Kashmir Aims For Golf Tourism

The Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC), in the undulating foothills of the Himalayan Zabarwan range, overlooking the imposing Dal Lake, is the focus of the state government’s plans to draw high-end tourism.

The scheme includes the linking of golf courses across the Valley and the construction of a course with RSFC natural marsh and transitory trees as its hub.

G A Mir, State Tourism Minister, said, “We are constituting the Golf Development Authority by the y end of the year to endorse the sport as a chief tourist attraction. Huts are coming up around the golf courses and staying there is going to be an exclusive occasion for tourists.”

Recently, some European countries have relaxed their travel advisories, encouraging the government to drive high-end tourists. The Valley’s four golf courses along with RSGC, rated among the best in India as well as one of the top 10 in Asia, are seen as the central part to these plans.

The course extending up to 300 acres with rough fairways of four types of Kentucky blue mixture has been designed by a distinguished American golf architect Robert Trent Jones (Jr). The course constitutes the US PGA standards with 18-hole, par 72 golf course.

The course’s club building exemplify the traditional Kashmiri architecture and provides amenities like tented accommodation, driving range and health club.

Kashmir...plz refer http://blog.kashmirtourismpackages.in/ Golf Course is the oldest in Kashmir; spread over 52 acres, a few kilometres away among chinar and pine trees. Gulmarg, which remains snow covered for 6 months, surrounded by tall mountains, has one of the world’s highest golf courses at an altitude of 2,730 m.

It is a delight for the long hitters teeing off at the course due to resort town’s thin air, where the land slopes descent along the entire stretch. The Gulmarg golf course is also known for having India’s longest hole. The tourism brochure Proclaims, “Conquering all the fairways offers the crucial challenge for a golfer and makes Kashmir an absolute golf destination.” REFERENCE