Abiko Golf Club

For more than 80 years since its opening in 1930, Abiko Golf Club has been one of Japan''s most famous golf courses, having hosted the Japan Open Golf Championship, the Japan Senior Open Golf Championship, and the Japan Women''s Open Golf Championship.

It is home to one of the few courses created by Rokuro Akaboshi, the legendary pioneer of Japanese golf course design, that is still in business today. Akaboshi became inspired to create his own golf courses while attending Princeton University as an exchange student. In his time there he visited a number of classic courses along the U.S. east coast, including ones designed by the legendary Donald Roth. These courses would go on to greatly influence Akaboshi when he designed his own courses.

Taking full advantage of the surrounding Tonegawa River and Teganuma Lake, Abiko''s course architecture is an exemplary example of Akaboshi''s vision, blending nature and design in perfect harmony. Now, with the course''s redesign in 2012, we believe that this marks a turning point in the course''s long history; one which will lay the ground for many changes to come.