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India Digest Event Review Event Review India Digest Speakers India Golf Expo 2016 Dr. Farooq Abdullah- Former Chief Minister, Jammu &Kashmir felicitated all participating clubs. Venkat Subramanium, President, KGA (seen here) Phil Ryan, Director, OvER Pacific Coast Design, Australia Community golf is the way of the future for India. Developers are required to set aside green spaces for the public 400 and this can be coupled with Golf dElEgatEs for the open space to be shared and revenue generating. It will also help grow the interest in the game amongst non-golfers. Gregg Patterson, General Manager, The Mathew Davies, PGA (GB&I) in disussion Beach Club, Los Angeles with Jonathan Tomlinson of IMG L-R: Aakash Ohri- Patron, Indian Golf Industry Association, Sh. Rajiv Yadav- Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Anil Seolekar- President, Cui Zhiqiang, VP, Indian Golf Union at the inauguration China Golf Association China went through a golf boom from the mid-nineties up until 2013. A key issue for Chinese developers and The 5th annual India Golf Expo clubs was the absence of sustainable resource practices. This is troubling 2016 was held on April 20-21 and saw China and India must address this at over 400 delegates from 20 countries the earliest. come together to shape the future of Indian Golf. The expo was organized by the Indian Golf Industry Association (IGIA) and supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Indian Golf Union (IGU) India’s top golf course managers, greenskeepers & superintendents and Golf Course Superintendents & in full attendance at the IGU - GCS & MAI Turfcare Seminar Managers Association of India (GCS & MAI). DLF Club 5, Gurgaon played host to the expo for the second consecutive A fullhouse at the year and was buzzing with visitors. Opening address Rajiv Yadav, Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Intense and fruitful discussions Affairs & Sports- “Golf has evolved into a younger D Sarkar, Commissioner - cum- took place over two days resulting in sport and with the inclusion of Golf in the Olympics, Secretary, Delhi Development a positive roadmap including Golf OvER it has been identified as a potential medal winning Authority Tourism and boosting the number The ideal model for a public course is sport. Our focus now should be to further enhance our to set aside 100-150 acres of land with of players exposed to golf. The next existing infrastructure to world class standards and approx. INR 75-100 crore investment. few pages will capture the essence of 2000 propel grass roots initiatives. The government will Annual revenues of approx. INR 7cr will South Asia’s largest Golf Expo in case visitORs ensure a sustainable operation. L-R: Anit Mehrotra- CEO, SGDC, Raj Khosla- Captain, Delhi Golf work with the golf industry to achieve this. you missed it. attEndEd Club, Phil Ryan- Director, Pacific Coast Design 130 golf digest india | may 2016 may 2016 | golf digest india 131 EXPO 2016.indd 130-131 30/04/2016 18:55:05 India Digest Event Review Event Review India Digest Speakers India Golf Expo 2016 Dr. Farooq Abdullah- Former Chief Minister, Jammu &Kashmir felicitated all participating clubs. Venkat Subramanium, President, KGA (seen here) Phil Ryan, Director, OvER Pacific Coast Design, Australia Community golf is the way of the future for India. Developers are required to set aside green spaces for the public 400 and this can be coupled with Golf dElEgatEs for the open space to be shared and revenue generating. It will also help grow the interest in the game amongst non-golfers. Gregg Patterson, General Manager, The Mathew Davies, PGA (GB&I) in disussion Beach Club, Los Angeles with Jonathan Tomlinson of IMG L-R: Aakash Ohri- Patron, Indian Golf Industry Association, Sh. Rajiv Yadav- Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Anil Seolekar- President, Cui Zhiqiang, VP, Indian Golf Union at the inauguration China Golf Association China went through a golf boom from the mid-nineties up until 2013. A key issue for Chinese developers and The 5th annual India Golf Expo clubs was the absence of sustainable resource practices. This is troubling 2016 was held on April 20-21 and saw China and India must address this at over 400 delegates from 20 countries the earliest. come together to shape the future of Indian Golf. The expo was organized by the Indian Golf Industry Association (IGIA) and supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Indian Golf Union (IGU) India’s top golf course managers, greenskeepers & superintendents and Golf Course Superintendents & in full attendance at the IGU - GCS & MAI Turfcare Seminar Managers Association of India (GCS & MAI). DLF Club 5, Gurgaon played host to the expo for the second consecutive A fullhouse at the year and was buzzing with visitors. Opening address Rajiv Yadav, Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Intense and fruitful discussions Affairs & Sports- “Golf has evolved into