This is the view from my apartment on the 23rd floor.  This apartment isn’t as nice as my previous place, but the view is much better.  The picture is skewed because three photos were merged to make this panorama, but you get the idea.

In the background, you can see Anyang Country Club, which strangely, is located in Gunpo city.  The country club is owned by Samsung and is one of the most expensive country clubs in Gyeonggi-do, with an annual membership of about $30,000 USD.  They don’t take any more membership applications and is invite-only.

Anyang Country Club was founded in 1968 and the mission was to create a wonderful new golf course that would be as good as those in Europe, Japan and North America. Consequently Anyang is widely considered to be the Korean Home of Golf. 

In 1996 the club changed its name to The Anyang Benest Golf Club. The word Benest was derived from the combination of the words best and nest. Why? We’re not entirely sure.  

Robert Trent Jones Jnr was called in to renovate the layout and in 1997 a new more challenging and strategic Anyang was reborn. Amazingly, the course was sown using its own unique grass, named Anyang Jungji, which grows densely and stands bolt upright so the ball sits invitingly on top. 

The Anyang Benest Golf Club is run under the stewardship of Lee Byung-Chull, the founder of the Samsung Group and the objective was to create Korea’s best private golf club and a course that would inspire ordinary players rather one intended for tournament play.  

The course is cut through mature trees, which not only prove a challenge for the crooked driver but also brilliance of seasonal colour. This is a very special tract of land and it’s easy to see why locals call Anyang Benest “Home”.  [source]