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{{short description|In Kashmir, India}}
{{Infobox golf facility
|name = Gulmarg Golf Club
|image = Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|caption = Gulmarg Golf Course
| coordinates = {{coord|34|03|18|N|74|23|30|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|location = [[Gulmarg]], <br /> [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Kashmir]]
|establishment = 1890
|type = Public
|owner = [[Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation|JKTDC]]
|operator = [[Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation|JKTDC]]
|holes = 18
|tournaments =
|website =
|course1 =
|designer1 = [[Neville Chamberlain (police officer)|Colonel Neville Chamberlain]]
|par1 = 72
|length1 = {{convert|7505|yd}}
}}

The '''Gulmarg Golf Club''' is a public [[golf course]] in a meadow at [[Gulmarg]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Kashmir]], India. The golf course, at an elevation of {{convert|2,650|m|ft}} above sea level, is the highest green golf course in the world.<ref name=jktdc/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rice|first=Jonathan|url=http://archive.org/details/curiositiesofgol00jona|title=Curiosities of golf|date=1995|publisher=London : Pavilion|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-1-85793-671-1}}</ref> It lies {{convert|52|km|mi}} from [[Srinagar]] in the west. The golf course gets covered in by a thick layer of snow during the winter. It is open from April to November.<ref name=gul>{{Cite web|title=the-south-asian Life & Times|url=http://www.the-south-asian.com/april-june2009/Golf-courses-Gulmarg.htm|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.the-south-asian.com}}</ref><ref name=jkt/>

==History==
Gulmarg, which means ''the meadow of flowers'', is a [[hill station]] surrounded by pine and fir. The Gulmarg Golf Course with a 6-hole course was built within a meadow by [[Neville Chamberlain (police officer)|Colonel Neville Chamberlain]] in 1890 at Gulmarg, a hill station near Srinagar. In 1922 the first Golf championship was played at the course with the introduction of Nedou's Cup in 1929. The course was later redesigned and turned into the Gulmarg Golf Club by [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] in 1970. It was developed in a [[Links (golf)|links-style]] in accordance with its surrounding natural landscape and made more challenging by relocation of the greens. The golf course hosted the Northern India Cup regularly until 1989, when it was shifted to Delhi.<ref name=gulm>{{Cite book|last1=Lovell-Hoare|first1=Max|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mJQBAAAQBAJ&q=location+of+gulmarg+golf+course&pg=PA210|title=Kashmir: Jammu. Kashmir Valley. Ladakh. Zanskar|last2=Lovell-Hoare|first2=Sophie|date=2014-07-01|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-396-2|language=en}}</ref> In 2011, the golf course was redesigned by Ranjit Nanda a Delhi-based golf-architect. From December to March, the golf course becomes a winter sports center for skiing and snowboarding.<ref name=jktdc>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jktdc.co.in/golfing-in-kashmir.aspx|title=Golfing in Kashmir|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.jktdc.co.in}}</ref><ref name=gul/><ref name=jkt/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Khanna|first=A. C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhwuAAAAMAAJ&q=gulmarg+playground+of+india|title=Hill Resorts of India and Nepal: A Traveller's Guide|date=1971|publisher=Nest & Wings (India)|language=en}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The Gulmarg Golf Club, at an elevation of {{convert|2,650|m|ft}} above sea level, is the highest green golf course in the world.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stacey|first=Allan|url=http://archive.org/details/visitingkashmir0000stac|title=Visiting Kashmir|date=1988|publisher=New York : Hippocrene Books|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-87052-568-1}}</ref> It has 16 different species of [[wildflower]]s along with the [[Agrostis stolonifera|creeping bent]] on the greens. The 18-hole golf course features the country's longest hole (the 8th, a 610-yard [[Par (score)|par]] 5). At {{convert|7505|yd}}, the Gulmarg Golf Course is the longest golf course in India.<ref name=gul/><ref name=jkt>{{Cite web|title=Gulmarg Golf Club|url=http://www.jktourism.jk.gov.in/List/Listdetails.aspx?52734E46697354352F5A4446464543536C36796E567035464478525631365A47764365564A3035493543633D#|url-status=live|access-date=2020-10-23|website=jktourism.jk.gov.in}}</ref><ref name=gulm/>

==See also==
* [[Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar]]

==References==
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{{Golf clubs in India}}

[[Category:Sport in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Golf clubs and courses in India]]
[[Category:Sport in Srinagar]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:1890 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1890]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Baramulla district]]

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>Shyamsunder at 11:47, 26 June 2021