It’s certainly nice to live on a golf course but its even better when there are many more golf courses all within a few minutes drive from home. Just a 5 minute driver from Kiminomori is Nouvelle Golf Club, a very reasonably costing, well maintained course. I decided to play the course today with a few neighbors and we headed over for a 9:20 tee time. Nouvelle is not overly long in distance but its pretty entertaining with a good variety of hole layouts and difficulty. From elevated tees to elevated greens, dog leg and blind holes, plenty of water and bunkers and tricky greens, there is a little something of everything.
By taking the chance to try the new PRGR egg clubs, I pretty much brought an entirely new bag with me to Nouvelle. The new eggbird driver, the current egg Spoon, 2 egg i+ hybrids and the New egg Irons. I also replaced the Raylor Ghost in my bag with the new center shaft Ghost Spider. The only things still in my bag from before this round are my wedges. I also brought along a Ryoma Premia to compare with the eggbird driver. I’ll have another post tomorrow with the review.
Since the typhoon last week dumped some rain on us, the course was in pretty good and lush shape. There was a competition going on at Nouvelle today which actually made it more crowded than usual. Many courses like Nouvelle and Kiminomori are popular as they are located right off the highway interchange meaning, easier access for those coming from Tokyo or a distance away. The clubhouse is very well kept as the course itself is rather new, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Another important factor in a golf course is the food. In Japan the price almost always includes lunch and not all golf clubs are created equally when it comes to taste. I’m happy to report that Nouvelle’s food is above average and with good variety. August features a lunch buffet but today was choice entree and for once I didn’t go for noodles and had sushi instead. The second floor dining hall also nicely overlooks the putting practice area as well as the 16th hole green.
At 8500 yen during weekdays, including power cart, locker, lunch and Japanese style bath, its a pretty good deal. Both myself and my playing partners enjoyed the round and were home within 5 minutes of finishing our baths which is always a good bonus. As for clubs, this time around I’ll be posting a comparison of the eggbird, which I liked a lot versus the Ryoma Premia as well as real course feedback on the utilities and irons. This Friday, I’ll be playing Hirakawa Country Club with one of my neighbors and Tatsuro, TSG’s video club tester who you always see in action here on the blog. So stay tuned for a report after that round as well!
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