Suoh Country Club

Suoh Country Club sits in Shunan, a city on the southern coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Honshu. The course was designed by Hasegawa Takeharu and Nakano Kenji, two architects who worked during Japan's golf course construction boom in the latter decades of the twentieth century. The region's landscape features rolling hills and forested terrain typical of the Chugoku region, and courses here generally incorporate natural elevation changes and wooded corridors into their routing. The design reflects the collaborative approach common in Japanese golf architecture of this era, where multiple designers often contributed to a single project. Courses in Yamaguchi Prefecture tend to emphasize strategic variety and careful integration with the existing topography rather than dramatic earthmoving. The climate in this part of Japan allows for year-round play, with warm summers and relatively mild winters compared to northern regions of the country. Suoh Country Club serves the local golfing community in the Shunan area and the broader Yamaguchi region. Like many Japanese country clubs established during the expansion period, it likely features traditional clubhouse amenities and maintains the formal membership culture characteristic of the country's golf tradition. The course provides a regional golf option in an area where the sport has maintained steady popularity among business and recreational players.