East India Golf
per person
Overview
The Royal Calcutta Golf Club, established in 1829, is not only the oldest golf club in India but the
oldest in the world outside Great Britain. Originally located near the Calcutta airport, the club moved
to the Maidan and finally to its present location at Tollygunqe in 1910. Meant exclusively for the use
of gentlemen, ladies were very reluctantly admitted to the club in 1886. In 1911 the club was
honoured by King George V and Queen Mary, who conferred on it the title of 'Royal' to
commemorate their visit to Calcutta. Much of the memorabilia connected with the history of the club
is still preserved in the club house. The country over which the Royal Calcutta course is laid was
originally paddy fields, and the course is consequently very flat. Successive committees have built
mounds and planted thousands of trees and shrubs. But the Royal's conspicuous features are its
strategically located water tanks and natural water hazards.
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Departure
Kolkata