Classical Golf Tour
Day 01 ARRIVE DELHI
On arrival in Delhi you will be met by our representative and transferred to hotel where we will be holding the rooms on ready occupancy basis. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 02 IN DELHI
After breakfast transfer to Delhi Golf Club. The 6972 yards, PAR 72, 18 Hole Golf Course was redesigned by Peter Thompson in 1977 - 78 and got a major fillip when it was chosen to host the first ever golf tournament at the Asian Games in 1982. More than 500 Golfers walk into History every day, as they play in the country's busiest course. The Club also has a Nine Hole B Course used primarily by beginners. The first hole on the main course is a 522 yards, PAR 5, which doglegs to the left around a thorny bush rough. Afternoon return back to Hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 03 IN DELHI
After breakfast, proceed to the Jaypee Greens Golf Course situated at Noida for a game of Golf. Lunch at the Golf Resort. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 04 IN DELHI
Full day sightseeing tour of Old & New Delhi. Morning city tour of New Delhi covering Laxmi Narayan Temple, India Gate, Parliament House. Afternoon city tour Old Delhi covering Jama Masjid, Red Fort, Gandhi memorial. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 05 DELHI - CALCUTTA
Morning transfer to airport to board flight for Calcutta. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 06 CALCUTTA
After breakfast transfer to Royal Calcutta Course. This course was originally paddy field hence consequently is very flat. Successive Committees have built mounds and planted thousands of trees and shrubs. But the Royal's conspicuous features are its strategically located water tanks and natural water hazards. The most significant are the two large tanks across the tenth Fairway, the 457 yards PAR 04 hole. From the tee, the tiger line is over the first tank and must carry all of 230 yards. The after route to the right leaves a very long second shot over the second tank, a good 100 yards wide, to a small undulating green wickedly trapped all around. Return back to hotel to relax. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 07 CALCUTTA - CHENNAI
Morning transfer to airport to connect flight to Chennai. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Chennai city. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 08 CHENNAI
After breakfast transfer to Madras Gymkhana Club, it was founded in 1886. Unique in that it is situated within the 2400metre oval of the Guindy racecourse, it offers a challenging game. The fairways at Guindy are flat and fast and encircled by the out of bounds racetrack. The greens are lush and well maintained and also strategically located, mostly along the track. Hazards on the course include thick rough, bunkers and water tanks, but also unpredictable obstructions like the racehorses on their workouts. The first hole on this course is a heavy looking PAR 04 at 415 yards, it however takes a calculated and well lofted drive to avoid the bunkers placed on the fairway, 130 yards from the tee. The second hole is an easy PAR 03 at 170 yards, with a tricky green, at the gradient of almost 30 degrees. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 09 IN CHENNAI
Full day excursion to Mahabalipuram & Kanchipuram.
Mahabalipuram - a quite seaside resort with a unique and glorious 7th century Shore Temple and some of the most beautiful rock-cut caves in the world. Visit the Krishna, Varaha and Mahishasura Mardhini Mandapas besides the famous stone bas-relief, Arjuna's Penance.
Kanchipuram was under the Pallavas from the 6th to 8th century AD and later became the citadel of the Cholas, Vijayanagar Kings, the Muslim and the British. It has been a center of Tamil learning, cultural and religious background for centuries. Kanchipuram has magnificent temples of unique architectural beauty bearing eloquent testimony to its glorious Dravidian heritage. All the religious cities in India support one of the two sects in Hinduism - Vaishnavism and Shaivism, but Kanchipuram has blended itself equally to both the sects, dividing itself into Vishnu Kanchi, surrounding the Varadaraja Temple, and Shiva Kanchi, surrounding the Ekambareshwar (also spelt as Ekambareshwa) Temple, while the Kamakshi Amman Temple stands in between as a place of Shakti worship.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 10 CHENNAI -BANGALORE
Morning after breakfast takes a flight to Bangalore. Afternoon half-day sightseeing tour of Bangalore city.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 11 IN BANGALORE
After breakfast transfer to Bangalore Golf Club. The 18-hole course, started with browns, which were later converted to greens. Scarcity of water in the area is a major constraint and the course has very few water hazards. Besides trees and deep ditches, the major hazard on the course is the Bangalore crow, which often picks up the ball, mistaking it for an egg. It is therefore, not surprising that the logo of the Bangalore Golf Club depicts a crow with a ball in its beak. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 12 BANGALORE - MUMBAI (BOMBAY)
Transfer to airport for flight to Mumbai. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour of the Commercial Capital of India. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 13 IN MUMBAI
After breakfast transfer to Bombay presidency Golf Club, A green heaven amidst a concrete jungle. The 110-acre founded in 1827, the PAR 70, 18-hole course was redesigned by Peter Thompson to International Standards. Presidency's fairways are narrow and tight, but its greens are undoubtedly the best in the country, the real test at presidency, however, is the variable and shifting sea breeze, which could fox even the most experienced player. It is not a difficult course, it's not too long, not too narrow, and yet not an easy course to break par. The 5th hole is one of the most challenging on this Mumbai Course. A 480-yard, PAR 05, a dogleg to the right, with a fairway trap strategically placed to catch the long hitter trying to cut the corner. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 14 DEPART MUMBAI
In time departure transfer to International Airport for flight back home
END OF THE TOUR
|
