SINGAPORE, July 7 -- Four golf courses across Singapore will permanently close by 2035 as the country's government presses ahead with plans to optimise land use for housing, infrastructure and economic development.

The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) announced today that 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, The Straits Times reported today.

This follows the recent closure of Marina Bay Golf Course in June 2024, which will make way for the upcoming Bay East Garden.

MinLaw added that decisions on lease renewals are based on Singapore's growing land needs.

Mandai Executive, a public nine-hole course, will be the ...