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A Brief History Of Yangon Golf Club
At the turn of the Century, after full
British occupation of Myanmar (Burma) in 1885, the City of
Yangon (Rangoon) was already an important flourishing trade
center internationally teeming with big and small British
commercial establishments like Bombay Burma Co., Burma Oil Co.,
Steel Brothers, Rowe & Co., Irrawaddy Flotilla etc. Senior
staff of those trade organizations, officers of British
Regiments, ranking British administrators and merchants decided
to bring golf to Yangon as their popular pastime sport, the game
of golf. So the present Yangon Golf Club at Danyingon with
Mr. G.Ballance as its first captain was established in the year
1909 maintaining two golf courses; one (18) hole course at the
present site in Danyingon 12 miles north of the city and the
other (9) hole course on 2nd mile Pyay (Prome) Road now replaced
by the People's Park. The (9) hole 2nd mile Yangon Golf Club was
constituted much earlier at a general meeting by enthusiasts in
1893 and by the year 1904 had a neat small, timber club house
and the playing area interrupted by football and hockey fields.
The Captain of the Club in 1904 was Lt. Col. G. B Crawley.
Yangon Golf Club, then, was an almost
exclusively monopolistic pastime place for the European
Community until after the end of World War II and Myanmar
Independence in 1948. In 1954, the last British Captain of the
Club, Mr. I. G. Clarke, the General Manager of William Jack,
Hardware Co., gave way to U Cho, Director of Public Instruction,
who became the first Burmese Captain.
The Club is registered as a non-profit
company, meaning that no part of the assets of the club shall be
paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend,
bonus, or profit to the members of the club. If, upon the
winding up of the club, the net assets may be given to charity.
Membership of the shall not be sold or transferred unlike
elsewhere in the world where some golf clubs are commercial
enterprises and membership treated like a share in the stock
market.
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Information for Players
No. of Holes |
18 Holes |
Yardage from men's tees |
7094 Yard |
Green Fee for Local (Week Day) |
10000 Ks |
Green Fee for Local (Sat, Sun and Holidays) |
20000 Ks |
Green Fee for Foreigner (Week Day) |
25.00 $ |
Green Fee for Foreigner (Sat, Sun and Holidays) |
40.00 $ |
Caddy Fee (By Name) |
5000 Ks |
Caddy Fee (By Serial) |
2000 Ks |
Cart/Trolley |
1000 Ks |
Golf Set Rental |
25000 Ks |
Buggy (Week Day) |
20000 Ks |
Buggy (Week End) |
25000 Ks |
Booking Fee (Sat, Sun and Holidays) |
5000 Ks |
Room Rental (2Hr) |
100,000 Ks |
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