Hokkaido Brooks Country Club Golf Course Layout

: Front nine with beautiful contrast of Japanese larch and white birch requires adventurous ideas and appropriate judgments.
: Back nine with a series of sceneries reminiscent of the Links of Scotland require accurate shots, without being affected by the splendid viewes.

The massive ground of 1.65 million square meters has abundant green and gentle natural ups and downs.
The 18 holes were laid out to go with nature as it is, with plenty of ups and downs on fairways, also with very beautiful scenery as well.
Its style is very orthodox, not trying to draw attention, in a sense, the prototype of a golf course.

The course of the Hokkaido Brooks Country Club has an atmosphere similar to those of prestigious golf courses in the United States, both elegant and stately.
Like prestigious golf courses in the United States, the course exploits the advantages of being “hand-made.” High-grade design ideas of Ed Sneed and Taizo Kawata, designers/supervisors of the course, are applied to every hole and corner to create a beautiful but strategic course, arousing golfers’ spirit of challenge.

We are convinced our authentic golf course, providing all the excitement of golf, is close to the original concept of golf.
We would like you to enjoy excitement and encounters to the full like you have never experienced before, on the ground here in Hokkaido.

Yardage

O U T
HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
PAR	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	5	36
Championship	418	430	434	544	200	410	196	441	557	3,630
Back	396	430	403	522	180	388	196	413	534	3,462
Regular	370	406	378	486	163	360	174	397	487	3,221
Front	347	386	358	467	148	340	146	382	487	3,061
Ladies	321	336	260	432	137	316	139	295	444	2,680
HDCP	15	3	9	5	13	7	17	1	11	-

I N
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
PAR	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	36	72
Championship	424	551	364	222	456	445	201	558	461	3,682	7,312
Back	400	551	335	195	428	413	169	526	441	3,458	6,920
Regular	358	515	335	195	392	395	143	506	385	3,224	6,445
Front	332	481	309	171	364	381	120	472	368	2,998	6,059
Ladies	301	431	283	146	296	346	111	382	330	2,626	5,306
HDCP	10	4	16	14	8	2	18	6	12	-	-

Holes Recommended for Attractions	● Driving Contest (DC) : Out: Hole 9 / In: Hole 17 ● Closest-to-the-pin Contest (NP) : Out: Hole 5 / In: Hole 16

■Yardage Signs

Yardage Signs are made as birdhouses so as not to spoil the sceneries.

Blue birdhouse　･･･　200Yards
Yellow birdhouse　･･･　150Yards
White birdhouse　･･･　100Yards

For each hole, yards are indicated on the covers of sprinklers.

Local Rules

Boundaries for Out of Bounds shall be indicated by white stakes.
Boundaries for Grounds under Repair shall be indicated by blue stakes or white lines.
All ponds and swamps inside the course shall be Lateral Water Hazards and their boundaries are indicated by red stakes or red lines.
All artificial construction placed inside the course shall be regarded as obstacles which cannot be moved, such as:
paved paths, waterways, manholes, bridges, water supply & sprinkler systems, props for trees, stairways, immovable sheets, vessels for top dressings, sign boards, stone walls and crosstiesleepers to protect slope faces.
All items not mentioned here shall accord to the Rules of Golf of the Japan Golf Association.

Note: Modifications of or additions to the Local Rule shall be notified by a notice in the club house.

From Designers/Supervisors

: Every hole has its own atmosphere like a beautiful landscape,
because we have designed 18 holes so as to follow the ground created by Nature.

Any golf course should follow Nature. Not only undulations on fairways but also those on greens should fit into surrounding landscapes and natural slopes.
Flat greens are not compatible with courses incorporating a combination of natural curves.

So, there are no so simple greens that lose the real pleasure of golf.

The closest attention has been paid to connections between holes so that players can enjoy playing till the last hole.
That is, you have to have a different route to attack a different hole. Accurate judgment and courage is necessary for the player on the teeing ground for every hole.

You should be aggressive, or defensive -
It’s a very strategic course that players should stay sharp for every shot from the starting Hole 1 to the end Hole 18.
: The Course of the Hokkaido Brooks Country Club has plenty of beauty and strategy, common to all the superior golf courses in the United State: nature has been left as it is.
We could make the best use of natural slopes, gaps, and basins as ups and downs on fairways.
I myself am satisfied with the course as we aimed to design an orthodox one not drawing undue attention.

I am never a malicious designer; I have clearly indicated the best routes for respective holes.
Of course, the routes may be different for average golfers and those that an experienced golfer would like to challenge.
However, for every hole, players who use his/her power to fight through to the end will be tested in its own way; the same hole would smile gently on a player enjoying shooting a round.

I am convinced that the Hokkaido Brooks Country Club has a course that players should shoot a round using all of his/her knowledge and technique freely as much as possible and will feel the pleasure of golf as a sports activity.