Emilio in Congo (DRC)

Photographs of the Kinshasa golf course

I took these photographs in the last few years.

Hole 16. Par 4. (2024)
Hole 4. Par 3. (2024)
Pink skies on hole 14 in the late afternoon. Par 4. (2023)
Sunlight shining through the trees on the fairway of hole 14 looking at hole 10 at sunset. 2022.
Hole 10. Par 5 (October 2023). Flowers on the trees bloom only in November.
Hole 16. 2022.
Hole 12. November 2022.
Hole 4. Par 3. 2022
Augustin, a congolese pro and Maufranc. 2022.
Sunrise on hole 14. Par 4. 2022.
Palm trees boulevard between holes 3 and 9. 2022.
Sunset on the new clubhouse. 2022.
My dad on hole 17. Par 4. 2022.
Green of hole 8 at sunset. Par 5. 2022.
Hole 4 in the afternoon. Par 3. 2022.
Hole 8. Par 5.
Hole 2. Par 3. 2022.
My grandfather, Sultanali Noorani on hole 2. Late 2010s.
Lake between holes 3 and 4. 2021
Hole 18. Par 4. 2021
Hole 7. Par 4. 2023.
Sunrise on the green of hole 8. Par 4. 2021
Hole 8. Par 5. 2021.
At sunset, Omar on hole 18. Par 4. 2022.
Hole 18. 2022.
Hole 4. Par 3. 2024.
Hole 16. Par 4. 2023
Hole 6. Par 4. 2023.
Sunset on the course
Hole 14. Par 4. 2022.
Dada mowing the green of hole 9. Par 5. 2022.
Island on the lake of hole 14. Par 4. 2022.
Sunset on hole 10. Par 5. 2022.
Sunset on hole 2. Par 3. 2022
Jason (RIP) watering a green. 2021.
Sunset on the golf course. 2023.
Tail of one of the peacocks on the course
An African Grey parrot near hole 17. 2021. They are active in the late afternoon.
An African Grey parrot near hole 17. 2021.
An African Grey parrot near hole 17. 2021.
River sky rise apartments seen from the course.
Ducks on the lake of hole 14. 2021.
Lake of hole 14. Par 4. 2022.
Birds on the teebox
Martin Kingfisher
Hole 10. Par 5.
Greenkeeping and workshop team. 2022. From left to right : Mark (Vestiaires), Gerard (best golf balls on hole 12), Mathias Ndaka (Kids coach), Bertin (machine operator), Dieu, Dominique (gardener), Pathy (painter), Jager (course hole), ?, Frank (Weed cutter), Mavoyo (Practice range), Pierre Pollie (Central committee), ?, ?, Jok Oga (Golf President), Jean-Pierre Lubanzadio (Watering greens), Kanza Lumingo (Caddymaster), Junior , Jacques Mabi (Workshop), Karlos (casquette), ?, Toto Mukoko (Workshop), Dolly Mbandu (Greenkeeper), ?, Gijou (Watering), Odette Batabula (Reception), Paul (Used balls collector), Pierre Saye (Caddymaster), André Kazadi (Workshop). Sitting down: Papy Ngoda (Hole worker), Brice (Welder), Zola (Greens mower), ?, Nsimba (Assistant Greenkeeping), ?
Greenkeeping and workshop team. 2022. From left to right : Marc (Locker room), Gerard (best golf balls on hole 12), Mathias Ndaka (Kids coach), Bertin (machine operator), Dieu, Dominique (gardener), Pathy (painter), Jager (course hole), ?, Frank (Weed cutter), Mavoyo (Practice range), Pierre Pollie (Central committee), ?, ?, Jok Oga (Club President), Jean-Pierre Lubanzadio (Watering greens), Kanza Lumingo (Caddymaster), Junior, Jacques Mabi (Workshop), Carlos Kalala (casquette), ?, Toto Mukoko (Workshop), Dolly Mbandu (Greenkeeper), ?, Gijou (Watering), Odette Batabula (Reception), Paul (Used balls collector), Pierre Saye (Caddymaster), André Kazadi (Workshop). Sitting down: Papy Ngoda (Hole worker), Brice (Welder), Zola (Greens mower), ?, Nsimba (Assistant Greenkeeping), ?

I was the volunteer greenkeeper in 2022 with the help of: a great local team (see last photo), a great golf and central committee and the African Turf Academy (See the post here on the Kinshasa Golf Club site).

It may explain my obsession with the way the course looks. You don’t realise how much work and machinery is needed to keep in the shape it is.

Next time you complain about a course, think of the work and people that toil in the sun to let you enjoy it…

Can you tell that I enjoy golf? 🙂

Which photograph was your favourite? Let me know!

Also, if you want to try golf, head over to their website or contact them for lesson!

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