Nirwana Bali Golf Club

Every golf course designer dreams of the perfect landscape to fashion into a beautiful and challenging golf course. There is no doubt that the physical characteristics of the Nirwana Bali Golf Course site are conducive to doing just that.

When I first saw the site, I was immediately taken by the dramatic location, the fascinating local culture and the rolling hills covered with rice paddies. I was determined to keep all these features while building a golf course that would challenge even the world's best.

While keeping this site's natural features, we have created some of the most dramatic holes in golf. The 7th hole is especially challenging, requiring the golfer to hit a middle iron from the cliff side tee across a piece of the ocean to a scenic and well-guarded green. Hole 13 will require all a golfer's skill and concentration as it plays along Indian Ocean cliff tops. Hole 14 is a dramatic par 3, with the ocean thundering below.

Capturing the Balinese style, Nirwana Bali Golf Club provides truly world class facilities to those who can appreciate the best. I'm proud to have played a part in developing this world-class golf course.