Kyushu Golf Trail

Six rounds in Miyazaki and Kagoshima, playable through the Japanese winter.

Nights: 8
Rounds: 6
From: $6,800 pp
Best season: October – May

The trip for groups who want to play every day. Kyushu's south coast stays mild when Honshu is frozen, and Miyazaki holds two of the best courses in the country ten minutes apart — one a tournament parkland, the other Tom Watson's links experiment.

Day by day

Day 1
Arrive Miyazaki
Direct from Tokyo or Osaka. Check in to the resort; range session in the evening light.
Day 2
Miyazaki
Phoenix Country Club
The tournament course, played from the members' tees unless you ask otherwise.
Day 3
Miyazaki
Tom Watson Golf Course
A complete change of golf: firm turf, run-ups and pot bunkers.
Day 4
Miyazaki
Phoenix Country Club (second nine combination)
A different three-nine combination, then an afternoon on the coast at Aoshima.
Day 5
Nichinan Coast
Coastal championship course
South along the Nichinan coast for a clifftop round and the Udo Shrine.
Day 6
Kirishima
Highland championship course
Inland to volcanic highlands for a round in cooler air. Onsen ryokan overnight.
Day 7
Kagoshima
A rest day: Sakurajima by ferry, Sengan-en garden, and Satsuma cuisine in the city.
Day 8
Kagoshima
Final round
A last eighteen with Sakurajima on the horizon, then a farewell dinner.
Day 9
Depart
Transfer to Kagoshima Airport.