Kabul Golf Club

Coordinates: 34°33′01″N 69°02′07″E / 34.55023°N 69.03517°E / 34.55023; 69.03517
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Kabul Golf Club

The Kabul Golf Club is a nine-hole golf course located near Qargha, around 7 miles from the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Overview

The greens at the Kabul Golf Club are actually brown to black due to their composition of a mixture of sand and oil (which keeps the sand from blowing).[1] Plans for a modern irrigation system are moribund due to lack of funds.[2]

Mainly affluent Afghans and foreigners frequent the course. The 2005 entrance fee for The Kabul Golf Club (http://www.kabulgolfclub.org) is 750 Afghani ($15 US Dollars) and a year membership is $300 (15,000 Afghani). The club is run by Mohammad Afzal Abdul (also called Mohammed Bashir

golf pro, who worked as a caddy at the course as a young man before fleeing into exile in Pakistan.[2] Business has dropped off since opening as international agency staffing has declined.[2]

History

Originally six holes,

land mines. In the process of restoration to its present state, three Soviet tanks and a multiple rocket launcher
were removed by a nonprofit agency.

In 2004 the Kabul Golf Club was reopened again. During the intervening seven years little has changed. Play on the golf course has been sporadic, and at the mercy of the local security situation. Beginning in 2011, a fund-raising effort has been underway with the goal of restoring the golf course and related facilities.

References

  1. ^
    Christian Science Monitor
    . Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  2. ^ a b c d Kirk Semple (October 15, 2007). "A Golf Course Where Water Is No Hazard". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  3. ^ I played there 1958 - 1962 (wife of husband who worked for ICA later named AID)

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