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Online Citizen
07-07-2025
- Business
- Online Citizen
Four golf courses to close by 2035 as Singapore reclaims land for housing and national needs
Singapore will see four of its golf courses permanently closed by 2035, reducing the total number of courses from 16 to 12. This decision, announced by the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) on 7 July 2025, underscores Singapore's continuous effort to balance recreational spaces with pressing national land needs. The affected courses include Mandai Executive Golf Course, Warren Golf & Country Club, Orchid Country Club, and Tanah Merah Country Club's Garden course. According to MinLaw, their leases or tenancies will not be renewed as the land is required for future developments. Mandai Executive Golf Course, a public 9-hole course, will be the first to close when its tenancy expires on 31 December 2026. The land will be repurposed by the Ministry of Education (MOE) for an Outdoor Adventure Learning Centre, one of three new campsites planned to be completed by 2032. In 2030, two more closures will follow: Warren Golf & Country Club in Choa Chu Kang and Orchid Country Club in Yishun. Their land has been zoned for residential use in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Draft Master Plan 2025. Warren's lease ends on 31 October 2030, while Orchid's lease concludes on 31 December 2030. Finally, Tanah Merah Country Club's Garden course will close after its lease expires on 31 December 2035. MinLaw stated that due to its proximity to Changi Airport, the site is being studied for uses that could support airport-related economic growth. Further details will be shared nearer to 2035. These closures follow similar land reallocations, such as the closure of Marina Bay Golf Course in June 2024, which is being partially transformed into the new Bay East Garden. By 2035, Singapore will retain 12 golf courses, including courses whose leases extend beyond 2040. Two courses — the 18-hole Kranji course under the National Service Resort & Country Club and Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course — will have their leases renewed until 31 December 2040. Seven courses will have leases expiring in December 2040. They include Singapore Island Country Club's (SICC) Island and New courses, Changi Golf Club, Laguna National's two 18-hole courses, Seletar Country Club, National Service Resort & Country Club (Changi), and Sentosa Golf Club's Tanjong course. The last course at Sembawang Country Club, operated under a license by the Ministry of Defence, sits on state land and is not affected by current lease reviews. MinLaw emphasised that decisions on golf course leases consider competing land needs such as housing, economic activities, transport infrastructure, and essential services. 'The demand for land for national uses will become more acute in Singapore, and this will impact the amount of land available for golfing over time,' the ministry stated. The Government also seeks to maintain a balance between access for private golf club members and the general public. To support golf development, MinLaw announced the establishment of a second Centre of Excellence for national and youth golfers. This centre will provide weekly training slots and complement the existing Centre at Keppel Club's Sime course.
Straits Times
07-07-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
Four golf courses to close by 2035, leaving Singapore with 12 courses
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox SINGAPORE – Four golf courses will close permanently by 2035, leaving Singapore with 12 courses in the coming years. The Ministry of Law (MinLaw), which oversees land policy and administration, on July 7 said the leases or tenancies of Mandai Executive Golf Course, Warren Golf & Country Club, Orchid Country Club and Tanah Merah Country Club's Garden course will not be renewed as their land is needed for future plans. This continues recent moves to reclaim golf course land for other uses. For instance, the Marina Bay Golf Course was closed in June 2024 and will be partially occupied by the upcoming Bay East Garden, which is currently being developed. The leases of another two courses – Singapore Island Country Club's (SICC) 18-hole Bukit course and Keppel Club's 18-hole Sime course – will also expire on Dec 31, 2030. Thereafter, the land occupied by these two courses will be split between an operator that will run an 18-hole public course and the National Trades Union Congress – which currently operates Orchid Country Club through NTUC Club – said MinLaw in a statement. How the land will be parcelled and allocated is being studied, the ministry added. It did not say how long the lease for these courses would be. The first of the four courses to close is the public 9-hole Mandai Executive Golf Course, which is on a tenancy that runs until Dec 31, 2026. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. 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Another two courses will close in 2030, and their sites have been zoned for residential use, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) Draft Master Plan 2025 . They are the 18-hole Warren Golf & Country Club in Choa Chu Kang, which has a lease that expires on Oct 31, 2030, as well as the 27-hole Orchid Country Club in Yishun, which has a lease that expires on Dec 31, 2030. Finally, Tanah Merah Country's Club's Garden course will close after its lease expires on Dec 31, 2035. 'Given its proximity to Changi Airport, the land is being studied for uses that have synergies with the airport to support economic growth,' said MinLaw, adding that more details on the site's future use will be announced closer to 2035. Following the closures, Singapore is set to have 12 remaining golf courses after 2035, including the existing Bukit and Sime courses. Of these, two have leases that are expiring in 2030 and will be offered renewals until Dec 31, 2040 – the 18-hole course in Kranji under the National Service Resort & Country Club and Sentosa Golf Club's 18-hole Serapong course. Another seven are on leases that expire in December 2040. They are: SICC's 18-hole Island course and 27-hole New course, Changi Golf Club's 9-hole course, Laguna National Golf Resort Club's two 18-hole courses, Seletar Country Club's 18-hole course, the 18-hole course at National Service Resort & Country Club (Changi), Sentosa Golf Club's 18-hole Tanjong course and Tanah Merah Country Club's 18-hole Tampines course. The Government will review whether to renew these leases beyond 2040 in future. The last course at Sembawang Country Club has 18 holes and is operated by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) under a license agreement. The course sits on state land allocated to Mindef. MinLaw said in deciding on whether to renew the leases of golf courses, it considered competing land demands such as housing, economic activities, transport infrastructure and essential services. 'The demand for land for national uses will become more acute in Singapore, and this will impact the amount of land available for golfing over time,' said the ministry. 'The Government will balance the access to golfing facilities by private golf club members and the general public so that there can be golf courses catering to different segments of the golfing community.' The ministry noted that leases of golf courses are for a fixed term, with a publicly-known end date, to allow course operators and golf club members to make informed decisions. 'This also ensures that land occupied by golf courses can be returned to the state and redeveloped for more pressing national needs in a timely manner,' said MinLaw. The ministry said the Singapore Golf Association and the National Service Resort & Country Club will set up a second Centre of Excellence to provide more training opportunities for Singapore's national team and promote golf among youth. It added that the centre will provide dedicated weekly slots for the golf association to facilitate national and youth team training, and expose athletes to different types of golf courses. This complements existing weekly trainings conducted by the golf association in other clubs, said MinLaw. The new centre adds to an existing Centre of Excellence at Keppel Club's Sime course which develops youth golfers, the ministry said.
