Kyoto Golf Club, Kamigamo Course

  Kyoto Golf Club was built after the Pacific War and had Kamigamo Course (former East Course) and Funayama Course (former West Course). After the war, the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces (GHQ), mainly the United States, planned to build a golf course in Kyoto City "for the recreation of military personnel," and it became a major project designed by Shiro Akahoshi and constructed by Kajima Corporation at a total cost of 270 million yen. At one point, the huge cost of the project became a bottleneck, and the project seemed to have run into a deadlock when GHQ Commander-in-Chief Douglas MacArthur ordered its cancellation and a series of construction-related officials were questioned following a direct appeal to GHQ from Kamigamo Shrine officials. However, after repeated efforts to persuade the shrine officials, Atsushi Kimura, then Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, who believed that the golf course would be a future tourism resource for Kyoto, took the responsibility as the head of the Japanese side to confront GHQ and Sadaichi Adachi, who had worked on numerous golf courses and later became the Club's President, took over construction of the course. The contract was concluded through the teamwork of the public and private sectors. In 1950, the number of members increased rapidly due to the special war demand caused by the Korean War, and in 1958, the West Course (now the Funayama Course) was newly constructed. Construction of the West Course (now the Funayama Course) began in 1958, and was completed in its current form in 1962.

The course is a scenic golf course with beautiful old pine trees and numerous other trees, reminiscent of a garden in Kyoto, where you can fully experience the changing seasons. The course is flat and separated by ponds such as Ant Pond. The elevation difference of 15m for the entire course and 10m at the 5th hole as the highest point for a single hole show how gently undulating the course is. Although the course is short, the elevated greens and lakes come into play well, and it is a course where the approach to the fairway is the most important. The fourth out hole is the famous floating island teeing ground surrounded by bunkers and a double-tiered green with a steep slope.

Both the tee and second shots are under pressure on this hole.

The 14th hole is a challenging course with a creek on the left side and a floating island green surrounded by water.

Overall, many of the holes are short, but depending on how you attack them, you may hit the ball hard on many holes, making it very difficult to make up the score.

The course layout allows you to fully enjoy the fun of golf, and we hope you will enjoy this traditional course where you can enjoy the true fun of golf.