The last time I was here was in 2006 when the club only had 18 holes known as Rainbow Valley. I was invited back by the club with few golf media & celebrities to try out the new golf course Jade Valley, the brand new phase 3 hotel as well as some sight seeing.

With the opening of the Jade Valley course in 08, the club now boasts two 18 hole golf course, and I was told that 2 more golf course will be built within the next 3 years, a total of 72 holes, making the club the largest in this region, cool!

Our group stayed at the new phase 3 hotel throughout our stay, both the design & facilities are very nice & the rooms are better than I expected, the service of the staff were ok too, if they were a bit more attentive, it would be prefect : )

This Jade Valley measuring a respectable 6,727 yards from the blue while the white tee is bit friendlier at 6,206 yards but due to its fairly tight layout, accuracy is important and you have to navigate your shot around the course to avoid those massive fairway & deep green side bunkers, greens are relatively small, very undulating and most are elevated making them difficult to land, if you are unfamiliar with the course, move to the white tee & familiarize the course before you move back.

The course only competed a few months (early 08) before we came, it will take a little while to mature, having said that, the course condition was not bad.

Service was good but need few more months to know the course more.

As we have stayed for 5 days so I was able to I played the Jade course twice, I can definitely attest that playing off the blue tee is much harder than white here, unless you are long & straight, stick to the easier white tee at least for the first time or you will lose lots of balls and.....confidenece. Even professional veteran golfer LU Wen-teh believes it is much more challenging than the Rainbow course after his round at the Jade Valley.

There are some big construction for exhibition halls & hotels on the side of few holes (should finish by mid 09), although the noise was kept low, it still spoiled the nice and quite scenery, hope all the works will be done quickly so it will return to normal again.

There are 36 holes available at the club, a more friendly Rainbow and the tougher Jade Valley, a new & quality phase 3 hotel and lots of beautiful sight seeing to do, Huangshan definitely worth a visit and there are enough things to keep you busy or relax for few days. 08/08 Birdie