Aerial view of a green and white bunkers beside a lake, surrounded by unbroken Hokkaido forest

Tomakomai · Hokkaido

Katsura Golf Club

Type: Championship
Holes: 18 · Par 72
Designer: Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Established: 1993

The course

Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s strategic all-bent championship course in Tomakomai — a JLPGA tournament venue 20 minutes from New Chitose Airport, with visitor play available.

Opened in July 1993 and designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., Katsura Golf Club is one of Hokkaido's few all-bentgrass courses — tees, fairways and greens alike. The layout embodies Jones's risk-reward philosophy (the club's motto: the greater the risk, the greater the reward), stretching to 7,116 yards from the black tees at par 72 through pine forest and lakes in Tomakomai's Uenae district. A regular JLPGA tournament venue, it has hosted the Nitori Ladies (most recently 2024) and the Nippon Ham Ladies Classic (2019, 2021, 2022). Facilities include the Katsura Golf Garden practice grounds, a pro shop, guest rooms and a large bathhouse. Operated under GRAND PGM, the course welcomes visitor play with date-based pricing. Approximately 20 minutes (15 km) from New Chitose Airport and an hour from Sapporo.

Visitors: Visitor accepted · we request the tee time
Yardage: 7,116 yds
Greens: Single green · Bentgrass

Key features

What to expect on the day

Practice area
Katsura Golf Garden on-site practice facility; pro shop and large bathhouse in the clubhouse.
Green type
Single · Bentgrass

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Tournament history

Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament (ニトリレディス)2024
Nippon Ham Ladies Classic (ニッポンハムレディスクラシック)2019 / 2021 / 2022

Course details

Playing this course

Dress code: Standard golf club dress code applies — smart casual with a collared shirt is a safe default.
Practice facilities: Katsura Golf Garden on-site practice facility; pro shop and large bathhouse in the clubhouse.

Access

Getting there

From the Journal

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Aerial view of Katsura Golf Club's lakeside green in the Tomakomai forest, Hokkaidō

Destination

Golf in Chitose & Tomakomai: A Hokkaidō Guide — Two Courses, One Town

Two championship courses fifteen to twenty minutes from New Chitose Airport — Katsura GC (bookable) and Hokkaido Brooks CC (by introduction) — plus where to eat, a shrine ritual and where to stay in Chitose.

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