ABOUT THE CLUB
OVERVIEW AND HISTORY
About the Hyderabad Golf Association
The Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA), is a non-profit society, formed in 1992 .
Goals and objectives:
- Build an international standard golf course and conduct major Intenrational Tournaments that showcase Hyderabad, and the beautiful Golconda Fort.
- Develop Golf as a sport by making it extremely affordable
- Nurture and train players from Telangana to represrnt India in the Olympics.
This facility would be accessible to all residents of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad as well as visiting golfers from India and abroad.
It goes without saying that it would also be an added attraction to the social infrastructure of the cities and substantially enhance tourism and increase revenue and international exposure to Hyderabad.
Let’s not forget the substantial employment created for over 500 people in the neighbourhood!
A Brief History
The golf course is an initiative of the Telangana Tourism Development Corporation.
HGA is a licensee for establishing and running the golf course & academy.
A project to develop an international standard public golf course was envisaged and land licensed in 2001. The government identified the land around Nayaqila, Golconda for this purpose namely,
- Jamali gunta situated outside the Golconda fort – was a municipal garbage dump for many decades.
- Satam cheruvu situated outside the Golconda fort
- Nayaqila which is an extended portion of the Golconda fort Since part of the land was inside a protected monument, permission was obtained from the Archaeological Survey of India.
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