The journey to Muju Country Club begins at Gwangju Airport, roughly two hours southwest by car through the mountainous spine of North Jeolla Province. As the highway climbs into the Sobaek Range, the landscape transforms from rice paddies and river valleys into dense forests and dramatic ridgelines, the air cooling perceptibly with elevation. The final approach winds through Muju itself, a resort town known for winter skiing and summer alpine respite, before arriving at the club's secluded mountain setting - a world apart from Korea's coastal championship layouts, where golf unfolds at altitude amid the quiet majesty of the interior peaks.