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Golf in India goes back a long way. In fact, it goes back a very long way because the first golf club established outside the British Isles was Royal Calcutta (originally named Dum Dum Golfing Club) in 1829. The now defunct Royal Bombay Golf Club followed in 1842 then Cosmopolitan Club and Bangalore Golf Club were founded during the 1870s. Madras Gymhkana was formed in 1884 before places like Shillong and Royal Western India appeared around the turn of the century.

  1. The DLF Golf & Country Club now has 27 holes at its disposal, the 18-hole Gary Player course and a 9-hole Arnold Palmer course, which still retains its floodlighting for those seeking a night time golfing experience.

  2. Delhi (Lodhi)

    Northern India, India

    Delhi golf course, or the Lodhi, as it is known locally, is brimming with reminders of bygone times predating the Moghul Empire. Amongst the ruined tombs are two golf courses which occupy some 220 acres.

  3. Kalhaar Blues & Greens

    Western India, India

    Developed by the Navratna Group within a sizeable real estate project, the layout at Kalhaar Blues & Greens was only the second Nicklaus Design course to open in India when it debuted in 2012.

  4. Jaypee Greens

    Northern India, India

    Opened for play in 2000, Jaypee Greens is Greg Norman’s first – and, so far, only – Indian design. Intended as the golfing centrepiece of a 430-acre residential development...

  5. Classic (Ridge & Valley)

    Northern India, India

    The Ridge & Valley nines at the Classic Golf Resort comprise the first Jack Nicklaus signature golf course in South Asia.

  6. Karnataka

    Southern India, India

    It wasn’t until 1986, thirteen years after a golf course was first proposed for the Karnataka Golf Association, that a 9-hole layout was established on a 124-acre site in Challaghatta, close to Bangalore’s city centre.

  7. Royal Calcutta Golf Club

    Eastern India, India

    Royal Calcutta Golf Club is older than any club in the world beyond the British Isles – older, indeed, than most of those in Britain itself.

  8. Royal Springs

    Northern India, India

    The RTJ II-designed Royal Springs golf course is located overlooking Dal Lake with a backdrop of the Zabarwan Hills.

  9. Ootacamund Gymkhana

    Southern India, India

    The town of Udhagamandalam – or Ooty for short – was established by the British in the early 19th century as a hill station, allowing government officials to retreat there during the summer when the temperatures are a little cooler at 7,000 feet above sea level.

  10. Prestige Golfshire

    Southern India, India

    Designed by Bob Hunt from PGA Design Consulting in the UK, the semi-private resort course at Prestige Golfshire is set out close to the Nandi Hills, a mere half an hour’s drive from Kempegowda International Airport.

  11. The Boulder Hills Golf & Country Club course is the sporting focal point of a substantial real estate development to the west of Hyderabad in the centre of the new Gachibowli township, which been described as an “IT suburb”.

  12. Hyderabad

    Southern India, India

    Established in 1992, the public course at Hyderabad Golf Club is a joint venture between the Hyderabad Golf Association and the Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation, with fourteen holes set out inside the ancient citadel of Golkonda Fort.

  13. Bombay Presidency

    Western India, India

    Bombay Presidency Golf Club was established in 1927 and it has been described as offering “classic golf on a tight site”...

  14. Oxford Golf & Country Club

    Western India, India

    Phil Ryan of Pacific Coast Design laid out the course at Oxford Golf & Country Club, routing the fairways of the front nine along the sides of a valley, with the back nine holes set out on the valley floor.

  15. Golden Greens

    Northern India, India

    The Golden Greens links-like 7,100-yard championship course was carved through the meandering desert dunes of the Aravalli Range.

  16. Tollygunge

    Eastern India, India

    Just across the road from the Royal Calcutta Golf Club is Tollygunge. The extensive grounds of the club were originally an indigo plantation, laid out in 1781.

  17. Eagleton

    Southern India, India

    Eagleton is generally friendly from the tee with wide fairways and not too punishing rough. The greens hold many subtle breaks, which will catch out even the very best short game.

  18. Kensville

    Western India, India

    Kensville Golf & Country Club hosted three editions of the short-lived Gujarat Kensville Challenge and it was fitting that Gaganjeet Bhullar would win the inaugural tournament in 2011, becoming the first Indian golfer to triumph on the European Challenge Tour.

  19. Chandigarh

    Northern India, India

    Unveiled in 1962, the 18-hole layout at Chandigarh Golf Club sits on the southern shores of Sukhna Lake, where more than fifty years of tree growth means the course is now a really tight track, requiring pinpoint accuracy on every hole.

  20. Panchkula

    Northern India, India

    Situated within a 135-acre property on the outskirts of Chandigarh, the course at Panchkula Golf Club lies on the banks of the river Ghaghar. Opened for play in 2003, it’s a public sports facility run by the state government of Haryana.