R9 Studios FL / CC BY 2.0Okinawa Winter Escape
Subtropical golf and a beach resort, in the months nobody else is playing.
- Nights
- 5
- Rounds
- 4
- From
- $4,300 pp
- Best season
- November – April
January in Okinawa means 20°C, firm fairways and turquoise water off the sixteenth tee. Four rounds, a west-coast resort base, and enough downtime that this works as a golf trip and a holiday at the same time.
Day by day
- Day 1
Arrive Naha
Forty minutes up the coast to the resort. Sunset from the beach.
- Day 2
Central Okinawa
Ryukyu Golf Club
The tour venue, played in a coastal breeze.
- Day 3
Onna
Resort championship course
An ocean-side round in the morning, the afternoon free at the resort.
- Day 4
Northern Okinawa
Northern championship course
North to the Motobu peninsula, with the Churaumi Aquarium nearby for non-golfers.
- Day 5
Okinawa
Final round
A last eighteen, then Naha: Shuri Castle grounds and Kokusai-dori.
- Day 6
Depart
Transfer to Naha Airport.
Other itineraries
Tokyo & Mount Fuji
The classic first trip: four great courses, two nights in Tokyo, Fuji on the skyline.
jetalone / CC BY 2.0Hokkaido Summer
Cool air, long evenings and five rounds while the rest of Japan swelters.
Tetsuhiro Terada / CC BY 2.0Kansai: Culture & Golf
Kyoto temples, Osaka food and three rounds in the Rokko mountains.