Mission Hills

• The sixth golf course at Mission Hills•Haikou opened in January 2011.
• World-renewed golf entertainer and trick-shot artist Jeremy Dale visited Mission Hills•Haikou and Mission Hills•Dongguan on 14 and 15 January.
• 20th Jan, Mission Hills Shenzhen hosted the inaugural Golf Series Junior Tour Grand Final with a surprise winner.
• 2nd-4th, Faldo course held in the Asian Cup finals.
• 11th-13th March, World Cup stadium in host ISPS Handa legendary World Professional Championships - Mission Hills Golf Club Presents, which was first held in China in the Asian evergreen game.
• 18th-21st March, 2011 Haikou Golf and Tourism forum was held in Mission Hills Haikou.
• 12th April, Tiger Woods visited the Mission Hills Golf Club in Dongguan, in the Olazabal Course for teaching the youth model, which is - Tiger Woods in China's first public teaching activities free of charge. Woods also Nike Golf Junior Championship at Mission Hills player award winners.
• 13th May, Mission Hills Shenzhen & Dongguan has been granted 5A Level Tourist Attraction status by the country's National Tourism Administration.
• 24-26th August, the inaugural ANNIKA Invitational was held at Mission Hills Dongguan Annika Course. It was the first junior girls-only tournament in China and Asia, and the first ANNIKA Invitational event held outside the United States. The U.K.'s Charlotte Thomas won first champion.

• Mission Hills announced the creation of the Mission Hills Group Golf Series Junior Tour, it promising to nurture and develop a deeper pool of golf talent in China.
• The 4th Faldo Series Asia came to a successful close on 12 March, 2010, Japanese Masamichi ITO became overall champion at the Grand Final.
• PGA announced the OMEGA World Cup a bi-annual event, with the 2011 World Cup to be held in Mission Hills•Haikou.
• 2010 Boao Haikou Golf and Tourism forum was held at Mission Hills Haikou on 18th March. In the same day, the Mission Hills Star Trophy held the initial Press conference.
• 28th March, The Mission Hills Golf Academy by Zhang Lianwei has finally unveiled itself to public on 28 March 2010.
• 1st July, Mission Hills China, developer of the world's largest golf club and impetus for China's golf boom, has partnered with acclaimed instructor Hank Haney to establish the Hank Haney Golf Academy at Mission Hills•Haikou.
• 27th July, Greg Norman Mission Hills Junior Development Program which featured 37 golfers aged 11-15 from nine provinces around China, is a non-profit initiative aimed at cultivating a wider pool of golfing talent with the goal of producing China's first Olympic golfers in time to compete in Rio in 2016, when the sport returns to the Games roster. This program will be held every year and last for one week, with participants determined by selection trials and references from China's provincial golf associations.
• 28th – 31th October, The Mission Hills Star Trophy is held at Mission Hills•Haikou. The Mission Hills Star Trophy is a dynamic new event that brings together Hollywood's A-list elite, international entertainment stars and worldwide leading professional golfers at Asia's most distinguished golf resort, Mission Hills•Haikou. The tournament is one of the first major world events that support a government-led initiative to make Hainan a leading international tourism destination in the coming years, a campaign in which golf will play a central role.

• Mission Hills, the Masters, the R&A and the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation jointly announced the creation of the Asian Amateur Championship. With its exemption to the Masters, the Asian Amateur Championship took the blue print of the Mission Hills Asia-Pacific Open Amateur Championship to the next level.
• Mission Hills hosted the inaugural Asian Amateur Championship. The event sets new standards around the world for premier amateur golf competitions and is broadcast in over 150 countries.
• PGA TOUR's Board of Directors honours Dr. David Chu, founder and chairman of Mission Hills China, with the creation of an award in his name. His pioneering work in the sport also earned him the honour of becoming the award's first recipient. Dr. Chu joined the likes of Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Payne Stewart with Tour-sponsored awards. It is anticipated that in future years the award will be given in Dr. Chu's name to other worthy recipients who have been instrumental in developing golf in China.
• Mission Hills hosted the 55th World Cup of Golf, the third consecutive edition since the club took on its role as long term host of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in 2007. A strong field with 3 of the top 10 players competed for the honor of their country and US$5.5 million in prize money. Italy's Molinari brothers seized the 2009 championship title in a final round showdown, winning with one point over previous year's champions Sweden and Team Ireland in a tie for second place.
• Dr. David Chu, founder and chairman of Mission Hills Group, has been named to Golf Inc.'s 2009 list of the "Most Powerful People in Golf." Dr. Chu rose from No. 9 in 2008 to No. 7 in the latest ranking. For the second consecutive year, he was the highest-ranked non-American. Other Top 10 honourees include Jack Nicklaus (No. 1), Tiger Woods (No. 3) and PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem (No. 6).

