Coimbatore's Catalyst

Coimbatore has always been a popular business city. It has been the center of the textile industry in South India and after Chennai, is one of the biggest cities of Tamil Nadu. Interestingly this city never had a golf course until only recently. The Coimbatore club was only developed in the late 1980’s but was some distance from the city. There was no other choice for golfers. If they needed to play another course the nearest one was 2 hours away in Ooty. Now there will be some variety, as an international standard golf course is being created in the city and it hopes to raise the standard of golf in the city and revitalize the game in the state of Tamil Nadu.

A View of the Golf Course

Welcome to the world of the Kovai Hills Golf and Country Club. This super luxury development is slated to be one of the largest in South India and the first of its kind for any Tier 2 city. The project is spread over 1000 acres and will include an international school, super specialty hospital, multiplex and shopping mall, luxury villas and apartments, a tennis academy and one of the largest club houses in the South. And of course… the international standard 18 hole golf course.  

 The golf course will feature pas palim through the green. This is a very demanding course, which requires an accurate driver off the tee along with solid approach shots to score well. The course is also very windy which adds to the challenge and the well placed bunkers ensure any wayward shots will not be forgiven. The backdrop of the course is truly spectacular with the name sake ‘Kovai Hills’ watching over the golfer through his round. The pas palim grass adds a beautiful color to the course and makes it challenging to putt as it can hide some of the subtle breaks on the green.  The course also features a unique 9 hole executive golf course that is attached to the driving range. The golf course plans to use this to use this in its coaching program, as the par three course is more effective to train on. The course plans to leverage this and become one of the best coaching facilities in the south.

This is the second development of this nature that I have seen after the Boulder Hills Golf course. It is evident that for now the golf industry appears to be heading in the direction of luxury developments because it is expensive to have a stand alone golf facility. This development is the first of its kind in a tier two city like Coimbatore. Can a large scale development like this be successful? And is there a demand for such a golfing lifestyle? Only time will tell…

Some Stunning Visuals As One Plays Golf

In recent times the number of these luxury developments have been increasing and it is about time that the state of Tamil Nadu had a premier golfing destination. Most of the activity has been restricted to the North, with some golf courses in the south now making news with the quality of their golf course. Cities like Bangalore have always been the best known golfing destinations in the South. It is important that this has spread to other cities in different states. The Kovai Hills golf course hopes to establish itself as a premier training center and golf course and I think this could be a big boon for that cit city and state. I believe it would build interest in the city of Coimbatore, and put it on the golfing map. Coimbatore needed a catalyst to take it into the 21^st century, and why not through golf…?