Naruo Golf Club
, located in Kawanishi, Hyogo, is one of the oldest country club, golf courses in Japan which is held in high regard in Japan and the world. History Establishment in Naruohama The origins of golf in Japan can be traced back over a century to a small private course in Kobe's Mount Rokkō, Rokko mountains. During the Meiji Period, many Europeans and Americans lived in the bay-front Kobe foreign settlement, foreign settlement in Kobe, introducing various aspects of foreign culture into Japan. The British-born trading merchant Arthur Hesketh Groom (1846–1918) built a summerhouse atop Mount Rokkō, Mt. Rokko, an area he chose for its peace and quiet as a perfect location for social gatherings. There he built a four-hole golf course. Two years later, in 1903, he expanded the course to nine holes and founded the Kobe Golf Club, the first golf club in Japan. New course The Naruo course was steadily expanded, and in 1924 a full 18 holes were completed. But in 1927, severe economic cons ...
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