BGC is the oldest golf course outside of the British Isles. Established on a summer evening on June 24th of 1876, the land was previously used by an army regiment as a rifle range & training area. The course started with a 12 hole design & was transformed many a time, the last being a redesign in 2000.
The annual tournaments between BGC & the Madras Gymkhana club (started in 1878) are the oldest inter-club annual matches anywhere in the world. In 2002, the fully redesigned course was opened & had the distinction of being one of the few courses in India that pioneered the use of recycled effluent water for irrigation of trees, fairways & greens. During the redesign, the brief was to accommodate a 18 hole course in a 60 acre plot ( a rather tight squeeze), with a minimum of criss-crossing & without cutting a single tree.
Phil Ryan, a gentle, soft spoken civil engineer turned golf architect, who has vast experience working across Asia, finally came up with a “new plan” which
gained universal acceptance. The new plan set in a totally restructured & landscaped course, that is tight & calls for a premium on accuracy with the huge tree cover & is a treat to play. Of the total cost of nearly INR 40 mn, 90% was generated from the internal resources of the Club & the rest by generous donations from industrial houses & individuals. The course currently plays to a 6118 yardage from the men’s tees as a Par 70, 18 hole course. BGC, along with Bangalore Club, is one of the oldest & prestigious social clubs in Bangalore, with few thousand elite members.
The BGC management committee consists of the Course Captain, Secretary, Treasurer and 5 general committee members, along with the Immediate Past Captain. Posts on the management committee are filled through election. These are usually held in June.
01 Dr. M. Bharath Singh
02 Mr. Karthik Padmanabhan
03 Mr. Torun Gerard Mathias
04 Mr. Viswanath Iyer C.
05 Mr. B.S. Ashok
06 Mr. B. D. Shashidhar
07 Mr. Narayan B. Menon
08 Mr. Virendra Vishwanath D.
09 Mr. Ranjan Sood
10 Mr. Kuntal R. Amin
11 Mr. Vipul Parekh
12 Mr. Narayanan P.V.
13 Mr. Ram A. Savoor
14 Mr. Meghal S. Karekar
15 Mr. Anil Valluri
16 Mr. B.K. Prabhakara
17 Mr. K. R. Prakash
18 Mrs. Uma Nagand
Some of our members have gone on to achieve extraordinary results in the world of golf. A large number of them are youngsters whose hard work, dedication and inherent talent have resulted in their meteoric rise in the domestic and international circuit. Bangalore Golf Club is proud to congratulate and showcase its star talent.
Aditi Ashok is a full member on the Ladies European Tour and the only Indian golfer to have played at the Asian Games, Asian Youth Games and Youth Olympic Games. She has made 11 cuts of the 12 professional events played in, including a tied 38th finish at the 2014 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. Her association with Golf began at the age of 6 and ever since she has been a budding golfer at Bangalore Golf Club.Being a National Junior Champion winner in the year 2012, 2013 and 2014 and a National Amateur Champion winner in the year 2011 and 2014, Aditi has been playing for team India in various junior and amateur tournaments from the age of 12. She also won the WGAI’s professional tournaments and has an impressive tally of top 10 finishes and 4 wins.Her biggest inspiration is the game itself and her dedication to Golf is very impressive. She is currently coaching with Steven Giuliano, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Nicolas Cabaret (conditioning coach), France. Art, craft, roller skating, hula-hooping, reading books, practicing card tricks and movies are some of her favorite past time.