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.[1] The club began as a nine-hole course on May 24, 1903, but quickly expanded to eighteen the following year. Kobe Golf Club now boasts two full eighteen-hole courses, Maya (摩耶) and Suma (須磨), both sharing names of nearby regions (Mount Maya, in the Rokko Mountain Range, and Suma-ku in Kobe, respectively).[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.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ [1] - "Gliding Past Fuji - C.H. Alison in Japan", retrieved February 16, 2007
- ^ Shin Nihon Kanko Group - "Kobe Golf Club: Course Layout" (Japanese), retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ^ 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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