• Mission Hills and Jack Nicklaus joined hands in creating the Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship; the tournament aimed to create opportunities for junior golfers of all nationalities under the age of 18 to compete against one another under professional tournament conditions.
• Mission Hills hosted the 54th World Cup of Golf, the second consecutive edition of the tournament at its home in China. 180,000 spectators and television viewers in 148 countries watched Team Sweden win the prestigious title.

• Adding an eleventh course by master golf course architect Pete Dye, and a twelfth layout by the Chinese godfather of golf, Zhang Lianwei, Mission Hills is now complete with 12 courses featuring a total of 216 holes. The club beats its own world record and again is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest golf club.
• The World Cup of Golf began a new and exciting era of success under its new title "Omega Mission Hills World Cup" when Mission Hills secured an unprecedented deal to host the tournament through 2018. The event boasts Asia's highest purse and is the only event on the continent sanctioned by all international Golf Tours.

• Mission Hills and The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales (venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup) joined hands in hosting the inaugural Goodwill Trophy - a tournament which pits the best golfers from the Ryder Cup countries against the rest of the world.
• Mission Hills became the "Home of the Faldo Series Asia" as the series' original launching partner. Hosting the annual Grand Finals on its Faldo Course, Mission Hills and Nick Faldo joined efforts to promote junior golf development in Asia.
• Mission Hills and the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation jointly created the Mission Hills Asia Pacific Open Amateur Championship, the first event in China where players' results counted towards The R&A's amateur rankings. The success of this tournament over the next 3 years paved the way for the creation of the prestigious Asian Amateur Championship.

With 10 courses and 180 holes, Mission Hills is accredited by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest golf club, beating America's famous Pinehurst Golf Club with eight 18-hole courses.

Mission Hills created the "Mission Hills Golfathon", an annual tradition at the resort that saw thousands of avid golfers from around the world vying to record the best score across 10 courses (180 holes).

• Mission Hills hosted the inaugural Dynasty Cup, a tournament developed in conjunction with the Asian and Japan Tour; the tournament pits Team Asia against Team Japan in a Ryder Cup-style event.
• Mission Hills opened 5 more 18-hole courses designed by Annika Sorenstam, David Duval, David Leadbetter, Jose Maria Olazabal and Greg Norman. Construction on the five courses is completed in a mere 12 months, setting a new development benchmark for the industry.

• Mission Hills hosted the Ernie Els China Challenge on its new course by the South African legend.

• The Els Course was completed by the legendary South African golfer, Ernie Els, adding the fifth 18-hole layout to the Mission Hills complex.
• The Mission Hills Tiger Woods China Challenge marked the legendary player's first trip to China. The event and visit by golf's greatest modern ambassador raised the awareness of the sport among millions of Chinese and stirs a tremendous growth in the country's golfing population in the ensuing years.

• Mission Hills' Country Club hosted the China Open Snooker.

• Nick Faldo completed China's first stadium course at Mission Hills, adding the fourth 18-hole course to the resort's collection.
• Mission Hills' 51-court tennis complex at the Country Club hosted the Centennial Davis Cup, celebrating the tennis event's 100th anniversary.

• Jumbo Ozaki of Japan completed his layout at Mission Hills to create the resort's third 18-hole layout known as the "Ozaki Course".
• Mission Hills hosted the Johnnie Walker Super Tour.

• Mission Hills' "Vijay Course" designed by the Fijian golf legend Vijay Singh was the second 18-hole to be opened.

• The Volvo China Tour and Coca-Cola Open are some of the first big golf events to be hosted at Mission Hills.
• Mission Hills hosted the 41st World Cup of Golf on its Jack Nicklaus course; the event marked China's inaugural hosting a major international golf tournament.

• Mission Hills starts operations with the opening of its Jack Nicklaus' "World Cup Course"; the course is China's first to be accredited by the Federation of Golf and quickly gained critical acclaim as one of Asia's best championship courses.
• Champion golfer, Gary Player, hosted the Gary Player Charity Golf Tournament at a brand new Mission Hills.

• Construction begins on the Mission Hills Shenzhen complex; over 180 million cubic meters of dirt – or a volume equivalent to filling Beijing's Olympic Stadium "The Bird's Nest" 36 times – is moved to create the resort we know today.