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Richard Mansell
Wilson

Rikuyo Hoshino
Asian Tour

Gavin Green
Asian Tour

Ryo Ishikawa
Asian Tour

Shugo Imahira
Titleist

Sam Bairstow
@samjabairstow

Ryo Ishikawa
Asian Tour

The European Tour is back this week, but not exactly in Europe. The tour pitches up in Japan at the Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba course which opened for play in 1977 and was designed by the late Shunsuke Kato. Kato believed a golf course should evolve over time and requires constant evolution to ensure continual improvement. From 1977 to 1985, fourteen of the holes had been altered to make the course more challenging.

In 2018 and after the passing of Shunsuke Kato, the Gotemba course was completely remodelled by Rees Jones and Bryce Swanson in consultation with Hideki Matsuyama.

Rees Jones was quoted as saying:

“The Gotemba course is a beautiful, tree-lined parkland golf course with many views of Mount Fuji. It was well laid out by Japanese architect Shunsuke Kato in 1976. We left the green surfaces mostly intact, except for the par three 7th hole, where the green was rebuilt because the contours were too severe.

All tees were rebuilt. Some were added in order to increase length [and] improve angles. All the bunkers were reconceived and rebuilt in light of the character and demands of the modern game. Fairway lines were changed to provide fairer targets and reward properly-executed shots. Many closely-mown areas around the greens were created.

Most of the greenside ponds were reconfigured to allow for increased shot options and to create additional challenging hole locations adjacent to them. Trees and gardens are revered in Japan, so we were very selective in our tree removal… to allow for more sunlight to improve turf conditions on greens.”

Watching on TV you will see that the strength of Gotemba is that each hole has its own personality, with no two holes alike, but the main focus is going to be on the spectacular views of Mt Fuji, which comes into view early on the front nine with the 5th tee offering the most amazing views.



For another trusted Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course review click here


I am away this week playing in the Alps Golf Tour’s Tunisian Open tournament, so unfortunately I may not have time to produce a video as will not have my camera equipment with me, but here are my picks for this week


My tips to Win:

Keita Nakajima 22/1 – with SportingIndex


Each-way tips:

Richard Mansell 40/1 – with Bet365

Rikuyo Hoshino 40/1 – with UniBet

Gavin Green 60/1 – with Bet365


Outside tips

Ryo Ishikawa 80/1 – with 10Bet

Shugo Imahira 80/1 – with LiveScoreBet

Sam Bairstow 80/1 – with LiveScoreBet

As always good luck