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Kashmir offers a unique opportunity to play golf in invigorating surroundings, where the wind whispers through enormous trees of Chinar and stately pine. Golf tourism is one of the main attractions of the Kashmir valley in summers. The peak season for golf in Kashmir is from April to November. One advantage that the game of golf in Kashmir has over other golf courses that the weather here is quite refreshing and the shade of the bordering Chinar and Pine trees enables the play to go on longer.
The picturesque Kashmir Valley is emerging as the country’s golfing capital with the number of visiting golfers up by 15 times this year. Buoyed by the response from golfers, the J&K administration earlier held seven golf tournaments in Kashmir in which 126 top golfers from the country and abroad participated. Jammu and Kashmir has six world standard golf courses, comprising three in Srinagar, one each at Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Jammu. The army and police have smaller golf courses for their personnel at different places in the valley.
The golfing circuit of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly Srinagar’s iconic Royal Springs Golf Course and Pahalgam Golf Course, provides unparalleled world-class experience. This way, tourism in Jammu and Kashmir is picking up with heritage, adventure and golf being on the enquiry list of prospective tourists.
Golf has become affordable for the common people in Kashmir, where it was formerly believed to be a sport for the wealthy and was out of the price range of the middle class, thanks to the Government-run Kashmir Golf Academy, which has trained around 1000 students so far. The present classes of students who are learning the sport at one of the country’s oldest and most picturesque golf courses are from the middle class and would never have imagined participating in such a sport.
Royal Spring Golf Course is the most scenic Golf Courses in a natural environment created against the dramatic backdrop of Zabarwan mountains at Chashma Shahi. These springs were the source of soft sweet water, prized by the Mughal Emperor Jehangir, around which he built an exquisite walled garden – the Chashma Shahi. The legendary garden overlooks the Golf Course which also contains four of the Royal Springs. Golf at Royal Springs, Srinagar is a truly transcending experience for the golfer and nature lover alike.
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