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India
- the land to travel to, a haven of tourism delights,
a civilization to tour through. Tourists come to India
for its wealth of sights, cultural exuberance,
diversity of terrain and in search of that special
something, an extra punch that only India promises and
delivers. Teeming with over a billion people who voice
over a million concerns in fifteen hundred different
languages, India is where people live with variety,
thrive on diversity and are too familiar with
largeness to let it boggle them. Mud huts and mansions
face off across city streets. Lurid luxury and limp
living are inhabitants of the same lane.
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Golf
Tour in India |
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Tour Duratation |
20
Nights / 21 Days |
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Places to be covered |
Delhi- Chandigarh-
Shimla- Calcutta- Chennai- Coimbatore- Ooty-
Bangalore- Mumbai |
Day 01 - Arrive Delhi
On arrival you will be met by our representative and
transferred to hotel, where we will be holding the rooms
on ready occupancy basis. Overnight at hotel.
Day 02 - Delhi
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After breakfast transfer to Delhi Golf Club. The 6972
yards, PAR 72, 18 Hole Golf Course was redesigned by
Peter Thompson in 1977 - 78 and got a major fillip when
it was chosen to host the first ever golf tournament at
the Asian Games in 1982. More than 500 Golfers walk into
History every day, as they play in the country's busiest
course. The Club also has a Nine Hole B Course used
primarily by beginners. The first hole on the main
course is a 522 yards, PAR 5, which doglegs to the left
around a thorny bush rough. Afternoon return back to
Hotel.
Day 03 - Delhi
Optional sightseeing tour of Delhi visiting Old and New
Delhi both. Overnight at hotel.
Day 04 - Delhi - Chandigarh
Drive to Chandigarh. On arrival in Delhi, check in into
hotel. Afternoon half-day city tour. Overnight at hotel.
Day 05 - Chandigarh
Have breakfast and proceed to Golf Club. Starting a Golf
Course in Chandigarh was conceived in the 50's, it took
almost 10 years for it to take shape. In 1960 a piece of
land was allotted and the club was established with an
initial membership of just 10 Golfers. The 09 Hole
course was enlarged to 12, when the benevolent governor
- who surrendered a major chunk of land from his
official resident - granted additional land to the club
in 1966. It was only as late as September 1983 that a
regular 18 Hole PAR 72 Course was finally laid out over
Sprawling 132 Acres. Afternoon return to hotel.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 06 - Chandigarh -
Shimla
After breakfast drive to Shimla. Afternoon city tour of
Shimla. Overnight at hotel.
Day 07 - Shimla
Shimla was summer capital during British Raj & no
English Township could be completed without a golf
course. A suitable site was finally chosen at Naldehra
which is 23 KMS away from Shimla. Course is carpeted by
a fine spirgy turf, which requires little maintenance.
The PAR 68 Course is basically located in a bowl & has
09 Holes, which can be back played to 18. Come back to
hotel for relaxing, dine and overnight stay.
Day 08 - Shimla - Delhi
Today we enjoy train journey from Shimla to Delhi. On
arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 09 - Delhi -
Calcutta
Transfer to airport for flight to Calcutta. On arrival
transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour. Overnight at
hotel.
Day 10 - Calcutta
After breakfast transfer to Royal Calcutta Course. This
course was originally paddy field hence consequently is
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. The most significant
are the two large tanks across the tenth Fairway, the
457 yards PAR 04 hole. From the tee, the tiger line is
over the first tank and must carry all of 230 yards. The
after route to the right leaves a very long second shot
over the second tank, a good 100 yards wide, to a small
undulating green wickedly trapped all around. Return
back to hotel to relax, dine and overnight stay.
Day 11 - Calcutta - Chennai
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Morning transfer to airport to connect flight to
Chennai. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon sight
seeing tour of Chennai city. Overnight hotel.
Day 12 - Chennai
After breakfast transfer to Madras Gymkhana Club, it was
founded in 1886. Unique in that it is situated within
the 2400metre oval of the guindy racecourse, it offers a
challenging game. The fairways at guindy are flat and
fast and encircled by the out of bounds racetrack. The
greens are lush and well maintained and also
strategically located, mostly along the track. Hazards
on the course include not only thick rough, bunders and
water tanks, but also unpredictable obstructions like
the racehorses on their workouts. The first hole on this
course is a heavy looking PAR 04 at 415 yards, it
however takes a calculated and well lofted drive to
avoid the bunkers placed on the fairway, 130 yards from
the tee. The second hole is an easy PAR 03 at 170 yards,
with a tricky green, at the gradient of almost 30
degrees. Overnight to be spent at hotel.
Day 13 - Chennai
Free day to explore Chennai city, optional tour to
Mahabalipuram or revisit to golf club. Overnight
Chennai.
Day 14 - Chennai - Coimbatore - Ooty
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Coimbatore
on arrival at Coimbatore, three hours drive will take
you to Ooty, a hill stations in South India. On arrival
check in into the hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 15 - Ooty
After breakfast proceed to Ooty Golf Course, it follows
the soft contours of downland, with it's tonsured effect
of tree - bare heights, ringed with gorse and thickly
wooded copses of Eucalyptus, Oak Rhododendron and fir in
the Hollows. The altitude of 7600 feet a few degrees
above the equator, provides a combination of light/thin
air which is near intoxicant, and the ball travels much
further than it would in plains because of the rarefied
atmosphere. The Ooty Golf course is not only scenic but
also quite tiring and it would be wise for the visitor
to play only 09 of the 18 holes on the 01st day. Dinner
& overnight at hotel.
Day 16 - Ooty - Bangalore
Drive from Ooty to Bangalore, visiting beautiful country
- side. Overnight at hotel in Bangalore.
Day 17 - Bangalore
After breakfast transfer to Bangalore Golf Club. The
18-hole course, started with browns, which were later
converted to greens. 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, which 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.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 18 - Banglore - Mumbai (Bombay)
Transfer to airport for flight to Mumbai. On arrival
transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour. Overnight at
hotel.
Day 19 - Mumbai
After breakfast transfer to Bombay presidency Golf Club,
A green heaven amidst a concrete jungle. The 110 acre
founded in 1827, the PAR 70, 18 hole course was
redesigned by Peter Thompson to International Standards.
Presidency's fairways are narrow and tight, but its
greens are undoubtedly the best in the country, the real
test at presidency, however, is the variable and
shifting sea breeze, which could fox even the most
experienced player. It is not a difficult course, it's
not too long, not too narrow, and yet not an easy course
to break par. The 5th hole is one of the most
challenging on this Mumbai Course. A 480 yard, PAR 05, a
dog leg to the right, with a fairway trap strategically
placed to catch the long hitter trying to cut the
corner. Afternoon drive back to hotel. Overnight to be
spent at hotel.
Day 20 - Mumbai
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Day free for personal activities. Overnight at hotel.
Day 21 - Departure Mumbai
Transfer to International Airport for flight back home.
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