Kobe Golf Club

Kobe Golf Club

The nihongo|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. [http://www.golfclubatlas.com/alison1.html Golf Club Atlas] - "Gliding Past Fuji - C.H. Alison in Japan", retrieved February 16, 2007] 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, nihongo|Maya|摩耶 and nihongo|Suma|須磨, both sharing names of nearby regions (Mount Maya, in the Rokko Mountain Range, and Suma-ku in Kobe, respectively). [ [http://www.shinnihonkanko.co.jp/kobe/course.html Shin Nihon Kanko Group] - "Kobe Golf Club: Course Layout" (Japanese), retrieved February 16, 2007.]

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.Hassan, Sally. (April 9, 1989). "Where Japan Opened a Door To the West". "New York Times"., retrieved from [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEED6173FF93AA35757C0A96F948260&sec=travel&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink New York Times Website] on February 16, 2007.]

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External links

ja icon [http://www.shinnihonkanko.co.jp/kobe/index.html Shin Nihon Kanko Group] - "Kobe Golf Club Unofficial Site"


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