a younger D Sarkar, Commissioner - cum- took place over two days resulting in sport and with the inclusion of Golf in the Olympics, Secretary, Delhi Development a positive roadmap including Golf OvER it has been identified as a potential medal winning Authority Tourism and boosting the number The ideal model for a public course is sport. Our focus now should be to further enhance our to set aside 100-150 acres of land with of players exposed to golf. The next existing infrastructure to world class standards and approx. INR 75-100 crore investment. few pages will capture the essence of 2000 propel grass roots initiatives. The government will Annual revenues of approx. INR 7cr will South Asia’s largest Golf Expo in case visitORs ensure a sustainable operation. L-R: Anit Mehrotra- CEO, SGDC, Raj Khosla- Captain, Delhi Golf work with the golf industry to achieve this. you missed it. attEndEd Club, Phil Ryan- Director, Pacific Coast Design 130 golf digest india | may 2016 may 2016 | golf digest india 131 EXPO 2016.indd 130-131 30/04/2016 18:55:05 India Digest Event Review Event Review India Digest On display - The world’s top golf machinery manufacturers in full strength Speakers Nuzhat Gul- Secretary, Royal Springs Golf Club James Prusa, Director, Golf Courses & Laboratory, Sky72 Golf-Korea Meticulous financial planning in the L-R: Laurie Watson- St. Andrews Links Trust, Alick Bisset- DP & L Travel, Katrina Morrison- Scottish Development early stages of a golf course project International in a panel discusison if neglected will haunt owners later. Key areas to bear in mind are the use of treated effluent water for irrigation 40 needs, securing adequate finances and Golf clubs IntERnatIonal & hiring a quality greens keeper at the REpREsEntEd domEstIc ExhIbItoRs very beginning. 42 Jesse Grewal- Director, National Golf Academy of India at the 2nd Anil Seolekar, President, Indian IGU-NGAI Teaching Summit at DLF Golf & Country Club Golf Union “As the apex body of golf in India- The Indian Christian Marquardt, MD & Inventor, Golf Union- has initiated an SAM Putt Lab explaining the functional outreach program with schools aspects of Putting Gregg Patterson, General & universities to grow the Manager, The Beach Club- Los game and expand the base of Angeles Y ou have to look at golf clubs as players. If all golfing bodies entertainment centres. The experience and institutions work on customers get minus the cost they a common agenda, we can incur will give them the value in returning to your establishment. Staff achieve our goal of 500,000 John Neylan, Turf Grass expert at the plays a pivotal role in this experience golfers by 2026.” IGU - GCS & MAI turfcare seminar and will create the BUZZ needed to keep customers coming back and wanting more. The Pro Shop was bustling with activity over two days India’s leading teaching professionals at the IGU-NGAI Teaching Summit learning about the benefits of the latest teaching aids & technology John Gransbury, Principal, HydroPlan- Australia Managed Aquifer Recharge 52 (MAR) is very prevalent in spEakERs Australia and other mature Iain Roberts, Executive Director, golf markets. It is critical in Mission Hills Golf Club- China replenishing and building the We now have over 50,000 members water table and also ensuring and 70% of our golfers are of Chinese L-R: Cui Zhiqiang; Ju Kuang Tan, Golf Digest International; Paul Burley, that golf courses are entirely origin. We also see demand for indoor All major golf brands offered exclusive deals at the Pro Shop IMG and Iain Roberts from Mission Hills at the IGIA Symposium self-sustaining. facilities rising phenomenally. 132 golf digest india | may 2016 may 2016 | golf digest india 133 EXPO 2016.indd 132-133 30/04/2016 19:00:51 India Digest Event Review Event Review India Digest On display - The world’s top golf machinery manufacturers in full strength Speakers Nuzhat Gul- Secretary, Royal Springs Golf Club James Prusa, Director, Golf Courses & Laboratory, Sky72 Golf-Korea Meticulous financial planning in the L-R: Laurie Watson- St. Andrews Links Trust, Alick Bisset- DP & L Travel, Katrina Morrison- Scottish Development early stages of a golf course project International in a panel discusison if neglected will haunt owners later. Key areas to bear in mind are the use of treated effluent water for irrigation 40 needs, securing adequate finances and Golf clubs IntERnatIonal & hiring a quality greens keeper at the REpREsEntEd domEstIc ExhIbItoRs very beginning. 42 Jesse Grewal- Director, National Golf Academy of India at the 2nd Anil Seolekar, President, Indian IGU-NGAI Teaching Summit at DLF Golf & Country Club Golf Union “As the apex body of golf in India- The Indian Christian Marquardt, MD & Inventor, Golf Union- has initiated an SAM Putt Lab explaining the functional outreach program with schools aspects of Putting Gregg Patterson, General & universities to grow the Manager, The Beach Club- Los game and expand the base of Angeles Y ou have to look at golf clubs as players.