Even with fewer courses to play on, golf is very much alive
The sport is thriving as clubs are running at full capacity, with some raising guest rates due to high demand
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THE game of golf has been played in Singapore for well over a century, with the likes of Keppel Club (founded in 1904) and Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) bearing full testimony to that.
Other clubs subsequently popped up over the years, and there was a time when the country had 17 such facilities which drew scorn from non-golfers.
With Raffles Country Club and Jurong Country Club closed, Keppel's taking over of SICC's Sime course in 2024, and leases of many clubs slated to end in 10 years' time, there are some sceptics out there who say golf is headed for a bleak future. The Singapore Golf Association's (SGA) latest Golf Industry Report prefers to call it a "challenging stage of its development and long-term sustainability".
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