Kaohsiung Golf Course converted into public park
Kaohsiung Golf Course converted into public park
2025-10-09
The Kaohsiung Golf Course with a history of over 60 years was handed back to the Kaohsiung City Government at the beginning of this year when its lease was terminated. The government has since redeveloped it into a public park set to open over the Double Ten National Day weekend. The plan is to connect it with the neighboring Chengcing Lake and other green spaces, forming a space even larger than New York’s Central Park. FTV got an exclusive first look at this brand-new park.
A golf cart drives around green, open spaces, but no one is playing. While this used to be a members-only golf club, over the past year, it has been converted into a public park. Let’s take a sneak peek at this brand-new park.
Su Sheng-wei
FTV reporter
Previously the Kaohsiung Golf Course, this area has been redeveloped over the past year into the Green Park. Now anyone can come here to experience the charm of this green space.
The park retains memories of its time as a golf course, including the holes, signs marking the greens, and little red water towers for washing golf balls. The Kaohsiung Golf Club opened in 1961, right next to Chengcing Lake. The city government reclaimed the land at the beginning of this year and has since been redeveloping it. The area reopens as the Kaohsiung Green Park over the National Day holiday weekend, welcoming everyone, entirely free of charge.
Lin Tsan-ming
Kaohsiung Parks Office director
The golf course itself has hills, ponds, and other natural features, making for a varied terrain. So, we took a low-impact development approach, minimizing interference and preserving the original hills, ponds, and other natural elements.
In addition to maintaining its rich ecosystem, the city government also built a detention pond that can hold 25,000 tons of water.
Chen Chi-mai
Kaohsiung Mayor
It connects with Shuanghu Forest Park and Chengcing Lake, as well as our original special area, covering an area of nearly 400 hectares. It’s comparable in size to New York’s Central Park and similar to London’s Hyde Park.
To preserve the natural ecosystem, pets are not allowed in the park at the moment. Neither will it be used again as a golf course. Instead, this open green space is being returned to the people to enjoy.
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民視獨家搶先開箱! 高雄高球場變身"果嶺公園"
2025-10-09
使用超過60年的高雄高爾夫球場，今年初高雄市府終止租約收回，並重新整建，預計將在國慶連假，變成全新的果嶺公園，免費開放給市民，未來串連起澄清湖與周邊綠地，成為一座超過400公頃，比紐約中央公園還大的一座公園，民視獨家帶大家來搶先開箱。
登上高爾夫球車，今天不是要來打球，而是昔日只有會員才能進來的球場變身公園，跟著鏡頭一起來先睹為快。
[[民視記者 蘇晟維]]
“昔日的高雄高爾夫球場，在經過了一年的整修之後，如今變成了果嶺公園，人人都可以來，感受這片草地的魅力”
球洞，標示果嶺的指示牌，清洗小白球的紅色水槽，都是公園中最獨特的記憶。緊鄰澄清湖的高雄高爾夫球場，成立於1961年，高雄市府在今年初收回土地後，經過快一年的規畫整理，國慶連假期間，要以全新的果嶺公園，開放給所有市民。
[[高雄市工務局公園處長 林燦銘]]
“高爾夫球場它本身就是一個丘陵，有水塘還有等等的，這些地形起伏非常大，所以我們朝向一個低度的開發，低度的干預，保留原來的這些丘陵、水塘這些”
除了豐富的生態，而高雄市府也興建了一座可以容納25000公噸水量的滯洪池。
[[高雄市長 陳其邁]]
“串聯雙湖公園跟澄清湖，以及我們原來的高大特區，將近有400公頃的面積，它就媲美美國(紐約)中央公園的大小，以及像英國的海德公園”
不過為了保護生態，初步將禁止寵物進入，也不再會再規畫作為高爾夫球場使用，但這片廣闊的綠地，勢必也將成為市民，假日踏青、溜小孩放電的好地方。
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