The Moscow Country Club is a

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Golf

The idea of building a championship golf course in Russia, dates back to the early 1970s when leaders of the Russian Government invited American executive

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to Russia to find out what Russia needed to entice Western business. Hammer answered "limousines and a golf course". In 1988 construction began on what, six years later, was Russia's first 18-hole golf course. The club has an 18-hole, 7,015 yard championship golf course designed by

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. The European PGA endorsed the club. Since its opening in 1993, the Moscow Country Club has become the permanent venue for a number of major golf competitions, including the Russian Open, the country's first professional golf tournament. Moscow Country Club has been the venue for

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event, the Russian Open since its inauguration, and also hosts the annual President of Russia Golf Cup.

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Sports venues in Moscow Golf clubs and courses in Russia Entertainment companies established in 1994 Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast 1994 establishments in Russia {{golfcourse-stub