Pacific Links International
Pacific Links International is a Canadian owned golf corporation pursuing a strategy of acquiring signature properties in select world markets.
Founded in 2009, the company is focused on implementing a plan whose main feature is reciprocal access to multiple clubs around the world that have strong design and deliver a memorable golf experience.
Pacific Links International currently owns or operates eight courses in Hawaii, Nevada and West Virginia in the United States, and in China.[1] With its financial resources, Pacific Links plans to continue to grow through acquisitions and the development of quality golf properties, providing its members with more opportunities to enjoy reciprocal access and special programs.[2]
The company is wholly owned by Du Sha, a Canadian citizen and Chinese entrepreneur. The founder of the 97-store Home World Group, Mr. Du is Chairman of Pacific Links. Bruce Simmonds, Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Links, founded and grew ClubLink Corporation into Canada's largest owner and operator of golf clubs.
In Hawaii, Pacific Links International operates Kapolei, Mākaha West, Mākaha Valley, and Royal Hawaiian.[3] In September 2012, Kapolei played host to the Pacific Links Hawai‘i Championship, a 54-hole stroke play Champions Tour event that will feature a $1.8 million purse and a field of 81 Champions Tour professionals.[4]
The company’s holdings in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada include Southern Highlands, and the newly acquired Dragon Ridge Country Club[5] as well as The Golf Club at SouthShore and its sister property, The Lake Club. Pacific Links also owns Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
Pacific Links is transforming its existing 36-hole golf facility in Tianjin, China into The 27 Club, designed by 27 major golf champions, and the anchor amenity of a six star international golf resort and residential community.
Pacific Links International Properties
Southern Highlands, Las Vegas, Nevada
With its bold design and dramatic elevation changes, Southern Highlands Golf Club is renowned as one of the top golf clubs in the United States.[6] One of only four courses co-designed by the late Robert Trent Jones Sr. and his son Robert Trent Jones Jr..
The Golf Club at SouthShore, Henderson, Nevada
At the Golf Club at SouthShore, the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course is known for its beauty, recently renovated bunkering and nuanced greens. Pacific Links has also reunited The Golf Club at SouthShore with The Lake Club, providing Members with access to 325-acre Lake Las Vegas and its beach and boating, as well as the facility's fine dining and fitness facilities.
Royal Hawaiian, Kailua, Hawaii
At Royal Hawaiian, golf architect Pete Dye and his son Perry have integrated crafty golf holes into tumbling terrain framed by ancient jungle trees upwards up of 100 feet tall at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains in Oahu.[7] The back nine builds to an exciting finish as it winds through leafy corridors to fast bentgrass greens; players are presented with tantalizing risk-reward scenarios.
Mākaha Golf Club (West), Waianae, Hawaii
To take full advantage of the beauty of the tranquil Mākaha Valley and the Waianae Mountains, Pacific Links engaged Greg Norman to remake Mākaha West into an unforgettable championship course. Featuring a scenic mountain backdrop and the beauty of Oahu's western shore, this site will be transformed into an exciting course that can host the world's best players.
Mākaha Valley Country Club (East), Waianae, Hawaii
Mākaha Valley Country Club (East), adjacent to Mākaha Golf Club (West), weaves along rolling terrain framed by dense trees, ferns and tropical plants. Presenting golfers with a variety of doglegs and elevation changes, the course builds to an entertaining climax on one of Hawaii's most demanding closing holes.
Kapolei Golf Club, Kapolei, Hawaii
Kapolei is the home of the new Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship.[8] Amateur golfers may enjoy following the footsteps of great champions such as Greg Norman and Annika Sorenstam at Kapolei, which hosted the LPGA Tour’s Ladies Hawaiian Open from 1996 to 2001. Kapolei is highly regarded for its beauty, floral gardens and strategic golf holes. Kapolei’s elevated greens, 80 bunkers and five lakes provide tactical challenges.
Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Pete Dye has transformed a former coal mine in the mountains of West Virginia into an engaging course that ranks among his greatest works.[9] No. 45 on Golf Digest's ranking of America's 100 Greatest Courses, Pete Dye Golf Club is a player's club of 7,248 yards that weaves mining remnants and challenging terrain into a course that tempts and tests golfers from the opening tee shot to the final putt. From 2004-2009, the course played host to an annual Nationwide Tour event.
The 27 Club, Tianjin, China
In developing the 27 Club, 27 golf champions—including Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Annika Sorenstam and Vijay Singh—are designing their favourite elements into each hole, reflecting the unique character of their individual games.[10]