International Golf Course to be Ready by April 2008!

The Golf Course near to the Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery is getting ready very fast on the western side of the runway at an area of 126 acres. It will be an 18 holed Golf Course, of course the first one in the state with 18 holes. The Tourism Department, New Delhi has granted Rs.10 crores for the course. (Picture on the right side is Cochin Golf Course)

Review:

The Central Planning board member Mr. Anwar Hooda visited the process of development of the Golf Course.

Estimated cost and clearance and time limit:

The Golf Course is set to cost Rs.64 crores including the land value! The Cochin International Airport Limited(CIAL) obatained the mandatory clearance from the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
M.D of CIAL Mr. Sreeram Bharath said that the golf course will be ready by April 2008 and a Country club having facilities for games such as badminton, Basketball, tennis would also be set up. So would a convention centre, retail centre and five-star and budget hotels.

The Golf Course here is mainly set to attract the foreign tourists!!

Golf Course grounds in Kerala:

There are five golf courses in Kerala, all of which are nine holed:

1) Trivandrum Golf Course laid out in 1850 is one of the smallest in the country, but one of the prettiest.
2) Cochin Golf course made in 1922 at Bolghatty Island, besides the Dutch Palace;it has over 450 members.
3) Naval Golf Course at the Headqarters of Southern Naval Command, Kochi.
4th & 5th at Munnar Hill Station 130 kms off Kochi!

The Golf Course at Kochi and Triavndrum are only allowed for the public, while entry to the golf course at the Naval Base and two others at Munnar is restricted.

Crazy Politicians!!?

Some politicians raise the demand that the golf club grounds at Trivandrum, be converted into housing quarters for Government staff. See how crazy!
SOME FACTS RELATED TO GOLF:

Kerala is the only State in the country that does not have an 18-hole course.

Mission Hills Golf Club in Guanlan, Shenzhen, China(see the picture on the right side) is recognized as the largest golf facility in the world by the Guinness World Records with 180 holes and stretches over 50 miles across a piece of property twice the size of Manhattan. (yes!! one hundred and eighty)!

Korea plans World's biggest golf complex with as many as 540 holes will be built in South Korea's western coas,t in the Saemangeum area, about 280 kilometers south of Seoul, built in stages on a 26.4-million-square-meter area comparable to the size of 2,444 football fields!!

With Love

SHENOY!!!

Dec 18, 2020 hrs IST