# Kumamoto Golf Club Jonan Course

Golf course in Kumamoto. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/kumamoto-golf-club-jonan-course

## Facts

- **Region:** Kumamoto
- **Address:** 1660,  Fujiyama, Jonan-machi, Shimomashiki-gun Kumamoto 861-4223
- **Access:** ~30 min by car from kumamoto airport
- **Holes / par:** 27 / 108
- **Course rating:** 73.1
- **Length:** 10,683 yards (27 holes) yards
- **Designer:** Shozo Kozasa
- **Established:** 1992 (April 29)
- **Official website:** http://www.jonan-resort.jp/
- **Tags:** Kumamoto, 27 Holes, Hilly Course, Water Hazards, Visitors Welcome, Self-Play Carts

## Good to know

- **Carts:** Remote-controlled riding carts with GPS, fairway access permitted
- **Greens:** Two greens per hole, Korai and bent
- **Dress Code:** Soft spikes only; jacket recommended; no jeans, sandals or slippers
- **Closed Days:** Open year-round
- **Practice Range:** 210 yards, 14 bays, plus approach and bunker practice areas

## About the course

Kumamoto Golf Club's Jonan Course, formerly Kumamoto Jonan Country Club, opened on April 29, 1992 in the Jonan district on the southern side of Kumamoto city. Designed by Shozo Kozasa, it offers 27 holes in three par-36 nines, totalling about 10,700 yards across gently hilly ground. Ponds come into play on many holes and the course is known as a long, testing layout, with two greens per hole in Korai and bent grass.

### Three nines threaded with water, _an easy hop from the Kyushu Expressway._

The appeal here is convenience and variety: with 27 holes you can mix and match nines, remote-controlled riding carts with GPS navigation are allowed onto the fairways, and the course is open year-round. A 210-yard driving range with approach and bunker areas makes warming up easy. The club sits only a few minutes from the Matsubase IC on the Kyushu Expressway, roughly 40 minutes from central Kumamoto and about 30 minutes from Kumamoto Airport, so it fits neatly into a Kyushu road trip. Combine a round with Kumamoto Castle and the city's famous horse-meat and ramen dining, or head south toward Yatsushiro and the coast of the Ariake Sea. There is no club bus, so plan on a car or taxi from JR Matsubase or Uto stations.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/kumamoto-golf-club-jonan-course#request (or with an AI assistant through the Play Golf Tokyo MCP server: https://mcp.play-golf-tokyo.com/mcp). Send preferred dates, time of day, format and players; our team books with the club in Japanese and emails the confirmation.
- **Open rounds to join:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/community
- Green fees are paid at the club on the day.