Pyongyang Golf Course


Pyongyang Golf Club is situated on the banks of Taicheng Lake, from central Pyongyang along the Youth Hero Highway. The 18‑hole 72‑par course covers with of green and is approximately long. Its clubhouse covers, includes a pro shop and a restaurant that is said to be the best in the country.
In 1994, Park Young-man, the course regular, told Australian journalist Eric Ellis that Kim Jong-il once scored a 34 on the course. Park continued that Kim achieved a Birdie or better on every hole and had five holes-in-one. Later, this claim was further embellished to say that he had scored 11 holes in one, and that this was on the first round played at the course in 1987, and there were 17 bodyguards who witnessed it. It is not clear whether the exaggerated version was spread by the North Korean state or foreign news reporting. The website of the DPRK Amateur Golf Open credits German player Claudio Consul with the course record, with a score of 71.

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