Kashmir valley offers an excellent opportunity to golf players throughout in summer. April to November is the peak season for golf in Kashmir. The main advantage of golf in Kashmir is that the weather is quite refreshing and the shadow of the bordering Chinar and Pine trees enables the play to go on longer compared to other golf courses in India.

The main golf courses of Kashmir are :

Gulmarg : Gulmarg Golf Club, started by the British as a holidy resort is the highest golf club in in the world has 6,760 yards, par 72, 18 hole, was redesigned by Peter Thompson, a famous golf architect. Rather than being flat, most of the area of the golf course is full of land slopes and inclines and has a par of 72.

Royal Spring Golf Course : The Royal Spring Golf Course boasts of 118 holes and a par of 72 designed and laid out by the renowned Golf architect, Robert Trent Jones Jr. II. It spread over an are of 300 acres nearer to the famous Mughal Garden, Cheshmashahi., overlooks the beautiful Dal Lake and Zabarwan hills.

Kashmir Golf Club : The Kashmir Golf Club spread over an area of 52 acres located on the Maulana Azad Road . It boasts of common fairways and a par of 70. The 18-hole course has served as the venue of a number of tournaments. It also has well laid out bunkers and hazards, intermingled between chinars and pine trees. Kashmir Golf Club prides itself for churning out the first golfing professional in India, Ghulam Mohammad in 1930.