TEE BOX Q&A with Vijit Nandrajog “ The course feels like a natural extension of the valley” Vijit Nandrajog has designed a new golf course for Kharghar Valley near Mumbai, India. Kharghar Valley Golf Course in Maharashtra, India, has reopened as an 18-hole layout following a comprehensive project by Vijit Nandrajog of Golf Design India. Formerly a nine-hole layout, Kharghar Valley is in Navi Mumbai, one of India’s fastest growing cities. The golf course expansion is being led by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) – a government agency that plans and develops residential, industrial and social infrastructure projects – and was made possible by new land made available by CIDCO. What were your initial thoughts on the new land? The site is extremely picturesque and provides a beautiful setting for golf. During the design process of the project, restrictions in the use of some portion of the additional land led to a complete rerouting of the existing nine too. In effect, the layout is almost a completely new golf course. Could you describe your design approach at Kharghar? We moved away from the usual parkland style of courses built near Photo: Golf Design India 26
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