Trivandrum golf course is laid out in the 1850s
during the days of the late Maharajah Sreemoolam Tirunal, is one of
the oldest in the country and is more than 150 years old. The royal
family of erstwhile Travancore had established this golf course even
before the Americans and the Europeans took to the game.
The nine-hole golf course here is one of the smallest in the country,
but one of the prettiest. The 25-acre course has over 3,400 trees
belonging to over 1,000 species and is one of the green lungs
of the city.
The club has been attracting a lot of foreign tourists, who include
many diplomats and businessmen.
Most of the hotels on these trips are very close to the Golf course.
As a guest player, you will not have to wait long to tee-off. The
course is situated in the City adjacent to the Maharaja's Palace.
The club building of the Trivandrum Golf Club, a heritage structure
which is more than 100 years old and noted for its traditional architecture
and the elaborate engineering work that has gone into it. The building
has an antique door with elaborate trellis work. The building, of
about 7,000 sq. ft., is typical of the old buildings of the colonial
era and is Pagoda shaped. |
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