ROYAL NEPAL GOLF CLUB

THE INTROUDCTION OF THE GAME OF GOLF IN KATHMANDU ACTUALLY DATES BACK TO 1917. THE RANA PRIME MINISTER OF THE TIME RETURNED FORM SCOTLAND CARRYING SOME GOLF CLUBS OBVIOULSY BITTERN THEN BY THIS NEW GAME. THE PRESENT TRIBHUVAN INTERNATION AIRPORT THEN KNOWN AS " GAUCHARAN " ( WHICH REALLY MEANS GRAZING GROUND FOR THE COWS) WAS THE FIRST GOLF COURSE IN NEPAL. IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT WAS A 36 HOLE GOLF COURSE WITH SAND AND OIL BASED GREENS (SO CALLED "BROWNS"). IN THOSE DAYS ONLY THE GENERALS, THE LIKES OF GEN BRAMA SHAMSHER JUNGA BAHADUR RANA AND GEN LAVA SJB RANA AND THEIR ENTOURAGE. GENERAL KAISER SJB RANA HAD SPONSORED A CUP WHICH WAS WON BY GEN. LAVA SAMSHER RANA. THE FIRST CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WAS PLAYED IN 1927 WHICH WAS WON BY BRAMHA SJB RANA.