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December 2014 Vol.7 Issue No.3 www.indiangolfunion.org THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN GOLF UNION Third Quarter - December 2014 Vol.7 Issue No.3 In this issue President’s Message President’s Message 1 Director General’s Message 2 take over as President of the Indian Golf Union at Editorial 3 a very crucial juncture of the sport in India. The game has grown from strength to strength under the Features Ileadership of the past presidents and I am extremely - The Imperfections of Perfectionism 4 grateful to them for providing me with a solid platform. - Features - Shaili Speaks 5 - And the Winner is... The Game of Golf!! 6 With golf becoming an Olympic sport, the interest in the - Champion Stuff! 7 game is growing but the challenges for the game remain as - USHA IGU All India Ladies & Junior Girls Golf Championship 9 the infrastructure is not growing at the same speed. - Tata Steel 114th Amateur We need more public courses where every citizen of the Golf Championship 10 country can aspire to play and represent the country at the Rules & Regulations highest arena of sports. Today a few individuals are leading the growth of the - Wrong Putting Green 8 infrastructure. We require the Government to take cognizance of the needs of the game Merit List 11 and help in its growth by partnering the fraternity in creating new facilities in terms of Courses / Driving Ranges etc. THE IGU COUNCIL Golf is a unique game as we don’t have a fixed arena to play in. Each course and its playing President - Jaydeep Chitlangia condition is unique and reflects the designer’s ideas on how the game should be played. Vice-President - Anil Seolekar I am briefly highlighting below the activities and initiatives of the Indian Golf Union to ARMY ZONE give an idea of its role in developing the game in the country. Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Talwar Lt. Gen. AKS Chandele (Retd.) The IGU, as the governing body of golf in India Lt. Gen. Subroto Mitra • conducts over 75 Amateur Tournaments each year - for men, women, juniors and Lt. Gen. Mukesh Sabharwal (Retd.) Maj. Gen. Abhay Krishna sub-juniors. EAST ZONE WEST ZONE • conducts the Amateur Golf Championship of India, the 2nd oldest golf tournament Farzan Heerjee Anil Seolekar in the world (Est. 1892). Dr. Satbinder Singh Devang Shah • conducts the “Indian Open”, a US$1.5 million event on the European Tour and the Ranjit Chaudhri S.K. Bhatia Asian Tour – the longest and oldest running annual international Golf event in India NORTH ZONE SOUTH ZONE – for over 50 years. Prakash Bhandari Dilip Thomas • trains the National squads and selects teams to represent India in the Asian Games, C.S.R. Reddy, I.P.S. Ishwar Achanta Wg.Cdr. Satish Aparajit (Retd.) C.S. Subramanian Asia Pacific Amateur Team Championship, World Amateur Team Championship, Asian Senior Amateur, Asian Junior Amateur, Faldo Junior Series, Queen Sirikit FOUNDER CLUB MEMBERS Bombay Presidency Golf Club Cup, etc. Delhi Golf Club - Raj Khosla • runs Junior Coaching programmes - Grassroots to Madras Gymkhana Club - R.S.R. Ramprasad Excellence - across the country. Recently launched Royal Calcutta Golf Club - Gaurav Ghosh the National Initiative for Golf in Schools (NIGS) Tollygunge Club - T.V. Ramaswamy programme. Willingdon Sports Club - Akshay Kilachand LADIES COMMITTEE Monisha Ajmera Editor: Ishwar Achanta CONTACT US AT: Editorial Board: Maj. Gen. A. Parmar (Retd.), The Indian Golf Union, 24, Adchini (1st Floor), EX-OFFICIO Lt. Gen. M. Sabharwal (Retd.), Lt. Gen. V.K. Pillai. New Delhi 110 017, INDIA. Raian F. Irani Designed by: Art Works, Chennai Tel: +91 11 26525771 Fax: +91 11 26525770 Email: [email protected] For private circulation only Printed at: VM Prints Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 2 GOLFINGLY YOURS SEP-DEC 2014 3 GOLFINGLY YOURS SEP-DEC 2014 Secretariat • runs the National Golf Academy of India (NGAI) at Chandigarh – over Obiter Dicta... 450 coaches have been certified including coaches from Bangladesh, Arun K. Singh Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. respectively, is complete. I have the privilege of knowing both these Director General ith a twinge of regret, I will individuals well and must say that they are very well brought up and Lt. Col. Ajay Singh (Retd.) The NGAI also conducts various programmes in association the European have to say goodbye as the Secretary & Director, Golf Operations PGA experts in various fields to enhance the knowledge base of our coaches, Editor of this wonderful are great ambassadors of the game. It is understood that Trishul and W Udayan Mane will turn professional soon and the IGU wishes them Tusshar Malhotra as better coaches make better players. magazine of the IGU. From offering to revive the magazine to bringing it to this the very best while thanking them for their efforts. Aditi, at 16, has Assistant