Tollygunge Club |
| Open |
Round the year |
| No. of Holes |
18 |
Yardage |
6,628 yards from Ranjit Nanda & Associates |
| Par |
71 |
Playing Conditions |
Tolly welcomes tourists but the club's sporting
activities are closed on Monday. The Dining Room and
the Terrace Bar are open for members and Room Guests
on Monday. |
Club Facilities |
Restaurant, Squash, Bar, Swimming, Gym, Tennis,
Horse Riding |
| Additional Facilities |
Driving Range, Putting Green, Academy |
| Accommodation |
18 rooms |
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 Tollygunge
Club: Just across the road from the Royal Calcutta
is the Tollygunge Club. The extensive grounds of the club were
originally an indigo plantation, laid out in 1781. In 1895 , Sir
William Cruikshank, a banker of repute and a keen sportsman, acquired
the estate from Prince Ghulam Mohammad, the son of Tipu Sultan,
and founded the Tollygunge. Besides maintaining an 18 hole golf
course, the Tollugunge Club also pioneered equestrian sports,
and steeple chasing and show umping and still held annually at
the Club.
The
100 acre club grounds boast an enviable collection of flowering
trees
and tropical plants which have been brought from as far as a field
as Australia and South America. The foliage provides a home for
a number od
species of exotic birds.
 The
6520 yards, Par 71 course at Yollugunge is fairly easy to tackle
but for the large number of water hazards. The fairways are lush
green and wide, and the greens well maintained and easy to read.
A particularly difficult hole is the 321 yards, par four fourteenth,
also known as ‘Hydrophobia’. The player has to cross over a large
water tank, built by Prince Ghulam Mohammad and filled with water
lilies, to approach the green on the other side. A miscalculated
or over swung drive could easily land the ball in the tank or
the out-of-bounds area.
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