Kobe Golf Club

The Kobe Golf Club (神戸ゴルフ倶楽部, Kōbe Golf Club) is Japan's first golf course, built on Mount Rokko in 1903 by English expatriate Arthur Hasketh Groom.[3] The club began as a nine-hole course on May 24, 1903, but quickly expanded to eighteen the following year.

Kobe Golf Club
神戸ゴルフ倶楽部
The Kobe Golf Club overlooks the Inland Sea
Club information
Coordinates34°45′30″N 135°14′17″E
Location1-3, Rokkosan-Cho Ichigatani
Nada-ku Kobe, Japan
Established1903
Typeprivate
Owned byKobe Golf Club
Operated byKobe Golf Club
Total holes18
Websitehttp://www.kobegc.or.jp/
Designed byJ.Adamson[1]
Par61
Length4,049 yards (3,702 m)[2]

Strict rules are enforced to maintain the course's pristine condition such as a prohibition of golf carts and a limit of eight clubs per player. As the course was literally carved out of a mountain, it can be quite demanding and clubs are carried in canvas bags to reduce the strain on caddies.[4]

Scorecard

Kobe Golf Club[2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Back 1801761881952021932752161741799 16719034622017639636613125822504049
Front 1701731821852021832602061491710 15518033119317639636612122321413851
Par 33433344330 3343344343161
Handicap 14181241082616 1511391315177

References

  1. "1. 神戸ゴルフ倶楽部の誕生" (in Japanese). Kobe Golf Club. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. コース案内 (in Japanese). Kobe Golf Club. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  3. - "Gliding Past Fuji - C.H. Alison in Japan", retrieved February 16, 2007
  4. Hassan, Sally. (April 9, 1989). "Where Japan Opened a Door To the West". New York Times., retrieved from New York Times Website on February 16, 2007.


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