The Final Chapter

Raffles Country Club’s Charity Golf Open 2017

- Ken Lye

Raffles Country Club (“RCC”) held its last ever annual charity golf open over the first weekend of July 2017. This was a fitting swansong for this beloved club, which will see its land acquired in July 2018 for the High Speed Rail and Trans-Island MRT Depot. Over the club’s 30-year plus history, the two Robert Trent Jones II designed courses, the Lakes Course and the Palm Course, have contributed to the vibrancy of the Singapore golfing scene. The championship Palm Course has notably hosted the Asian PGA Championship in 1997 and 1998, and the Asian Development Tour’s Player’s Championship in January 2016.