Tropicana Golf & Country Resort

Tropicana Golf & Country Resort is a 27-hole complex inside a 625-acre gated residential community in Petaling Jaya, on land that used to be a rubber plantation. The main course is the 18-hole, par-72 East Course, designed by Australian Graham Marsh of Marsh-Watson and first opened in 1993; a separate nine-hole, par-36 West Course completes the facility. The East Course has lakes, water cascades, grassy hollows and plenty of bunkers, with water in play early in the round and a multi-tiered green on the par-5 18th. The drainage system is built so play can restart soon after heavy tropical rain, and some holes are floodlit for evening golf. The resort was officially opened in January 1996, and its very large clubhouse, about 450,000 sq ft, sits alongside a driving range, swimming pools, racquet-sports courts, a gym, an indoor golf simulator centre and several restaurants. Good to know: Cheaper afternoon rates: Mon-Fri afternoon RM365, Sunday afternoon RM480. Buggies on cart paths only.