the best 36-hole facilities in Japan.