one of the two oldest golf courses in the country (after the Bulolo golf course). Description The Kainantu course is/was a nine-hole course with two sets of tees to make for 18-hole game. The course was constructed along a number of ridge crests and so over the years the course has been a challenge to play. Narrow fairways, sloping roughs, small greens and nearby roads and gardens have made low course scoring rare. Par for the course for Club Members is 69 and for Associate Members 67. The lowest course score recorded was 61, shot by Randall Karcher from the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Kainantu course hosted the 1978 Highlands Open Championship and in other years held the annual Kainantu Cup in June (dependent on corporate sponsorship). Other special golfing events were held over the years such as the Claret Cup and the Bundy Cup. Local young Papua New Guinea boys from the area serve as caddies and flag boys. Caddies receive one kina for carrying the clubs for nine holes and two kina for eighteen holes. Flag boy are commissioned to find a stick and a plastic bag and run ahead of the players to plant the stick in the putting hole. At tournament times, official flag pins and tee markers are used. Clubhouse An original clubhouse was built at the end of the old hole number nine sometime in the 1960s built of bush material and it had a great view of the course and the surround mountains in every direction. Eventually that bush clubhouse was replaced. The second clubhouse was burnt down sometime in the early 1980s. The suspected cause of the fire was arson. After the arson, the course was altered so that the new clubhouse would be built nearer existing homes. The old hole number 2 and 11 became hole number 9. When the course holes were rearranged and a new third small club house was built in the 1990s. Maintenance For many years the course has been maintained by the Kainantu Local Government Council as well as various business houses and individuals have also helped maintain the course. On occasion though, golfers have had to bring their own lawn mower to cut the tees and greens. Cross of Remembrance The Cross of Remembrance and a Japanese cannon, is located at the Golf Club in memory of the Australian soldiers who fought in World War