The Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club offers premium quality golf courses in the southern Malaysia. Since opened in May 2008, this golf course has been a challenging piece of art due to many attractive features and several excellent holes to enjoy.
Host of the Asian Tour Iskandar Johor Open
Horizon Hills is a hidden jewel among golf courses in Johor. This golf course is one of the most attractive facilities in addition to gardens, parks and lakes within Iskandar Development Region in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia.
The Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club built within 1,200-acre in the heart of Nusajaya. Expand 6,271 meters, the par 72 with layouts designed specifically for international golf championship, Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club offers endless challenges.
Designed by architect Roos Watson, the Horizon Hills golf course opened in 2008. Then, in 2010 this 18-hole golf course hosted the Asian Tour Iskandar Johor Open competition.
Challenging Golf Course Design
Using the ‘risk reward’ principle, this golf course design creates a layout that challenges your skill from tee to green. Horizontal Hills was designed, so it could preserve the natural terrain of the land. So, don’t be surprised if you’ll find many holes with significant elevation changes along the game.
Another exceptional characteristic of the Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club are bunkers full of sand, waterfalls, lakes and ponds that pose exciting challenges for professional and amateur golfers. One of the most popular holes is the 500 meters second hole. For most golfers, this hole with a fairly challenging creek poses a serious challenge.
Amateur golfers usually served the challenges as a par 6 laying-up short of the crossed two creek. While professional golfers will complete the challenge of the creek to completion. This genuine risk hole is indeed a challenge that must be treated with great respect. A little slipped can result in double bogey or worse.
The last two holes will become the real defiance for the golfers. The 17th hole is a 135 meter par-3 with huge green plus strong winds often result in many golfers undoing. Whereas the final hole is par-5 which can be played in 3 shots. Any offline calculation will result in landing the ball in the lake or fall to the bunker located strategically near the fairway.
Attractive Facilities for Leisure and Entertainment
Horizon Hills golf course is easily accessible. It also becomes an important entertainment center for residents of the Horizon Hills residential area. Where the entire complex is owned and managed by Horizon Hills Resort Berhad, which is part of the property giants Gamuda Land and UEM Sunrise Berhad.
The Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club also offers the best facilities. While the golf course designed by Ross Watson, the club facilities beg to differ. The 17 billion USD clubhouse building designed by Argentine designer Emesto Bedmar.
This five-star class clubhouse is ready to welcome visitors with a variety of attractive facilities such as tennis courts, Olympic-sized swimming pools, pro shops, fitness centers, restaurants and grand ballrooms. The facility proves Horizon Hills Golf and Country Club is not just an ordinary golf resort, but also offers top class leisure and entertainment.
