Golfing in Malaysia

	Greg Norman once said that “happiness is a long walk with a putter”, and for golfers that phrase drives straight to the heart! Beyond the game itself, playing golf in Malaysia provides the opportunity for its participants to be in the great outdoors. Often set against striking natural scenery, golfers in Malaysia can breathe in the fresh air and embrace nature’s wonders whilst getting both exercise and sun.
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	In addition, many of Malaysia’s best golf courses are located in big hotel resorts with spa treatments such as massage centres that can provide that perfect balance to sport with further relaxation. And more importantly, for wives and girlfriends who wish to holiday but don’t par–take in the fairways, spa pampering is a welcome alternative. Golf Courses in West Malaysia Malaysia golfing is flush with quite a few top golf resorts. Mines Resort & Golf Club near Kuala Lumpur is a prime example. It is part of the Mines Resort City with its giant, extravagant Palace of the Golden Horses, and the course – designed by Robert Trent Jones – is situated on what was once the largest opencast tin mine in the world. Its distinguishing feature is a huge lake, created to fill in part of the mine. Designed by Ronald Fream, the Saujana Golf & Country Club in Selangor near Kuala Lumpur has hosted seven Malaysian Opens. It boasts two famous international courses – the Palm Course and the Bunga Raya Course – both designed by Ronald Fream. Nearby is the acclaimed The Royal Selangor Golf Club, with 36 holes that comprise an 18-hole Old Course, an 18-hole New Course and a 9-hole Suleiman Course. The institution was established in 1893 and is the haunt of many a cabinet minister and other high-flyers. Colonial comforts and undulating tea-strewn hills are very much the flavour at Cameron Highlands, a cool getaway 200km north of Kuala Lumpur. Like many hill stations, this was developed as a summer escape for Europeans – and Britain’s more pleasant influences live on in the rose gardens and mock-Tudor architecture. Tee off with tea garden views at the 18-hole, par-71 Cameron Highlands Golf Course in Brinchang. This is a public course and is considered relatively challenging, with thick rough, a number of streams and fine sand bunkers. A pleasant colonial-stay option is the nearby, elegant Cameron Highlands Resort. For a special game of golf, head for the mellow Malaysian island of Langkawi, where The Golf Club Datai Bay is set in a tropical rainforest with all the flora and fauna to match. It’s not unusual to spot a monitor lizard ambling across the fairway. The golf course is attached to the splendid and atmospheric five-star GHM property, The Datai. The last hole is played out of the forest onto the Andaman coast. More island golf is available in multi-attraction Penang where the18-hole Bukit Jambul, hilltop course has views of Penang and the Penang Bridge linking it to mainland Malaysia. It’s been extensively renovated since it first opened in 1984 and it has hosted the Malaysian Open. This is another Robert Trent Jones course, with a famous 10th hole – the tee is located 100ft above the fairway.
	Golf Courses Malaysian Borneo (in Sabah and Sarawak) In Sabah and Sarawak, the emergence of a new generation of modern "links" golf courses designed by the like of Jack Nicklaus, Graham Marsh, Ronald Fream, Nelson Hapworth and Robert Muir Graves offers spectacular ocean and mountain views making Malaysian Borneo a golfing haven. Featuring night golf is the Sutera Harbour Golf & Country Club, designed by Graham Marsh and set in the midst of Sutera Harbour Resort with the backdrop of the South China Sea. Read more detailed information about golfing in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Golf Courses in Brunei (Bruneian Borneo) The small, “dry” sultanate of Brunei may not be a party animal’s paradise, but when it comes to golf and glamour you can’t go wrong. The Empire Golf Club attached to the large and glitzy The Empire Hotel & Country Club is a golfers’ dream. The par-71 Jack Nicklaus-designed championship course has fabulous sea views with cliffs and ravines thrown in. All 18 holes are floodlit so you’ve got your evenings cut out for you. The signature hole is the 15th, which takes players right along the beach.