# PGM Minami Ichihara Golf Club

Golf course in Chiba. Book through Play Golf Tokyo: https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/pgm-minami-ichihara-golf-club

## Facts

- **Region:** Chiba
- **Address:** 1, Tabuchi, Ichihara-shi Chiba 290-0546
- **Access:** ~70 min by car from tokyo station
- **Holes / par:** 18 / 72
- **Length:** Blue 6,726, White 6,078, Red 5,108 yards
- **Designer:** Mitsuaki Kobayashi
- **Established:** 1994 (Opened October 10)
- **Official website:** https://booking.pacificgolf.co.jp/guide/168.html
- **Tags:** Chiba, 18 Holes, Parkland, Flat Course, Water Hazards, Near Tokyo, Visitors Welcome, PGM Group, Self-Play Carts, Beginner Friendly

## Good to know

- **Carts:** GPS riding carts; fairway access for a fee, weather permitting
- **Caddie:** Self-play only (since January 2025)
- **Greens:** Bent, one green per hole
- **Rental Clubs:** Available, limited sets (call ahead); rental shoes too
- **Practice Range:** 21 bays, 230 yards

## About the course

PGM Minami Ichihara Golf Club sits in the quiet countryside of southern Ichihara, in the heart of Chiba's golf belt. Opened in 1994 and laid out by Mitsuaki Kobayashi, a designer known for using water strategically, it is an 18-hole, par-72 course stretching to about 6,700 yards from the back tees. The land is gently rolling rather than hilly, and the holes are generously spaced, so you can swing freely without feeling hemmed in — though the ponds guarding the closing holes of both nines make for a thrilling finish.

### An easygoing layout for most of the round, _with water waiting at the very end._

Play is self-service in GPS-equipped riding carts, with a 21-bay driving range for warming up and rental clubs on hand for travellers who have left their bags at home. That relaxed setup makes it a good choice for mixed-ability groups or a first round in Japan. Southern Ichihara is also home to the Yoro Valley, with its gorges, waterfalls and hot-spring inns, which blaze with colour in late autumn, and the scenic Kominato Railway trundles through the same hills. The course is best reached by car via the Ken-O and Tateyama expressways, making for an easy day trip from Tokyo with time left for an onsen soak on the way home.

## Play here

- **Request a tee time:** https://www.play-golf-tokyo.com/courses/pgm-minami-ichihara-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.