Royal Calcutta Golf Club Explained
| Golf Facility Name: | Royal Calcutta Golf Club |
| Location: | 18 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge
Kolkata 700 033, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.493°N 88.355°W |
| Establishment: | [1] |
| Holes: | 18 |
| Par1: | 72 |
| Length1: | 7195/6871[2] |
| Rating1: | 73.6/72.1 |
Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) in Kolkata, India was established in 1829 and is the oldest golf club in India and the first outside Great Britain.[3] [4]
RCGC has an 18-hole golf course with the following detail:[5]
- Yardage: 7195/6871
- Par: 72
- Rating: 73.6/72.1
- Mostly flat terrain, with many natural water hazards with water lilies and largish greens.
The Royal Calcutta Golf Club is the oldest golf club outside the United Kingdom. The oldest club outside Scotland is the Royal Blackheath Golf Club in London, established in 1766.[6]
King George V and Queen Mary conferred the title "Royal" to the Club to commemorate their visit to Calcutta in 1911. Apart from golf, it offers tennis courts and a swimming pool. The Club also maintains a Lawn Bowls Pavilion in the Kolkata Maidan.
The golf course is a green oasis in the city, and is home to foxes, snakes and mongoose as well as many birds.
Shiv Chawrasia is a member, his father was a greenkeeper and he started out as a caddie, but he currently plays on the European Tour.
See also
References
Cited sources
- Web site: Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal. wbsportsandyouth.gov.in. Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports. 2017. 25 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology. 13 October 2022. Kolkata.
- Web site: The Royal Calcutta Golf Club . 2 September 2013 . 16 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316082144/http://www.rcgc.in/golf_course/score_card.php . dead .
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- Web site: Sportstar East Sports Conclave 2023: "Infrastructure, funds lacking, rowing struggles to prosper in Kolkata" — Calcutta Rowing Club secretary. sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar – The Hindu. Kolkata. 3 August 2023. 6 February 2023. 31 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230803171405/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/sportstar-conclave/sportstar-east-sports-conclave-2023-jaidip-mukerjea-traditional-clubs-sports-promotion-ccfc-south-tolly-calcutta-rowing-club/article66474169.ece.
- http://www.worldgolf.com/courses/indiagcs.html Golf courses in India
- Book: Golf Records, Facts and Champions . Guinness . Steel, Donald . 1987 . 9 . 0851128475.
Further reading
- Web site: The British hangover of Kolkata's elite clubs. 18 February 2021. 4 November 2023. getbengal.com. Get Bengal Newslocation=Kolkata. Mallika. Bhaumik. https://web.archive.org/web/20210218125215/https://www.getbengal.com/details/the-british-hangover-of-kolkatas-elite-clubs. 18 February 2021.
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