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Zhongshan International Golf project was jointly designed by 4 top-notch design teams of the world, namely, Gary Player, EDSA, Belt Collins and WATG, and boasts the top-class golf course in Jiangsu province.
Golf Course Designer: Gary Player
As a legend in the international golf circle, also known as ¡°Black Knight¡±, Gary Player has won 163 champion trophies including 9 from the major. He and his company have designed for more than 200 golf courses worldwide involving all the terrain conditions imaginable.
Gary Player is an expert at making the golf course suitable for golfers of all levels, focusing on the perfect blend of golf course and natural landscape through utmost preserving its original environment. Embracing the historical and humanistic features of Zhongshan, Gary Player fully utilizes the complex terrains and natural sceneries, and takes various skills and tactics into consideration, thus making this a unique golf course with the grace and glory of the Purple Mountain.
With the terrain and hydrological conditions blended into its design, the 18-hole course boasts the fairways with distinct characteristics and attractiveness, where the strategy and landscape are integrated while the enjoyment and sense of achievement are unified.
General Planning: EDSA Company
As a leading company in the world planning and design industry whose headquarter is located in Fort Lauderdale of Florida, EDSA is the only landscape consulting company designated by American presidents with hundreds of planners and landscape architects. In the pantheon of the classic projects designed by EDSA, the most awarded ones include Heron Bay Florida USA, Disney Vacation Club Florida USA and 2008 Olympic Park Beijing China.
Insisting on the design philosophy of ¡°Respect for Nature¡±, EDSA utmost utilizes the rolling terrain, rich water resource, and flourishing vegetation to reserve as many original features as possible and integrate all the existing natural resources with the course so as to provide every golfer the most memorable enjoyment and experience.
Landscape Design: Belt Collins USA
As one of the top 5 environmental design firms globally, Belt Collins has made its brand and design well-known all over the world for its masterpieces. In 1983, 4 of the 5 most beautiful holiday resorts in the world were designed by Belt Collins, while in 1999, among the Top 10 luxurious residential buildings by Hongkong Finance and Economy Magazine, the environmental design of the leading 5 projects were all in the charge of Belt Collins.
No indication of artificial design should be found in excellent landscape. The design of Zhongshan International Golf project reserves the original features of terrain, water resource and vegetation, creating a marvelous resort with dancing trees in wind, twitters and fragrancy around, and rolling hills in plain sight. In such natural environment peculiar to the Purple Mountain, golfers will have their dreams come true.
Architecture Design of Hotel and Clubhouse: WATG
As one of the top 10 architecture design firms in United States, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) is internationally recognized as the top-class planning and design firm for hotels and holiday resorts. Deriving from the efforts for half a century, the design experiences in 60 plus countries, and the achievements from hundreds of star hotels, it dominates in the design of entertainment and recreation projects and restaurants.
Designers balance the historical features of the Purple Mountain and the dynamic and spectacular modern factors to make the open course and idyllic scenery the most fascinating background for the hotel. The elegant garden path, luxury hotel lobby, presidential suit on the top floor, and every bit of the scenery shows dignity and elegance. |
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