Old Orchard Golf Club

Old Orchard Golf Club is an 18-hole hillside course in Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, built around an American-style design that balances water hazards, bunkers, trees, and undulating terrain to create a high level of strategic demand. The front nine requires a degree of distance, but finding your own route through each hole matters more than raw power. The back nine shifts the emphasis to accuracy, with direction control tested on most holes. The signature hole is the 16th, a par 4 that doglegs along a lake. The club selection off the tee and into the green opens up multiple attack lines, rewarding golfers who think carefully about position rather than simply playing for distance. Where you keep the ball on any given hole directly affects how hazards influence the next shot, giving the course a layered, tactical character throughout.