Chongqing Golf Courses: Book Tee Times & Play China's Mountain Municipality Golf in 2026/2027

Chongqing is one of China’s four direct-controlled municipalities, a megacity of over 30 million people built on the hillsides where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers meet in the Sichuan Basin. The city’s defining visual characteristic is verticality: no other major Chinese city has this many elevated roads, cable cars running between districts, and buildings with ground floor entrances ten stories above the riverside. The GolfLux destination blog description describes the courses as built on undulating mountains according to natural terrain, with winding lanes, steep holes, and cleverly arranged sand traps. That is accurate. Playing golf in Chongqing means elevation changes that flat Chinese provincial courses cannot replicate, and the courses use the mountain terrain rather than fighting it.

Three courses are listed in the GolfLux database. Chongqing Poly Golf Club has two distinct 18-hole layouts at the same address in Yubei District: the Phoenix Course is a Brian Curley design measuring 7,400 yards, which is a significant specification by any regional standard, and the Eagle Course measures 6,949 yards at par 71. Chongqing Riverview Baifu Golf and Country Club is a 27-hole layout measuring 6,609 yards on the banks of the Jialing River, about 26 kilometers from the city center.

Chongqing suits golfers building a southwestern China circuit connecting Chengdu, the Three Gorges, and Sichuan cuisine, travelers who want mountain-terrain golf at a Brian Curley specification, and any visitor for whom the vertical city character and the hotpot dining culture are the primary reasons to travel.

Best golf courses in Chongqing

Three courses serve the municipality. Two form the visiting program.

1. Chongqing Poly Golf Club Phoenix Course

Chongqing Poly Golf Club Phoenix Course is an 18-hole, par 72 layout measuring 7,400 yards, designed by Brian Curley of Schmidt Curley Design, located on Longhuai Street in Yubei District, Chongqing according to the club. The Curley design pedigree connects it to Mission Hills Haikou, where his firm designed all ten courses. At 7,400 yards the Phoenix Course is the longest course in the Chongqing listing and one of the longer Curley designs in China. The hilly Yubei terrain creates the elevation changes and natural bunkering opportunities that Curley’s mountain course designs typically exploit.

It suits experienced golfers who want the strongest architect credential and longest layout in Chongqing, and as the primary round for golfers building a Brian Curley course collection across China.

2. Chongqing Poly Golf Club Eagle Course

Chongqing Poly Golf Club Eagle Course is an 18-hole, par 71 layout measuring 6,949 yards at the same Longhuai Street address as the Phoenix Course according to the club. The hilly terrain features, winding fairways, and sand trap placement give it a different character from the longer Phoenix Course, and the par 71 format suggests a course where precision matters more than maximum length. The dual-course property allows golfers staying near Poly Golf to cover both layouts across two consecutive mornings without a transfer.

3. Chongqing Riverview Baifu Golf and Country Club

Chongqing Riverview Baifu Golf and Country Club is a 27-hole, par 71 layout measuring 6,609 yards, located on the banks of the Jialing River in Jiangbei District, about 26 kilometers from the city center according to the club. The river setting gives it a visual character that the inland Yubei courses cannot match, with the Jialing River visible from parts of the routing. The 27-hole format allows different nine-hole combinations and the riverside position makes it the most distinctive Chongqing course setting.

Which course is better?

The Phoenix Course is the first choice by architect credential and length. The Eagle Course is the natural second-day round at the same property. Riverview Baifu suits golfers who want the most unique setting with the Jialing River backdrop. Most Chongqing programs combine Phoenix and Eagle for two days at the Poly Golf property, with Riverview Baifu as a third option.

Best time to play golf in Chongqing

Chongqing has a humid subtropical climate. The city is famously known alongside Wuhan and Nanjing as one of China’s three furnaces for summer heat, with July and August temperatures regularly exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. The GolfLux destination description notes the humid subtropical climate helps maintain good green conditions year-round, which is accurate but does not capture the practical challenge of summer outdoor activity.

March to May is the spring window. Temperatures are around 15 to 25 degrees Celsius with the hillside vegetation at its most vivid green, and morning rounds are comfortable before the humidity peaks in late afternoon.

September to November is the best autumn window. Temperatures cool from September, October is the single most recommended month for Chongqing visits by China’s National Tourism Administration, and the mountain mist that gives Chongqing its atmospheric quality is present in the early mornings.

