A lovely little golf course, tucked away in the hills. Here you get a chance to play golf as it was meant to be. In the lap of nature as she rolls your ball this way and that way, and yet you try to keep it to the middle of the fairway. This also happens to be my home course, and I was absolutely thrilled to be playing it for the first time.

Pilkula Golf Club is located on the outskirts of Mangalore, Karnataka. IGU members are allowed in, and so I decided to go and make a fool of myself. Sattelite view of the course, and the trademark shape of most course. Most of the holes are straight, although try telling the ball that. There are a few dog-legged holes too. The drive up to the course is quite scenic, up a winding road with forests on either side.

Bhubaneswar Golf Club Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa. On the outskirts is the Bhubaneswar Golf Club (BGC) - a small, yet very well maintained, and challenging nine hole course. The club house is situated at the top of a small hill, and it is from here that you tee off for the first and tenth holes. The layout of the course is mainly up and down, and all around the base of the hill.