What makes the Chandigarh course interesting are its lush green fairways bounded by groves of trees which funnel out onto the green. Each fairway has is own distinctive fragrance, depending on the species of trees planted there. Playing the full course, a thick mango, jamun, eucalyptus and kikar groves, dotted by a variety of rose bushes. The greens are probably the truest in the country and have to be read very carefully.
The par five, 480 yards, seventh hole is one of the toughest on the course. It requires short and sure shots to negotiate the crescent shaped fairway and avoid the thickly wooded roughs. The most difficult green is the fourteenth, surrounded by bunker: and out-of-bound areas. The most scenic hole, however, is the 580 yards, par five, sixteenth, with an extremely tight fairway running parallel to the lake on the right and mini-zoo and grove of trees on the left. A road bisects the Chandigarh course into two, with nine holes on either sides.

Inspite of the fact that the idea of starting a golf course in Chandigarh was conceived in the 50's, it took almost ten years for it to take shape. In 1960 a piece of land was allotted, and a club established, with
an initial membership of just ten golfers. The nine hole course was enlarged to 12 when additional land was granted to the club in 1966 by a benevolent governor who surrendered a major chunk of land from his official residence. It was only is late as September 1983 that a regular 18 hole par 72course was finally laid out overasprawling132acres. 

Like the city itself, Chandigarh's golf course is one of the newest courses of international standards in the country. It conforms to the ethos of the city with its lush green fairways, well manicured greens and a variety of fruit and flowering trees.