The first golf course in Nepal was the ''Gauchar Golf Course'', in Gaucharan, established by General Kiran Shumsher in 1917, after observing the sport in

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. This first course was in Nepal 'browns', i.e. greens consisted of sand mixed with oil. King Tribhuvan Shah and his son Prince Basundhara Shah also played golf. When the adjacent airfield was expanded, the golf course had to be shortened. On September 5, 1965, the club received the ''designation 'Royal (patronage) by

King Mahendra Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was the King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until h ...

, the son of Tribhuvan, and the club was named "The Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC)" and Prince Basundra became the second president of the club. The founder members of the RNGC were the then S.P.

Khadgajeet Baral Khadgajeet Baral ( ne, खड्गजीत बराल) OGDB, OTSP (April 17, 1928 – May 19, 2021) was a Nepalese politician and social worker. After serving as the Inspector General of Nepal Police he also served as Ambassador of ...

(Retd. IGP), the then tennis champion Hem Lama, etc. The members were mostly foreigners and members of the Shah and Rana families. When the

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was expanded again in 1982, the golf course was remodeled. In 1983, the Royal Nepal Golf Course was awarded another ground. They started with the construction of six par-3 holes. A year later two par-3 holes and a par-4 hole with. In 1986, she gained more ground so there finally came a full 9-hole course. In the year 1989, all the greens were modernized with the use of

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by the then President of RNGC,

. The club has a very challenging 9-hole golf course which organizes over 26 golf tournaments annually, and had held the first ever Nepal Open Golf tournament for professionals of the region for 6 years. All the professionals described the course as ''"highly challenging but fair golf course with a fantastic view of the

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"''.

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