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The Sarawak Golf and Country Club (later called Kelab Golf Sarawak or KGS) was developed by the State Government to replace the old course. The State in 1984 made an... The Sarawak Golf and Country Club (later called Kelab Golf Sarawak or KGS) was developed by the State Government to replace the old course. The State in 1984 made an offer to The Sarawak Club to take over KGS. At a very tense EGM chaired by then-president, YAA Tan Sri Datuk Amar Lee Hun Hoe, members by a narrow margin voted to retain the Club and requested the Government allow The Sarawak Club to remain at its present site. They further requested the State to operate KGS under a separate entity and to allow those golfers who wished to join KGS to make separate arrangements to join. That led to the birth of KGS. The members of The Sarawak Club later voted to re-develop the club to include a range of sporting and recreational facilities to enable it to continue to exist as a town club. The old golf course subsequently closed for play in 1986 and the land was handed back to the state to make way for the Kuching Civic Centre or the Dewan Suarah across the road from the Club and the amphitheatre or Panggung Udara, next to the present swimming pool. With the ensuing development that took place from 1988 to 1991, various facilities including new squash courts, a multi-purpose hall, a larger swimming pool, new library, larger Hornbill Restaurant and Hornbill Bar, a gymnasium and snookerium amongst others were built. But The Sarawak Club had lost its identity a a golf club, along with many reciprocal arrangements with some of the most prestigious golf courses in Malaysia and around the region. These reciprocal arrangements were invaluable as it allowed members to visit and use the golfing facilities of other golf clubs around the region. At the time of writing work is underway for the construction of the new clubhouse and 18-hole golf adjacent to University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) at Kota Samarahan - a site sub- leased from UNIMAS with the full blessing and support of the State Government. Earth work and shaping of the 18-hole course has been completed and turfing for the first 9 holes done. The Club has plans and room for extension byu another 9 holes to 27 holes at the said site in the future. What follows is a layout and photos of the old golf house course. The photos were donated by generous members and staff are perhaps the only pictorial records or the historical golf-course. Read More
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