FOR PRIVATE The CIRCULATION ONLY NEWslETTEr of Green ThE DElhi Golf ClUB APril 2018 IssUE NO. 95 Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare... ... William Wordsworth (Upon Westminster Bridge) mEssAgE FROm ThE PREsIdENT APRIL 2018 | Issue No. 95 Dear Members, about rs.1 crore. Even then i am doubtful if we can get profits. Very strong measures are required, which summer has come it is therefore necessary to look at unfortunately are not yet forthcoming. what we can do further. first of all, rates for parties etc. in various locations have been reduced drastically The Tournament Committee is getting active and lots to enable members to hold their parties; food prices of tournaments are coming up during the next two have also been reduced. Do enjoy your parties in your months. The work on Professionalization has been “second home”. moving forward and it is hoped that a final position would emerge shortly. Also rates for playing on the Course for your guests and non-members are being rationalized by the The work in the swimming Pool is progressing at a Captain.hygiene in the kitchens was a worrying factor. good pace and it is hoped that members would be able After carring out inspections, corrective measures to enjoy swimming in the hot summer months. have been applied. A suggestion has been received that fridays should be i have mentioned to you about the expenditure being Tambola evenings. Do react! Attention is being given done in the f&B. figures from April 2017 to 31 october to fix pay scales, qualifications and duties for all posts. 2017 are now available. in the Dining hall, there is a i propose to talk to all caddies and request their loss of rs.1.62 crore, Pub rs.4.54 lakhs, Annexe cooperation to keep your course in good shape. With rs.1.32 crore, Main Bar rs.18.21 lakhs, 14th Tee rs.5 the joining of a Course superintendent we should be lakhs and even the ice-cream and Juice counters have able to give you better playing conditions. losses, though not large. lastly. it is your course, do maintain it. Best wishes, The cause of losses is very high wages; a very large number of persons employed, both permanent and casual and even given overtime despite the large staff. An effort has been made to reduce the staff. some of them have been disbanded and others would be reallocated. on a rough calculation the likelihood R K BhARgava of reduction in salary from 01 April 2018 would be President |2| TEE OFF WITh ThE captain APRIL 2018 | Issue No. 95 Dear fellow Golfers, Mr. Kym fuller from Australia as the Course superintendent and he will join the Club by mid April 2018. he is multi- After a very successful New Year Party, we conducted several qualified as Course superintendent, Golf Construction well appreciated member events. The Club tournaments Project Management, Agronomy, irrigation and Pesticide have gathered momentum with a large number of members management. participating and the winter lawn lunches are a great success. Contamination on greens - Contamination is a natural phenomenon which occurs on greens due to multiple COURSE reasons over a period of time. since we are now Course Condition - it has been the Greens Committee renovating/upgrading the green complexes in March endeavor to improve the playing conditions on both 2019, the issue of removing contamination is being the lodhi & Peacock course through the year by tackled in the grow in period commencing March 2018. incorporating better maintenance practices. however, Pace of Play - A detailed Notice on Pace of Play was sent in despite the dormancy period, the greens have withstood December 2017 and there has been a marked improvement. the winters and we have had better playing conditions There are only a few four balls / individual players who are than previous years. defaulting. record of emails / letters and warnings issued our Club is among the most played courses, nearly hundred are being maintained. The average time on weekends is thousand Tee offs in a year. During winter months, due to within acceptable limits. in case any member observes any dormancy divots / pitch marks take much longer to heal as deviation they can bring it to the notice of sr. Manager Golf no grass germinates during this period and no aggressive operations/ secretary and action will be initiated against inter cultural practices are undertaken. once the weather the defaulters. warms up by mid-March you see a marked improvement on Afforestation - for any afforestation programme to be fairways and greens. successful, it is very clear that a full scale project to As responsible members, it is our duty to ensure our Caddy restore DGCs forest patches will