Kerala · Kochi
Naval Golf Club, Kochi
The Naval Golf Club sits in Katari Bagh on Willingdon Island, inside the Kochi naval enclave (the Southern Naval Command area around INS Venduruthy). Golfpass lists a nine- hole parkland course of 2,920 yards, par 35, and classes it "Private/Military"; the amenity list there is a full, course-specific one (driving range, putting green, caddies, club rental, restaurant, lounge, showers, lockers) rather than the thin default golfpass gives sparse entries, though none of it has been independently checked. The "NEPTA" in its alias expands to "Navy Environmental Park & Training Area" — the naval counterpart of the Army's EPTA naming — per an outside listing; no navy page confirms that expansion. Sources disagree on the course itself: hole19 describes 18 holes, par 72 over 5,450 yards at the same address, against golfpass's nine. Golfpass's own course rating of 33.9 is a nine- hole-scale figure, which is why nine is the likelier count, but the disagreement is genuine and unresolved.
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 35
- Length
- 2,920 yd
CAN I PLAY HERE?
No public access terms are published for this one. It is listed so you know it is here, and so a search for it stops here rather than somewhere that will guess — but there is no visitor route we can point you to.
- FEE
- Navy only — inquire
- ASK
- No public booking route+91-484-2662330
- DIRECTIONS
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- CHECKED
- 21 August 2026
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What we knowEverything on file, and what the sources disagreed about
A deliberate search in August 2026 — Indian Navy and Southern Naval Command pages, the Ernakulam district site, PIB, and Malayalam-language search — turned up no official mention of a golf course at Kochi at all. The one independent corroboration that the club exists comes from a neighbouring club: Cochin Golf Club's own tournaments page says the Admiral's Cup, founded 1972 by Rear Admiral V. A. Kamath and played during navy week, is contested with "The Naval Golf Club, Kochi" invited. That sentence is undated, so it evidences the club's existence but not whether it is currently operating.
Not to be confused with The Voyage Golf Course (covered separately), a different and unexplained Kerala entry some 250 km north at Ramanthali in Kannur district. This is the Southern Naval Command's course on Willingdon Island; the two are distinct courses and no source connects them.
Facts & facilities9 holes · par 35 · 2,920 yd
Real questions3 questions · visitor access, booking, the range
- Can a visitor play at Naval Golf Club, Kochi?
No public access terms are published for this one. It is listed so you know it is here, and so a search for it stops here rather than somewhere that will guess — but there is no visitor route we can point you to.
- How do I book at Naval Golf Club, Kochi?
No public booking route. +91-484-2662330.
- Does Naval Golf Club, Kochi have a driving range?
Yes.
Where it isKatari Bagh, Willingdon Island · Kochi · 682004
Where they are
Katari Bagh, Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala, 682004
Where this came from6 sources · researched Aug 2026
Distances are straight-line from published coordinates; a place without them is listed by city and state.
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