| SIZE OF RESORT COMPLEX |
Approximately 20 square kilometers |
| EMPLOYEES |
7,000 employees (incl. caddies) hailing from a dozen nations |
| CADDIES |
3,000 females |
| AVE. ROUNDS OF GOLF |
2,000 rounds during weekdays and up to 3,000
on weekends and holidays |
| DIRT MOVED DURING CREATION |
180 Million cubic meters (enough to fill Beijing’s
Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium 36 times) |
| IRRIGATION PIPES |
650,000 meters，400 miles，650 km
(from Los Angeles to San Francisco;
or from Shanghai to Taipei) |
| SPRINKLER HEADS |
30,000 |
| BUNKERS |
1,200 bunkers filled with over 50,000 cubic meters
of sand (equivalent to 5,000 dump truck loads) |
| CART PATHS |
360km or 225 miles (from New York to Boston;
or from Shanghai to Nanjing) |
Mission Hills Resort Hainan Statistics
Employee: 4,000
During construction of the golf courses:
• 20,000 native trees kept, 30,000 new trees planted
• 11 million cubic meters (8,900 acres) of earth moved
• 450 km (280 miles) of irrigation pipeline installed
• 100 km (62 miles) of cart paths built
• 200,000 sq. meters (50 acres) of artificial lakes created
• 88 shelters constructed
• 50 km (31 miles) of stonewalling erected
• 5,400 acres of wetlands maintained
Notable Awards & Accolades
• IAGTO Golf Resort of the Year (Rest of World category)
• Best Golf Resort in China – Asian Golf Monthly (2006, 2007, 2008)
• Best Golf Resort Hotel and Best Spa Resort – Business Traveler (2008)
• Pete Dye Course named the “Best New Course in Asia” – Asian Golf Monthly (2007)
• Olazabal Course ranked the No. 1 course in Asia – Golfing Magazine (2008)
• World Cup Course named one of the 10 “most significant and influential courses” of last 20 years – LINKS Magazine (2008)
• Dr. David Chu, Chairman of Mission Hills Group, named one of the “Most Powerful People in Golf” – Golf Inc. (2007, 2008)
• Dr. Kenneth Chu, Vice Chairman of Mission Hills Group, named one of golf’s “Most Admired Operators” – Golf Inc. (2008)
• Tenniel Chu, Executive Director of Mission Hills Golf Club, named “Golf Entrepreneur of the Year” – Asian Golf Monthly (2008)
Award List of Mission Hills Golf Club
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