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Shanghai Links Golf and Country Club

Shanghai Links Golf and Country Club is one of the first golf courses to be built in China, and one of only two golf courses in the City of Shanghai. It is the only championship golf course within the city limits of any major city in Mainland China.

Shanghai Links Golf and Country Club ("SLGCC") was formed as an equity Joint Venture under Chinese law with the Chinese name, Shanghai Huaxia Trip Internatinal Country Club in 1992. The joint venture was 80% owned by SLGCC and 20% owned by Huaxia Tourism and Development Group Company ("Huaxia"), a company formed by the Pudong New Area Special Economic Zone Government in the eastern half of Shanghai. Huaxia has several Chinese state agencies as shareholders, Pudong District Government, the Bank of Agriculture, and the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese State Water Bureau.

SLGCC is a par 73, 7,165 yard championship golf course designed by golf legend, Jack Nicklaus. It is an 18 hole links style golf course built on land reclaimed by the State Water Bureau from the East China Sea by Sealand Housing Corporation, under the supervision of Golder and Associates Engineering. The first 9 holes of the golf course were completed in mid-1996, and the other 9 holes of the golf course were completed in late 1997. The golf course includes irish dune-like sand traps and 14 lakes that serve the function of water traps and storm water catchment for the adjacent Shanghai Links Executive Community.

The course was built by Sealand Housing Corporation under the supervision of Gulf Turf and Turf Management both companies under the Jack Nicklaus umbrella.

The first clubhouse was opened in early September of 1997, and a larger clubhouse which includes a luxury hotel that fronts on the East China Sea was opened in 2004.

The golf course has hosted a variety of international golf tournaments. Its membership includes important Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing, Dupont, Caterpillar, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, BASF Chemicals, Mori Corporation, Samsung, and many others.