Topic - Delhi Golf Club

The Delhi Golf Club (DGC) is Delhi's oldest, and most prestigious golf club. It has very restrictive membership, with waiting period of over 30 years. It is located on 220 acres of prime real estate, on Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, near India Gate, Humayun's Tomb, Delhi Zoo, and Lodhi Gardens, in the New Delhi Municipal Council area of New Delhi. DGC comprises of 18 hole course which is part of the Asian PGA Tour, and a shorter 9 hole Course, and sprawling club house with swimming pool. ==History==The original course, called the Lodhi Golf Club, laid out in the 1930s by the then Chief of the Horticultural Department, was much larger than the present walled area, and included parts of present Golf Links, and Kaka Nagar. The Lodhi Golf Club, however, had few members, and was barely sustainable, except for a brief period during World War 2, when Delhi was awash with allied officers, who patronized the club. In 1948, the club had 80 members, and in 1951, when it became the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), its membership was no more than 120, and was barely sustainable. The Club was saved from dissolution by Indian officers belong to the Indian Civil Service, including Dharma Vira, founder member of the DGC, who petitioned J N Nehru, India's Prime Minister, to lease the government land to the club at a low annual rent for 30 years. Every since the Government of India, has favored the DGC with very permissive lease terms, with low annual rents that have had no relationship to the actual value of the land. The DGC has evolved as a favorite watering hole for senior Civil Servants, Police Officers, and the business and social elite. The walled are of the club includes large number of interesting Mughal archeological remains, such as the famous Lal Bangla. - Source: Wikipedia