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Pacific Links International
Pacific Links International is a Canadian owned golf corporation pursuing a strategy of acquiring signature properties in select world markets.

Founded in 2009, the company is focused on implementing a plan whose main feature is reciprocal access to multiple clubs around the world that have strong design and deliver a memorable golf experience.

Members will enjoy preferred benefits at their designated Home Club, as well as the variety and flexibility offered by reciprocal access to other Pacific Links member courses.

Pacific Links International currently owns or operates eight courses in Hawaii, Nevada and West Virginia in the United States, and in China. With its substantial financial resources, Pacific Links plans to continue to grow through acquisitions and the development of quality golf properties, providing its Members with more opportunities to enjoy reciprocal access and special programs.

The company is wholly owned by Du Sha, a Canadian citizen and one of China's most respected entrepreneurs. The founder of the 97-store Home World Group, Mr. Du is Chairman of Pacific Links. Bruce Simmonds, Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Links, founded and grew ClubLink Corporation into Canada's largest owner and operator of golf clubs.

In Hawaii, Pacific Links International operates Kapolei, Mākaha West, Mākaha Valley, and Royal Hawaiian. In September 2012, Kapolei will play host to the Pacific Links Hawai‘i Championship, a new 54-hole stroke play Champions Tour event that will feature a $1.8 million purse and a field of 81 Champions Tour professionals.

The company’s holdings in Las Vegas, Nevada include Southern Highlands as well as The Golf Club at SouthShore and its sister property, The Lake Club. Pacific Links also owns Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

Pacific Links is transforming its existing 36-hole golf facility in Tianjin, China into The 27 Club, designed by 27 prominent major golf champions, and the anchor amenity of a six star international golf resort and residential community.

Pacific Links International Properties
Southern Highlands, Las Vegas, Nevada

With its bold design and dramatic elevation changes, Southern Highlands is renowned as one of the top golf clubs in Vegas. One of only four courses co-designed by the late Robert Trent Jones Sr. and his son Robert Trent Jones Jr., Southern Highlands is among the Top 100 courses in the United States as ranked by Golfweek magazine.

The Golf Club at SouthShore, Henderson, Nevada

Golf's greatest major champion has crafted The Golf Club at SouthShore. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course is known for its beauty, recently renovated bunkering and nuanced greens. Pacific Links has also reunited The Golf Club at SouthShore with The Lake Club, providing Members with access to 325-acre Lake Las Vegas and its beach and boating, as well as the facility's fine dining and fitness facilities.

Royal Hawaiian, Kailua, Hawaii

At Royal Hawaiian, legendary golf architect Pete Dye and his son Perry have integrated crafty golf holes into tumbling terrain framed by ancient jungle trees upwards up of 100 feet tall at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains in Oahu. The back nine builds to an exciting finish as it winds through leafy corridors to fast bentgrass greens; players are presented with tantalizing risk-reward scenarios.

Mākaha Golf Club (West), Waianae, Hawaii

To take full advantage of the beauty of the tranquil Mākaha Valley and the Waianae Mountains, Pacific Links has engaged Greg Norman to remake Mākaha West into an unforgettable championship course. Featuring a breathtaking mountain backdrop and the beauty of the Oahu's pristine western shore, this natural canvas will be transformed into an exciting course that can host the world's best players.

Mākaha Valley Country Club (East), Waianae, Hawaii

Mākaha Valley Country Club (East) provides the other half of the one-two punch in this beautiful tourist region. Adjacent to Mākaha Golf Club (West), Mākaha Valley weaves along rolling terrain framed by dense trees, ferns and tropical plants. Presenting golfers with a variety of doglegs and elevation changes, the course builds to an entertaining climax on one of Hawaii's most demanding closing holes.

Kapolei Golf Club, Kapolei, Hawaii

Home of the new Pacific Links Hawai‘i Championship, Kapolei is a golf journey that will test and charm Champions Tour players set to play in the event September 10-16, 2012. Amateur golfers will revel in following the footsteps of great champions such as Greg Norman and Annika Sorenstam at Kapolei, which hosted the LPGA Tour’s Ladies Hawaiian Open from 1996 to 2001. Kapolei is highly regarded for its magnificent beauty, floral gardens and strategic golf holes. Kapolei’s elevated greens, 80 bunkers and five lakes provide delightful tactical challenges.

Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport, West Virginia

Pete Dye has worked his legendary alchemy to transform a former coal mine in the mountains of West Virginia into a stunningly beautiful and engaging course that ranks among his greatest works. No. 45 on Golf Digest's ranking of America's 100 Greatest Courses, Pete Dye Golf Club is a player's club of 7,248 yards that weaves mining remnants and rambunctious terrain into a course that tempts and tests golfers from the opening tee shot to the final putt. From 2004-2009, the course played host to an annual Nationwide Tour event. Pete Dye Golf Club is No. 9 on Golfweek's ranking of the Best Modern Courses.

The 27 Club, Tianjin, China

When it debuts, The 27 Club is destined to become one of the world's most sought after golf experiences in Asia. The 27 Club is certainly among golf's most exciting projects; 27 golf champions—including Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Annika Sorenstam and Vijay Singh—are designing their favourite elements into each hole, reflecting the unique character of their individual games. As one of Asia's premier courses, it will host Champions Tour events at a six star international golf resort and high end residential community slated to open in 2014.