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Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course is golf course region for the elite class people with the natural backdrop of Zabarwan hill and Dal Lake.

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Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar, Jammu and KashmirRoyal Springs Golf Course is a place of aesthetic beauty with the lush green undulating area and the abundance of apple trees nearby. It is also known as the virtual garden of Eden. It is because the architecture here is directly inspired from natural landscape as provided by Jerusalem Holy Bible.

Location of Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course is located on the backdrop of Zabarwan Mountain Range, the footland area of the Greater Himalayan Mountain Range in India and Dal Lake in the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir- Srinagar.

Management of Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course is managed by Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation, as Royal Springs Golf Course and the Club House nearby is a quasi-government institution.

Architecture of Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course was commissioned in the year 2001, to enhance the tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, in spite of having many serious and long run political and social tension in Kashmir. Royal Springs Golf Course is designed by the American golfer Robert Trent Jones Junior. Royal Springs Golf Course is regarded as one of the most picturesque golf course in Asia and has quality amenities like motorised golf carts and many international based modern amenities.

Membership of Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course is open to non-members also (not restricted to members only) and golf tournaments are conducted at regular intervals.

Tournaments by Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course organised the first ever women`s golf tournament conducted at Srinagar valley, was arranged in this course in July 2012, which attracted more than 50 woman golfers across India.

Attraction in Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course is not only a place to play the golf only. As it is maintained by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, the complex of Royal Springs Golf Course has the Mughal architecture that was developed in the late Mughal rule. The monument is Paree Mahal that was built by Prince Dara Shikoh, son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, during his short term rule in India.

Natural Beauty of Royal Springs Golf Course
Royal Springs Golf Course has the rare groove of cork oaks, planted by last Dorga Maharaj and Hari Singh before 1947. These plants were imported from Europe. Cork had demand then, mostly for closing the bottles and the cork oaks and other trees escaped felling at the time of construction of modern Royal Springs Golf Course.

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