Kobe Golf Club (Kobe)

Japan / Hyogo / Ashiya / Kobe
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Japan's first golf course, built on Mount Rokko in 1903 by English expatriate Arthur Hasketh Groom. 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).
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.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Golf_Club
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Coordinates:   34°45'31"N   135°14'21"E
This article was last modified 14 years ago