Agra
- Agra Golf Club
Holes: 9
A nine hole course with
all greens just a stone's throw from the
Taj Mahal is actually playing golf against
the background of one of the seven wonders
of the world. Indeed, a unique course to
play on! The tall trees on all the sides
offer just a glimpse of the Taj dome from
the club house. You will require all your
golfing acumen to save the ball from getting
lost in the woods. The course is certainly
a challenge for the professional, as the
putting greens are not as smooth as one
would like them to be but where else would
you find such a historical back drop of
monuments to play against?
Bangalore
- Bangalore Golf Club
Holes:
18
Yardage:
6703/5414
Par:
71
Second oldest course
in India founded in 1876. Fairways are dry
and sandy but greens are lush and well-manicured.
A large number of flowering trees such as
palm eucalyptus and colorful gulmohar. Compact
course with some rocky parts in the fairways.
Bangalore
- Eagleton Golf Village
Holes:
18
Length:
6668
Par:
72
Designed by Pacific Coast
Designs Australia. A great design with modern
drainage and irrigation systems. A well
planned facility.

Mumbai
- Bombay Presidency Golf Club
Holes:
18
Yardage:
6223/5463
Par:
70/72
First built in 1827 then
re-designed by Peter Thompson with the Arabian
Sea winds in mind. Excellent greens, tight
fairways and an unusual hazard at the 16th
hole, an elephant pit. It is not a difficult
course; not to narrow, not too long and
yet not an easy course to break par.
Kolkata
- Royal Calcutta Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7195/6871
Par: 72
Rating: 73.6/72.1 In
1911 the club was honoured by King George
V and Queen Mary who conferred the title
"Royal" to commemorate their visit
to Calcutta. Mostly flat terrain, small
greens and natural water hazards. Best time
to play is October through March. Established
in 1829.

Kolkata
- Tollygunge Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6520/5686
Par: 71
Sir William Cruikshank
aquired this property in 1895 and created
an equestrian sports facility. This garden
course offers lots of water hazards, one
of which, the 14thhole, requires a shot
to sail over a huge water tank that is filled
with water lilies. It is dubbed the "Hydrophobia
Hole".
Chandigarh
- Chandigarh Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6618/6182
Par: 72
What makes the
Chandigarh course interesting are its lush
green fairways bounded by groves of trees
which funnel out onto the green. Each fairway
has is own distinctive fragrance, depending
on the species of trees planted there. Playing
the full course, a thick mango, jamun, eucalyptus
and kikar groves, dotted by a variety of
rose bushes. The greens are probably the
truest in the country and have to be read
very carefully. The par five, 480 yards,
seventh hole is one of the toughest on the
course. It requires short and sure shots
to negotiate the crescent shaped fairway
and avoid the thickly wooded roughs. The
most difficult green is the fourteenth,
surrounded by bunker: and out-of-bound areas.
The most scenic hole, however, is the 580
yards, par five, sixteenth, with an extremely
tight fairway running parallel to the lake
on the right and mini-zoo and grove of trees
on the left. A road bisects the Chandigarh
course into two, with nine holes on either
sides.

Hyderabad
- Hyderabad Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6434
Par: 72
A lush green course that
is managed by the Army. The holes are interestingly
named after historical figures or events
such as The Battle of Waterloo.
Jaipur - Jaipur Golf
Club
Holes: 18
An eighteen hole course
with nine greens and nine browns overlooks
the picturesque Moti Doongri Palace and
the historical Nahargarh Fort. The fairway
passes through the Rambagh Polo Grounds,
which have seen some of the finest polo
matches in the time of the late Sawai Man
Singh. These days there are more golfers
to be seen on the ground where the royals
once moved on their chargers. The upper
course has nine greens around the polo ground.
A drain separates the lower course which
has nine browns spread over a rough undulating
terrain.
Chennai
- Madras Gymkhana Club Golf Course
Holes:
18
Yardage: 6325/5765
Par: 70
This course is unique
in that it is situated within the 2,400
metre oval of the Guindy race course, it
offers a challenging game. The fairways
at Guindy are flat and fast and encircled
by the out-of-bounds race track. The greens
are lush and well maintained and also strategically
located, mostly along the track. Hazards
on the course include not only thick roughs,
bunkers and water tanks, but unpredictable
obstructions like the race horses on their
workouts.

