An American golf architect Ronald Fream founded Golfplan in 1972. Having worked in about 70 different countries in six different continents makes Golfplan one of the most experienced golf architecture companies in the world.

Five Golfplan courses retain #1 Planet Golf rankings according to Golf Digest, including The Club at Nine Bridges (South Korea), Tanah Merah (Singapore), Krakow Valley (Poland), Saujana Golf (Malaysia) and Flamingo Monastir (Tunisia).

The Weihai Point course in China was selected as the Best New International Course by Links Magazine in 2008.

The Qiandaohu Country Club in China was selected as the Best New Golf Club and #2 Best Golf Course Design (China Golf Award 2008).