Even though Sri Lanka is a well-known tourist destination due to its captivating hill country, gorgeous beaches, and fascinating old cities and temples, it is not a place that immediately springs to mind for a golfing vacation. To your great surprise, you will discover if you look up the Sri Lanka map that you can easily squeeze in three fantastic golf courses in all of Asia, positioned at three elevations.
The Royal Colombo is easily accessible from any of the Colombo Sri Lanka hotels or the Sri
Lanka Beach hotels. If you are on a Sri Lanka tour and staying in one of the Sri Lanka
boutique hotels, the Victoria Golf and Country Resort is ideal. Any all-inclusive Sri Lanka tour
will include a stop at "Little England" and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club.
Golf has a long history in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship, which debuted in 1891, is the world's second-oldest national tournament after the British Amateur. You can count on your Sri Lanka travel agent or tour operator to make accommodations for you.
Sri Lanka's Royal Colombo Golf Club: It is 5,770 meters long (par 71). a level course with wide fairways that appears straightforward but has numerous water hazards and well-guarded bunkers. Access to the Royal Colombo Golf Club is simple. Any of the city's five-star hotels are a 20-minute drive away. The Sri Lanka Golf Union, which oversees golf in Sri Lanka and is solely accountable to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew's in Scotland, is housed at the RCGC. Only sixteen other royal clubs exist in the world that is older than this one.
Donald Steel created the championship golf course at Victoria Golf Club in Digana, Sri Lanka, which is 6,190 meters long and has a par of 73. It was opened for play in early 1999. In the steep countryside, the fairways are somewhat congested. The course has an old-world beauty in the tropics, thanks to majestic hardwood trees and coconut arcades. The course's unique feature and designated hazard are the natural rock outcrops. The distance from Kandy to the Victoria Golf Club is 25 kilometers.
At 5,520 meters, this course is considered to be among the best in Asia (par 71). The fairways are long and narrow and surrounded by fir trees and thick bushes. Due to the rough terrain, it requires precise "position play," and players must be able to handle both uphill and downhill lies
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