Nepal Golf Club

The Royal Nepal Golf Club turned 100 this year and the oldest club of the country began the centenary celebrations with a special function and unveiling of the commemorative plaque here today. Former RNGC President 90-year-old Khadga Jeet Baral and current president Rabindra Man Shrestha along with other former presidents, captains and officials unveiled the plaque and hoisted the RNGC flag on the premises of the club to kick start the celebration on the New Year’s day. Former RNGC President Khadga Jeet Baral unveiling commemorative plaque during club’s centenary celebration ceremony in Kathmandu on April 14, 2017. The RNGC was established in 1917 at the Gaucharan with a 36-hole course. The government later established an airport, Tribhuvan International Airport, at the place and the course was reduced to 27 holes. The second phase of airport expansion further narrowed the course to 13 holes and currently it is a nine-hole par-68 facility. “It was a really huge facility...

1917 Rana Prime Minister’s delegation returns from Scotland with some golf clubs. Started playing at Gaucharan, where the present T.I. Airport runway is located. G of those days were Rana Generals like, Gen Babar Shumsher and Gen Lava Shumsher. It is believed that they had 18 holes at that time, with sand and oil/tar based greens (so called browns). Some golf tournaments were initiated at that time. Mid 1920’s The Lava cup was started in mid 1920’s 1955 The golf course at Gaucharan got shortened once airplanes started landing in Kathmandu as the runway occupied half of it’s land. Those days even King Tribhuwan and members of the Royal family used to play golf occasionally. Prince Basundhara was a keen golfer. Late 50’s Gen Kiran Shumsher established the same golf course by naming it Gauchar Golf Club. 5/Sep/1965 Gauchar Golf Club received Royal patronage from King Mahendra; the Club was inaugurated, and since then it has been named Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC). Prince Basundh...

GOLFING IN NEPAL The popularity of golf is on the increasing stage in Nepal having five golf co Nepal Golf Club (ktm) urses: Royal Nepal Golf Course and Gokarna Forest Golf Resort in Kathmandu, Himalayan Golf Club and Fulbari Resort Golf Course in Pokhara and Nirvana Country Club in Dharan. The best time for a play is during the dry season between October and March. Golf clubs in Kathmandu and Pokhara offer excellent courses with magnificent view of the Himalayas. Golf is one of the most expensive sports, was started in Nepal by the Royal families. The history of golf in Nepal goes back to the time when a delegation of Rana ministers returned home with golf clubs from a visit to Scotland. The first real golf tournament Lava Cup was started in 1920. The Gokarna Forest Golf Resort, is one of the finest in South Asia. It is a 72-course golf area with 18 holes. The course is set in an old forest area of the Valley. Near the resort is Harmony Spa, for soothing golf senses....