# Mayflower Golf Club

> Sandy Lyle-supervised championship course

Golf course in Tochigi. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/mayflower-golf-club

## Facts

- **Region:** Tochigi
- **Address:** 1020 Kami-isano, Yaita-shi Tochigi 329-2501
- **Access:** ~30 min by car from nasushiobara station
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Course rating:** 73.8
- **Length:** 7,092 (full back tees) yards
- **Designer:** Eiichi Motohashi (supervised by Sandy Lyle)
- **Established:** 1992
- **Official website:** http://www.mayflower-gc.com/
- **Tags:** Tochigi, 18 Holes, Forest, Flat Course, Visitors Welcome, Train Accessible, On-Site Lodging, Self-Play Carts

## Good to know

- **Bath:** Hinoki cypress bath
- **Carts:** Riding carts with GPS navigation and remote control
- **Greens:** Bent
- **Lodging:** On-site hotel
- **Dress Code:** No jeans, T-shirts, sweatshirts or sandals; jacket recommended except in summer; soft spikes only
- **Closed Days:** Irregular
- **Shuttle Bus:** From JR Nasushiobara Station, reservation required
- **Practice Range:** 250 yards, 12 bays, plus approach and bunker practice

## About the course

Mayflower Golf Club lies at Yaita in northern Tochigi Prefecture, a short drive from the Tohoku Expressway. It opened in 1992 with a layout by Eiichi Motohashi under the supervision of Major champion Sandy Lyle, and plays 18 holes at par 72, stretching to 7,092 yards from the full back tees. Set among woodland on gently rolling ground, its fairways are flat with not a single blind hole. The front nine is meant to recall a Scottish links, while the back nine shows a more traditional Japanese style, with bentgrass greens throughout.

### Two nines, two golfing traditions, _and nothing hidden from the tee._

The club suits a golf weekend well: there is a hotel on site, a cypress-wood bath, a 250-yard range with approach and bunker practice, and GPS-equipped riding carts. Without a car, the club's shuttle bus collects golfers at JR Nasushiobara Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen (reserve ahead). The Nasu highlands nearby are known for their hot spring towns, dairy farms and cool summer air, and Nikko's shrines and autumn colours are within reach for an extra day.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/mayflower-golf-club#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.