Golf hotel may come before country (5)

I believe the answer is:

india

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'golf hotel may come before' is the first definition.
(Golf Hotel India are GHI in the phonetic alphabet)

'country' is the second definition.
(I know that India is a country)

(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "One preceding Juliet" , "Subcontinent of Asia south of Himalayas" , "Eastern country" , "Part of Asia" , "In aid, strangely, of the country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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