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Royal
Calcutta
Golf
Club
affectionately
known
as
the
"Royal"
is
synonymous
with
the
game
of
golf
in
this
country.
Founded
in
1829,
Royal
is
the
oldest
golf
club
outside
the
British
Isles.
The
oldest
being
the
Royal
and
Ancient,
St.
Andrews
in
Scotland,
the
home
of
golf.
The
golfing
heritage
and
history
of
Royal
makes
this
a
truly
hallowed
place
for
the
game
of
golf.
Originally
located
near
the
Calcutta
airport,
the
club
moved
to
the
Maidan
and
finally
to
its
present
location
at
Tollygunge
in
1910.
Meant
exclusively
for
the
use
of
gentlemen,
ladies
were
very
reluctantly
admitted
to
the
club
in
1886,
when
the
committee
voted
43
against
13
on
the
condition
that
female
members
be
allowed
to
use
the
course
only
in
the
mornings.
The
area
over
which
the
Royal
Calcutta
course
is
laid,
was
originally
paddy
fields,
and
the
course
is
consequently
very
undulating.
Successive
committees
built
mounds
and
planted
thousands
of
trees
and
shrubs
to
enhance
the
beauty
of
the
property.
However,
Royal's
conspicuous
features
are
its
strategically
located
water
tanks
and
natural
water
hazards.
Greens
at
Royal
are
quite
large
by
modern
standards
and
their
undulations
make
them
tricky.
The
par
fours
and
long
and
challenging
to
score
on
where
approach
shots
require
long
and
medium
irons
to
be
hit
which
test
the
skills
of
all
the
golfers.
The
Royal
has
been
a
very
popular
venue
for
many
prestigious
amateur
and
professional
events
including
our
very
own
Indian
Open.
Many
a
renowned
International
golfers
have
walked
the
fairways
of
Royal
–
the
most
significant
ones
being
–
Walter
Hagen,
Pamela
Barton,
Peter
Thompson,
Payne
Stewart,
Charles
Schwartzel,
Louis
Oosthuizen
amongst
others.
Our
own
greats
–
I.S.
Malik,
H.S.
Malik,
Billoo
Sethi,
Ashok
Malik,
‘Bunny’
Lakshman
Singh,
Jeev
Milkha
Singh,
Arjun
Atwal,
Jyoti
Randhawa,
SSP
Chawrasia
and
Anirban
Lahiri
have
all
been
a
part
of
the
Royal
golfing
heritage
and
history!
At
a
meeting
held
on
the
18th
December,
1911
it
was
resolved
that
the
Maidan
Course
and
premises
be
closed
for
play
until
further
orders
in
preparation
for
the
visit
of
Their
Majesties
King
George
V
and
Queen
Mary.
At
the
same
meeting
a
letter
was
read
out
from
Major
Wigram
and
another
from
the
Private
Secretary
to
the
Viceroy
advising
that
the
Club’s
application
for
the
use
of
the
title
‘Royal’
should
be
forwarded
to
the
local
Government
for
submission
to
the
Secretary
of
State.
The
letter
should
be
accompanied
by
a
short
history
of
the
Club
and
certain
other
information
regarding
its
present
strength,
and
so
on.
But
it
was
not
until
the
5th
of
November
1912
R.
Duncan,
the
Captain
of
the
Club,
read
out
a
letter
to
his
Committee
from
the
Hon’ble
C.
J.
Stevenson-Moore,
C.V.O,
I.C.S.,
Chief
Secretary
to
the
Government
of
Bengal,
that
he
could
inform
the
Club
that
His
Imperial
Majesty
the
King
Emperor
had
been
graciously-pleased
to
grant
the
title
of
'Royal'
to
the
Calcutta
Golf
Club
in
commemoration
of
their
Majesties
visit
to
Calcutta
in
the
early
part
of
the
year.
A
letter
conveying
the
Committee’s
deep
appreciation
of
the
privilege
was
thereupon
addressed
to
Stevenson-Moore
with
the
request
that
a
copy
be
forwarded
to
His
Majesty.
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