THE GULMOHAR GREENS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, located near Ahmedabad en route to the prestigious Nano project, has recently launched a unique facility for golfing aficionados and potential golfers. The adventure golf course, a result of over a year of planning to encourage golf amongst a flexi target group, is actually a miniature version of the real thing. According to Alpesh Parikh, the firm’s Managing Director, ‘the course is ideal for aiming and putting for beginners, which will also encourage them to practice and ease imperfections before taking on the pressure of playing on an actual course.’
Positioned both as a practice zone and a fun activity it will ideally serve as a base for totting up the numbers of golf connoisseurs from around Gujarat. The adventure course will be open daily from 6.30am to 11.30am and between 4pm and 9pm. Set amidst a lush expanse of 75 acres, the Gulmohar Greens is already a major attraction for golfers. The course has been designed by architects Nimishbhai Patel and Parulben Zaveri. The 9-hole course features a 5-acre driving range with 13 bays presently and plans to extend it to 2 tiers and 25 bays, a practice green with bunkers to hone player’s putting skills.
The course is interesting given its rating of 69.4 and slope rating of 127. A quick step away is the well-stocked Pro shop, featuring most leading brands of golf and lifestyle products and also has a wide variety of books on golf. The club also has a golf academy which has state-of-the-art equipment, high-end gadgets and software for coaching and the services of a professional coach. On offer too are coaching packages for both junior golfers and adults alike.
