Tamil Nadu Nadu (SDAT) owns Nungambakkam tennis stadium which hosts Chennai Open and Davis Cup play-off tournaments. The Tamil Nadu Hockey Association is the governing body of Hockey in the state. Vasudevan Baskaran was the captain of the Indian team that won gold medal in 1980 Olympics at Moscow. The Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai hosts international hockey events and is regarded by the International Hockey Federation as one of the best in the world for its infrastructure. Tamil Nadu also has Golf ground in Coimbatore, The Coimbatore Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course located in a place called Chettipalayam in
Emblem of Tamil Nadu which is supposed to have been incorporated into the state emblem were futile. Emblem of Tamil Nadu The Emblem of Tamil Nadu is the official state emblem of Tamil Nadu and is used as the official state symbol of the Government of Tamil Nadu. It consists of the Lion Capital of Ashoka without the bell lotus foundation and flanked on either side by an Indian flag. Behind the capital, is the image of a "gopuram" or temple tower based on the Tower of sri andal temple located at srivilliputtur, Virudhunagar district. The state emblem was designed in 1949 by artist