June to August is the hottest and most humid period. Early morning tee times before 6:30am are the only practical approach.

December to February is cold and misty. Golf is possible but uncomfortable from December through February.

Chongqing golf holidays and package tours

Chongqing suits three to five day programs as part of a southwestern China circuit, with the city as a standalone base or as a connection point between Chengdu to the northwest and the Yangtze River Three Gorges to the east. Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport has direct connections from most major Chinese cities and several international routes. The Chongqing to Chengdu high-speed rail takes about one hour, making a combined program without an additional flight practical.

The most natural Chongqing golf program is two rounds at Poly Golf Club across two mornings, one evening hotpot dinner on Jiefangbei pedestrian street or the Hongya Cave riverside complex, and one afternoon at the Chaotianmen confluence where the Jialing and Yangtze rivers meet. For golfers extending toward the Three Gorges, the Yangtze River cruise from Chongqing eastward to Yichang is the most comprehensive way to experience the gorges, departing from the city’s main port.

Practical formats:

5 days Chongqing golf package adding Riverview Baifu and a Yangtze River evening cruise

6 days Chongqing golf package You’ll tee off in the courses where riverside holes and mountain views create a truly scenic round

7 days Chongqing golf package extending the program with additional rounds and a Three Gorges day excursion

Chengdu and Chongqing circuit: Chengdu rounds and Giant Panda Breeding Research Base visit, high-speed rail to Chongqing for Poly Golf rounds, Yangtze River cruise, return Chongqing for departure

Chongqing’s nighttime city landscape is the strongest visual non-golf draw. The view from the Nanshan Mountain observation decks above the city, with the Jialing and Yangtze rivers defining the peninsula and the city’s tiered skyline visible on all sides, is one of the more dramatic urban panoramas in China. The Hongya Cave stacked wooden structure on the Jialing River bank, built into the cliff face and visible from across the river, is the most photographed Chongqing landmark and is accessible in the evening when the lights illuminate the riverside. Browse Chongqing golf packages or create a custom Chongqing and Chengdu itinerary that connects the mountain city golf with the wider southwestern China circuit.

Golf with Chongqing’s vertical city and the Yangtze cruise

Chongqing’s geography is the most unusual of any major Chinese city. Built where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers meet at a confluence called Chaotianmen, the main urban peninsula rises sharply from the waterfront to over 300 meters at its highest point. China’s National Tourism Administration notes the city’s multilevel transport infrastructure, including the Yangtze River cableway connecting the north and south banks, the Light Rail Line 2 emerging from a building’s residential floors in Liziba, and the network of elevated roads and tunnels carved through the hillside, as distinctive urban features specific to Chongqing. Playing the hilly terrain at Poly Golf Club and then taking a cable car across the Jialing the same afternoon is a reasonable summary of what makes a Chongqing day feel different from a Shanghai or Beijing golf trip.

The Yangtze River Three Gorges cruise departure from Chongqing is the most comprehensive way to experience the gorge landscapes that the Hubei Tianlong Bay Golf Club in Yichang also frames. Day excursion boats from Chongqing’s Chaotianmen port run through the upstream Wuxia Gorge section and return the same day. For golfers with two or more days before departure, an overnight cruise to the Three Gorges Dam at Yichang and a return by high-speed rail covers the full gorge landscape from the Chongqing end in about two days.

Book tee times in Chongqing

Chongqing Poly Golf Club fills on weekends and during the October to November autumn peak season when the city’s domestic tourism is highest. Booking a week ahead for weekend slots at the Phoenix Course during this window is sensible. Weekday availability at all three courses is generally open with two to three days’ advance booking. Riverview Baifu, being further from the city center, is typically accessible with shorter notice.

When organizing a Chongqing golf program, confirm the Phoenix Course at Poly Golf as the priority booking for any weekend dates, departure times from the city center to account for Chongqing’s expressway and tunnel traffic particularly in the morning peak, accommodation in the Jiefangbei or Guanyin Bridge commercial areas for the most convenient city and course access, and how the Yangtze cruise or Chaotianmen visit fits around the golf morning schedule. Start planning here or view Chongqing golf packages to find a program that covers the mountain city golf circuit alongside the Yangtze and southwestern China program.