Royal Selangor Golf Club, Historic golf course in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Royal Selangor Golf Club occupies a site at the junction of Jalan Raja Chulan and Jalan Tun Razak, with Jalan Tun Razak running along its length. It holds two 18-hole championship courses, the Old Course and the New Course, plus the 9-hole Sulaiman Course, and a 25-metre swimming pool with badminton, pickleball and tennis complexes. Tembusu trees and old pond holes survive from the Forestry Department and mining concerns that once used the land.
The club was founded in 1893 during the British colonial period, making it one of the oldest golf facilities in Asia. Over the following decades it grew into a place where regional golf competitions were regularly held.
The club's name was formalised as Royal Selangor Golf Club in 1963, when it received the royal predicate. Its 1921 clubhouse remains the core of the present building, extended in 1974 with an upper floor for a restaurant and later with changing rooms and a new bar. The 1953 swimming pool pavilion, designed by Frank Lloyd, is today a classified heritage building.
The club sits at the junction of Jalan Raja Chulan and Jalan Tun Razak and is easy to reach by car or taxi from most parts of the city. It is a private club, so non-members should check access conditions before planning a visit.
The Tembusu trees and several pond holes still on the grounds are legacies of the Forestry Department, which used part of the site for tree-planting research before the club moved there in 1920. Miners occupying another part were persuaded to leave by member Choo Kia Peng in exchange for compensation.
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