Forest Hill & Country Club

Punjab's golf landscape has expanded considerably in the post-liberalization decades, and Forest Hill & Country Club in Kharar represents the wave of private, amenity-driven clubs that emerged to serve the growing professional and business communities of the Chandigarh tricity corridor — encompassing Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula. Kharar sits on the northern fringe of this urban spread, where the plains begin to ease toward the Shivalik foothills, giving the area a greener, more open feel than the dense city core.

As a private members' club, Forest Hill functions as a social and sporting anchor for its community — the kind of place where golf is woven into a broader lifestyle offering rather than standing alone. The setting in the Punjab foothills fringe means the course likely navigates tree-lined fairways with the Shivaliks providing a distant backdrop, and the climate swings from cool, clear winters ideal for golf to the intense heat of May and June that challenges players and turf management alike.

Chandigarh's golf scene is relatively compact, making private clubs here genuinely exclusive in a practical sense — membership means access to a facility that doesn't simply open its gates to every visitor passing through.