Director, Golf Operations • under the R&A Rules Certification Programme, IGU runs Referee stage has been a very pleasant and reward- still a long way to go and knowing the person she is, she will work C.S. Shetty Certification and Tournament Directors Courses and has certified over Tournament Director ing exercise. Pleasant because writing even harder to get there. Tushaar Malhotra reports on the National 90 referees and editing is a panacea for stress and Championships in this issue. • provides the National Handicap Service (NHS), to administer and issue rewarding because while it gave me a lot Former Indian cricketer turned mind coach, Sujith Somasunder handicaps to all golfers in India. Director General’s Message of pleasure, I had the opportunity to writes about the imperfections of perfection. Writer and statesman • rates golf courses and conducts rating workshops in collaboration with interact with so many people and learn from them. Goethe was spot on when he said, “Certain flaws are necessary for It has been a busy quarter with the USGA. The Media Committee of the IGU headed by our VP, Anil Seolekar the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.” activities being undertaken in will take over this function for 2015 onwards. I wish them the very Shaili Chopra met with Tiger Woods at Orlando and recounts that varied fields. The Indian Amateur • conducts Golf Course Superintendents Programmes with world- best in their endeavours while thanking past Presidents, Rohit Amin, experience. His best buddy Arjun Atwal had a much-needed win at Team comprising six players renowned experts like Turf Guru Dr. Micah Woods: Manjit Singh, Gen. Bikram Singh and Raian Irani for entrusting this Dubai recently and many congratulations to Arjun for that. participated in Asia Pacific and many more, which makes the Indian Golf Union truly the flag bearer prestigious portfolio to me. Amateur Championship held of Indian Golf. One would think that any golfer knows what to do when his ball ends at Royal Melbourne Golf Club The IGU Council for 2014-15 was elected to office at Kolkata on up on a wrong putting green. Apparently, Noh did not and Kevin from 21-26 October 2014. The The National Squad Programme ensures that the leading amateur November 1, 2014. For the first time and in accordance with the Barker points out that folly and points worth remembering. players started off well but were players get focused attention to hone their skills. The IGU also provides guidelines laid down in the National Sports Code issued by the Jaydeep Chitlangia from Kolkata has taken over as the President of caught on the wrong side of the added international exposure so that our players get sufficient oppor- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GOI, elections were held for the IGU from Raian Irani. While wishing him the very best in his golf course in third and fourth round. Rigel Fernandes tunities to benchmark their abilities with others, as well as experience a the office of the Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer. As was done last endeavours to grow this game in India, I must take a moment to ended up with the best show among Indians and variety of courses and conditions around the world. These initiatives elevate year, the President was also elected on the floor, conducted by salute Raian for all his efforts over the years starting out as Junior finished tied 15th. However, our most promising Junior standards and enable our players to leave their mark in most international the returning officer, Mr. Anil Chowdry, I.P.S (Retd.) in the presence Golf Committee member rising to lead the IGU in what we know golfer, Viraj Madappa got over his not so impressive events that they participate in. of Group Captain S. Bhatnagar, Regional Director of SAI, as the as difficult, transition times. Thank you Raian, it was an unique performance at Melbourne by winning two back to government observer (nominee). back events in Kolkata. The results speak for themselves. privilege working with you and under your leadership. Good health This Council has several changes in its composition. We bid adieu and Godspeed! The All India Amateur Championships were held in With these initiatives and programmes, the IGU is on course to fulfilling to Brijender Singh, Kapil Channa, K.K. Raman, Anuva Saurabh, December in all categories as a year-ending finale and Uruguyan journalist Eduardo Galeano provides me with an apt exit, its primary goal–to ensure that India becomes a leading golf nation in the Lt. Gen. Anjan Mukherjee, Lt. Gen. Sanjeev Anand, Sanjev Rattan, the following were crowned as Amateur Champions “History never really says goodbye. History says, ‘See you later.’” world by providing more opportunities for participants to start, stay and S.K. Nandal and Prabhat Chaturvedi and thank them for their 2014: succeed in the game.
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