Kabul Golf Club
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The Kabul Golf Club is a nine-hole golf course located near Qargha, around 11 km (7 mi) from the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.
The greens at the Kabul Golf Club are actually brown to black due to their composition of a mixture of sand and oil (which keeps the sand from blowing).[1] Plans for a modern irrigation system are moribund due to lack of funds.[2]
Mainly affluent Afghans and foreigners frequent the course. The 2005 entrance fee for The Kabul Golf Club (http://www.kabulgolfclub.org) is 750 Afghani ($15 US Dollars) and a year membership is $300 (15,000 Afghani). The club is run by Mohammad Afzal Abdul (also called Mohammed Bashir[1]), its director and golf pro, who worked as a caddy at the course as a young man before fleeing into exile in Pakistan.[2] Business has dropped off since opening as international agency staffing has declined.[2]