Delhi Golf Club
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The Delhi Golf Club is one of the oldest golf-courses in Asia and the oldest one in Delhi
. It was founded in the 1920's as the Lodhi Club and is located at Dr. Zakir Hussain Road in Nizamuddin. It became a corporate entity in 24th February 1950.
structures and tombs into the course. The golf club has undergone various changes over time, and at one point it had to sell at least a third of the land it occupied to the municipality of Delhi in order to finance itself. Today, it is a favourite meeting point of the Delhi elite and hosts various tournaments and cups such as the Indian Open.
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Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
. It was founded in the 1920's as the Lodhi Club and is located at Dr. Zakir Hussain Road in Nizamuddin. It became a corporate entity in 24th February 1950.
History
The course was originally laid out by the British, integrating existing MughalMughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
structures and tombs into the course. The golf club has undergone various changes over time, and at one point it had to sell at least a third of the land it occupied to the municipality of Delhi in order to finance itself. Today, it is a favourite meeting point of the Delhi elite and hosts various tournaments and cups such as the Indian Open.
The Course
The Course, comprises of the championship 18-hole Lodhi Course, part of the Asian PGA Tour, and the shorter 9-hole Peacock Course. The latter came into being when the course was re-designed by Peter Thomson in 1976-77.External links
- Delhi Golf Club – official site
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