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Claremont Country Club
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. This game does not have any fixed standard playing area, but an ideal measurement can be decided as per the availability of space and number of players involved. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for at least five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. Golf is played on a tract of land known as the course, which consists of a series of holes or cups. Claremont Country Club is located in Oakland, California. The course is private, consisting of 18 holes. The 1937 Oakland Open was played here and was won by Sam Snead. The fairways are narrow and tree lined so accuracy is must. The greens are fast and sloping, and there are many bunkers spread throughout the course. Alister Mackenzie, Robert Muir Graves, and Brad Benz and Mike Poellot, have done redesigns on this course. The course was built on 1904 by designer Jim Smith. The Greens Grass type is Poa Annua Grass and Fairways Grass type is Bermuda grass. There are also water hazards that come into play along with 51 to 60 sand bunkers. Earliest call for tee time is eight. Driving range is not available. Claremont Country Club is one of the best Golf courses offering the players suitable playing environment. Its best conditions make it favourable for the players to perform, and come up with their best performance. Open but challenging, Claremont Country Club is an all time favorites for all skilled and practioner golfers in California.
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