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Golf in Sri Lanka

Colonial-era clubs in Colombo and the hill country, and resort golf on the south coast.

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The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club course from the air, with the town and hills beyond

18 holes · Visitors welcome

Nuwara Eliya Golf Club

Nuwara Eliya · Sri LankaAn 18-hole, par 71 course of 6,399 yards among eucalyptus and cypress, with a clubhouse, pro shop, caddies and visitor accommodation.

The golf course at Shangri-La Hambantota

Shangri-La Hambantota Golf

Hambantota · Sri LankaAn 18-hole course designed by Rodney Wright, set in a coconut plantation on the southern coast and built on the grounds of a former sapphire mine.

A fairway at Victoria Golf & Country Resort in low sun, with a rain tree and the hills beyond

Victoria Golf & Country Resort

Digana · Sri LankaA par 73, 6933-yard, 18-hole championship course by Donald Steel beside the Victoria Reservoir, with a golf academy, pro shop and resort restaurant.

The colonial clubhouse of the Royal Colombo Golf Club above the eighteenth green

Royal Colombo Golf Club

Colombo 8 · Sri LankaA historic club founded in 1879 and on its present ground since 1896, with a clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, bars and a practice range.