Feature
How Bangladesh’s fairways were drawn
The engineers, soldiers and amateurs who laid out this country’s courses — and why so many run against the grain of the land.
GOLFERS
The journal of LION Golf Club Ltd., published three times a year. It records the season, profiles the players, reports honestly on what development costs, and makes the case for golf in Bangladesh to anyone who will read it.
Issue 07 — The Course Architecture Edition
From design to play, this issue explores how great courses shape great experiences — in Bangladesh and beyond. Insightful stories, expert perspectives and stunning photography from the world of golf.
Eighty-four pages, six features, and the full record of the season so far. Every member receives GOLFERS in print and digital as it is published; back issues are available from the club office while stocks last.
- Issue
- 07
- Pages
- 84
- Published
- August 2024
Inside issue 07
Profile
The national amateur champion
A long conversation about practice, money, and the decision to stay in the game when almost nobody around you does.
Course guide
Bhatiary, hole by hole
Eighteen holes above the Bay of Bengal, with elevation changes found nowhere else in Bangladesh.
Development
What a season costs
A line-by-line account of what the club spent carrying fourteen juniors through a full year.
Travel
Seven days, four courses
The itinerary the club gives visiting golfers, tested by a writer who had never been to Bangladesh.
Column
On playing badly, well
The Captain on handicaps, honesty, and the particular dignity of a scorecard you would rather not sign.
Regular departments
Four standing sections that run whatever else is in the magazine.
The Season
Fixture reports, results and the order of merit, written up after every club championship.
Players
Long-form profiles of Bangladeshi golfers — amateurs, juniors, professionals and the people who coach them.
Abroad
Reports from the club’s international tours and from partner clubs hosting LION sides.
The Game
Rules, handicapping, equipment, and the arguments worth having about how golf should be played here.
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