The first thing you have to realise about Mission Hills is that they don't need guests. The main concern is to sell memberships and property to the well-off locals. They seem to be successful in the selling of memberships as there are very few free start times for guests.
As a hotel guest in MH Dongguan, everything about the hotel is good enough, bars are ok, restaurants are not bad, rooms are well enough equiped, spa is good, but the swimming pool is a good 5 minutes walk away from the hotel in a different property. Breakfast is also served in the Golf club - 8 minutes walk away from the hotel - good luck trying to find the breakfast room on the first morning. Don't expect to see many people - very few guests.
Now for the Golf!!!!!
The good - 5 courses played (all from black tees). Annika - good, Leadbetter - Very Good, Nicklaus - Very Good, Norman - Great course - especially for players with low handicaps. Faldo course is awesome - brilliant layout - playable for all golfers - screws with your head and will wear you out mentally every time - a must to play.
Note to MH - please ask the caddies to rake the bunkers and not just throw the rakes at the sand. One bad lie in a bunker can really spoil a round, but 4 bad lies from 4 bunkers is just frustrating.
THE BAD!!!!
Try to book a start time not previously arranged - impossible. No start times - all reserved for members. We reserved a time the following day, only to have a note passed into the room at 9pm telling us we cannot play golf due to no start times - even though we booked. Luckily another course had 'A' start time, but why did no-one tell us that.
When checking in for your start time you have to pay a deposit covering your round + RMB 500 for any drinks out on the course. This would be ok if anyone could explain this to the golfers prior to paying. Staff gave lots of smiles, but no information. Frustrating. After round credit card refunded in full, then charged for the round and drinks. Crazy system, but trust me - THEY DON'T CARE.
Now lets go find our golf bags. Initially chaotic and unorganised - no bags. After the first day when our bags were numbered, went like clockwork, but too late - worried every day about where our clubs were.
So fight with golf reception, get a caddie, sit in a buggy, wait for permision to drive to the 1st tee - welcome to production line golf. You also have to sign a form promising to be a good boy and keep up with the speed of play.
Caddies have little command of English, but are helpful to your average golfer on clubbing and putt lines. I tested all my (golden) caddies and constantly got wrong distances. One exception was Zhang #11010 who gave me good distances most of the time, but admitted when she didn't know.
Summary - I would go back to play golf, but would not look forward to navigating through the entire golf check in system. Also very expensive. (St Andrews Old Course is cheaper to play!!)

I stayed at Mission Hills during a recent trip to China and took advantage of the golf, hotel and spa offer for one night. Firstly the hotel- its is vast with many different lounges and room but because of that lacks any real atmosphere or charm. It's very comfortable but even on a Saturday night there were only 3 or 4 other guests around which made the place feel empty.
The spa is very nice and I had a good massage as part of the package which was very professionally done. The room I stayed in was huge- the bathroom was bigger than most bed rooms and bed and sitting area enormous and very comfortable. Breakfast was very good and plentiful.
I played golf of the Sunday on the Olzabal course- it was a really good test with some excellent holes but not a course for a novice golfer.The caddies were good fun, spoke some English and we had a good time but overall the round took 5 hours so there was a lot of waiting,
I enjoyed the golf but would try to stay elsewhere and book a tee time next time

Playing golf is an ok experience. We played the Ozaki course. I was not very impressed with the design of the course, a lot of not-logical placed bunkers. The course is well kept though and in the evening, you can even play on this course as it is lit. The caddies were friendly but not able to speak properly English and therefore to really be an assist.
I was not satisfied with the hotel accomodation. The rooms are outdated, and many of them have wood floors, which makes a lot of noise when furniture in other rooms is being replaced. The worst part is the fact that this hotel has a lot of connecting doors between hotel rooms and as a result you can literally hear what the guest next to you is doing and saying. Unacceptable for a hotel with such a premium image.
Hotel staff is friendly and hospitable. Food is good.

I would have to say that I did'nt expect such a vast green enviornment could have existed in Shenzhen but then if you are not a golfer, there is really no much one can do there. I went there for tennis but besides having to wait for the shuttle to get to the tennis center, the courts were poorly maintained and very expensive to rent, I ended up playing lots of squash instead becasue the gym is small and there is no jogging paths despite such beautiful surrounding.
I went on weekdays and the place was peaceful and quiet. Service was wonderful, next time I shall bring a good book.