Chennai
- Cosmopolitan Club Golf Annexe
Holes:
18
Yardage: 6859/5863
Par: 72
Spread over an area of 75 acres, a variety
of trees run along the fairways, which are
tight for the first nine holes but open
out for the back nine. The well-laid cosmopolitan
course has been redesigned by Peter Thompson
with liberal use of lateral water hazards.
Mysore
- Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar Golf Course
Holes: 18
Length: 5446
Par: 70
No greens are laid out on this course
that is within the Race Course at Mysore.
No golf is played during the Racing Season.
A brown course, flat with some trees.

New
Delhi - Delhi Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6869/5859
Par: 72
Delhi Golf Club is perhaps the only
Golf Club in the world, dotted with the
monuments of great historic and archaeological
value. In the 1930's the British ordered
their Chief of the Horticulture Department
to design a course amongst the picturesque
surroundings of the Tombs of the Lodhi Dynasty
of Delhi, which date back to the 15th century.
The character of the course lies in the
rich fauna and flora that it has on either
side of the fairways thereby giving prime
importance to accuracy in the game. The
Delhi Golf Club is also home to many professional
tournaments including the Indian Open, part
of the prestigious Asian PGA circuit.
Gurgaon
(near Delhi) - The DLF Golf & Country
Resort
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Designed by the legendary Arnold
Palmer, this golf course is superbly located
close to the international airport. This
magnificent golf course offers a great test
of golf and will challenge players of all
skill levels. Night golf at DLF is a memorable
experience and one not to be missed. There
is a fully equipped golf academy and a warm,
comfortable clubhouse that adds to the unique
golf experience.
Gurgaon
(near Delhi) - Classic Golf Resort
Holes: 27
Length: 7114
yards
Par: 72
The Classic Golf Resort is the first
South Asian signature championship course
designed by the great Jack ‘Golden
Bear’ Nicklaus. The resort has been
built on a 300-acre expanse, at the foothills
of the picturesque Aravalli hills. This
international standard Classic Golf course
is located on the outskirts of Delhi, off
the Delhi – Jaipur highway and about
a 45 minutes drive away from Delhi. This
fusion of international experience with
Indian expertise, indigenous adaptation
of globally accepted materials and processes
as well as the constant adherence to quality
standards is what makes the Classic Golf
Resort a truly world class championship
venue.

Noida
(near Delhi) - Jaypee Greens
Holes: 18
A historical course on the location
of the Battle of Delhi. Some water hazards
as per a water drain that runs through fairways
8, 10, 11, and 17. A large lake is featured
on the 7th hole, which is also the tightest.
Ooty
- Ootacamund Gymkhana Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6074/5125
Par: 70
Incorporated in 1896 and made into
a greens in 1929. It is located at a mountainous7,600
feet. A Ross Thompson design that is open
year round.
Shillong
- Shillong Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 5873/5231
Par: 70
Not only is the Shillong course scenic
and enjoyable, it is also challenging. Course
is set in an undulating valley covered with
pine and rhododendron trees. Tight fairways
are difficult to negotiate with the number
of out-of-bounds streams that criss-cross
every fairway only making it more trying.
Obstructions come in the form of bunkers,
trees and rain. Shillong is just 56 km from
the wettest place in the world. A group
of British Civil Service officers introduced
golf to Shillong in 1898 by constructing
a nine-hole course. Present 18-hole course
was inaugurated in 1924. Tight fairway is
carpeted with a unique local grass, which
hardens the soil. The longest hole is the
6th, a gruelling 594 yards.

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