Bangalore,
Karnataka, India.
 The
capital city of Karnataka, Bangalore, the fifth largest city in
India, is the perfect blend of natural beauty and man-made marvels
of architecture and technology. Blessed with a salubrious climate
and dotted with beautiful parks, its tree-lined avenues, its trendy,
yuppie downtown, and the software flood, Bangalore truly offers
one a picture of striking contrasts. The bazaars and shopping
malls of Bangalore offer a fine selection of silks, sandalwood
souvenirs, handicrafts and fragrant incense sticks. Dotted with
modern marvels, lush boulevards, historical monuments and bustling
shopping plazas, Bangalore, aptly called the Silicon Valley of
India, is every tourist’s dream destination. The main attractions
here include the Bull Temple: the Vidhaan Soudha, a marvel of
neo-Dravidian architecture, housing the state legislative assembly
of Karnataka and park of the Secretariat; Tipu’s Palace, entirely
built of teakwood. Bangalore is a city, which not only has a large
number of cinema halls but is also famous for its nightlife.
A
night on the town normally kicks off with a bar crawl along Brigade
Road, Residency Road and Church Street where scores of swish pubs
compete with MTV, lasers and thumping sound systems.
Bangalore Golf Club Highlights
| Year of Foundation |
1876 , redisigned by Peter Thomson |
| No. of Holes |
18 |
| Par |
70 |
Yardage |
Approx. 6,250 yards from Championhsip tees |
Playing Conditions |
The club welcome walk-ins and guests, but at extra charge. |
| Club Facilities |
Accomodation, Restaurant, Bar, Swimming, Gym |
| Golfing Facilities |
Driving Range, Putting
Green |
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 Founded
on June 24, 1876, redesigned by Peter Thomson,
Bangalore Golf Course is the second oldest
golf course in India. The par 71, 6650 yards, the eighteen-hole
course started with browns, which were later converted to
greens. The scarcity of water in the area is a major constraint
and the course has very few water hazards. Besides trees
and deep ditches, the major hazard on the course is the
Bangalore crow that often picks up the ball, mistaking it
for an egg. It is therefore, not surprising that the logo
of the Bangalore Golf Club depicts a Crow with a ball in
its beak.
Though
the fairways at the Bangalore Golf Club are fairly dry and
sandy, the greens are lush and well manicured. Drives have
to be well planned to avoid the rocky parts of the fairway,
where the ball tends to veer off and change direction. The
greens are invariably trapped by large bunkers. A large
number of flowering trees, which include the colourful gulmohar,
palm and eucalyptus, are planted along the tight fairways.
The course is remarkable in that 18 holes have been deftly
packed into just 60 acres of land.
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