be a major operation over fills in divots on the fairways and repairs pitch marks/ five to seven years. Two issues that need to be addressed simultaneously are relocation of the sambhars (approx. bunkers. Adequate sand for filling divots is available which 22) and reducing the invasive variety of trees (subabool, is regularly replenished. As you would see, it is heavy usage Vilayti Kikar & Eucalyptus). A stockade with chain link and the dormancy period which has left the fairway with fence as per specifications of rajasthan Government unhealed divots. forest Department beside the 8th fairway of Peacock Course superintendent - Based on a longstanding course wherein feed / water will be available to the requirement from members to appoint an experienced and animals has been completed. once adequate numbers well qualified Course superintendent we had shortlisted are collected, they will be subsequently relocated. As three candidates after following due process of advertising, an interim measure we plan, an in house Plant nursery skype interviews and finally they visited the Club, followed where local tree saplings would be developed for future by an interview by the General Committee. We have selected plantations especially the thorny ‘hees’ bushes. We are |3| TEE OFF WITh ThE captain APRIL 2018 | Issue No. 95 in consultation with Csr division of hEro to carry out a road surface of Car Parking No. 1 had deteriorated due plantation drive to rejuvenate our forest area based on to fair wear and tear since it was carpeted few years the recommendations of survey conducted by Mr. Pradip back. laying of the new bituminous carpeting with better Krishen. specifications (Paver is being used first time in the Club) is under progress and is likely to be completed by mid- Upgradation of green Complexes - At the outset i will March. After the bituminous carpeting, proper marking like to assure members that the upgradation of Green and slotting of the parking will be carried out. Pruning Complexes is on but on new time lines. it is proposed of Trees and lED lights will be installed in the Parking. to make all preparations to commence the renovation / upgradation of green complex project in April 2019. it has FOOD AND BEVERAGE been decided to go ahead with MiniVerde the preferred Lawn Lunches - The lawn lunches were a great success grass which is proven, genetically pure and tested in with a host of counters that included Mamagoto, Tonino indian conditions. A nursery is being prepared as per Pizza & Pasta, The Kathi’s, Avadhi Kebabs, Moets Chettinad, UsGA standards and we will import MiniVerde grass Delhi 6 and many Club counters. however due to rise sprigs from UsA in May 2018. The nursery construction in temperatures the lunches were discontinued on 25th is likely to commence in mid Mar and take 10 weeks for february 2018. completion. sprigs grow in period is four months and Pub Outsourcing - it was proposed to outsource the Pub. the onsite quarantine period running simultaneously Due process of selection was followed and M/s Kwality is approximately six months. Due to dormancy period were found most suitable for the same. They take over Pub between Nov-feb and to avoid inconvenience of Course operation from 1st April 2018. usage to members during the period october 2018-March Economy in manpower - The working of f&B was reviewed 2019 the upgradation of Green Complexes will start from and it was found that excessive contractual staff was April 2019. employed in various f&B locations. To exercise economy TOURNAMENTS few of the contractual staff have been relieved in february We are encouraging members to participate in Club 2018. Competitions and expect a high level of participation and SYSTEMS - NEw ERP enthusiasm from them. The recent Club tournaments have We have started parallel run from feb to check systems and had over 400 participants processes for all aspects of the Club’s operations. The team Captain’s day – The Golf Week followed by Captain Day has has overcome challenges with the old data of membership, been planned from 02 to 07 April 2018 followed by the skills f&B Budgets, course job schedules amongst others. competition and Captain’s Day Dinner/Dance on 08th April We start the ErP from April 1st and it will bring all club 2018 There will be live band/DJ in attendance. operations under a single system. Panasonic India Open 2018 - The Club will be conducting MEMBERSHIP the above tournament an Asian Tour Event from 25th Members are advised to submit their score cards so that to 28th october 2018 and we expect a strong domestic the large number of vacancies in the `C’ to ‘M/W’ category and international field.