Sherwood Hills Golf and Country Club

About the club

Jack Nicklaus and his son made excellent use of the natural landscape at Sherwood Hills, which features relatively few trees but lots of thick brush, to produce a course in the style of an inland links. Volcanic gorges run along the front nine on one side, and the 1st has in addition a dropoff right before the green. The back nine proceed along the shore of one of the three lakes that figure in the layout to a 452-yard par 4 with a green on another of the lakes. There is a nice balance of longer par 4s (there are eight of them over 400 yards) and shorter par 5s where the green can be reached in two. The generous fairways make for the bump and run game typical of links golf. Located only a half hour outside Makati City, Sherwood Hills is not to be missed provided one is invited.