SUN BELGRAVIA COUNTRY CLUB
🇯🇵 Nukata, Aichi, JP
Designed by Jack Nicklaus
Sun Belgravia Country Club sits in the rolling hills of Nukata, a rural district in eastern Aichi Prefecture, roughly an hour's drive from Nagoya. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, the course reflects his signature approach to strategic golf architecture, with emphasis on wide fairways that reward positioning and greens protected by substantial bunkering. The layout takes advantage of the natural terrain common to this part of central Japan, where forested ridges and valleys create elevation changes and framing throughout the round.
Nicklaus designed numerous courses across Japan during the country's golf boom of the 1980s and 1990s, adapting his design principles to accommodate the preferences of Japanese golfers while working within often dramatic topography. Sun Belgravia follows this pattern, offering a parkland experience with mature tree lines, water features integrated into several holes, and green complexes that demand careful approach play. The routing moves through varied terrain, with holes playing both along ridgelines and down into lower corridors.
The club operates as a members' facility in the traditional Japanese country club model, where golf is often part of a full-day experience that includes extensive clubhouse amenities and dining. Courses in this region typically serve both local membership and visitors from the greater Nagoya metropolitan area. The Nukata setting provides a retreat from urban density, with views extending across the surrounding hills and agricultural valleys that characterize inland Aichi Prefecture.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Sun Belgravia was designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Yes. Sun Belgravia at Sun Belgravia Country Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Sun Belgravia is 72.
Sun Belgravia plays 7,011 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
Sun Belgravia is a 18-hole course.