VOL 19 • ISSUE 11 • November, 2017 • www.dlfgolfresort.com

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Dear Member,

Hero Women's Indian Open 2017 held at the Gary Player Championship Course, triggered the start of a busy month. Most heartening was to see 114 Lady Golfers from around the globe sweat it out for the trophy and the prize purse. Heartiest congratulations to Camille Chevalier and a special mention for our very own Vani Kapoor, Aditi Ashok and amateur Pranavi URS for their enduring performances. The outdoor screening of the award-winning La La Land' during the tournament was enjoyed and appreciated by pro golfers and members. We also hosted the Gurugram leg of BMW Golf Cup International 2017 on 23rd and 24th November. The finals were played on 25th November amongst the winners from all over the country.

As the winter heads for its peak now, we can witness that the course is running to its capacity especially on the weekends. Thanks to Shaun and his team for keeping the course beautiful with lush fairways and greens post the over seeding of Rye grass.

The much hyped and most awaited Aralias Vs Magnolias Golf Tournament was also conducted and this time the Team Aralias shocked team Magnolias with their prize winning performance. The winning team was cheered with the trophy at the cocktail dinner held at the Garden Café.

On popular demand Sunday Brunches are back at the Garden Café. Members can look forward to a variety of cuisine and special deals on drinks. To keep the tiny tots engaged we have set up a Children’s Booth with a magician and artists. Needless to say, we serve as the perfect venue to entertain family and friends. So book your tables well in advance!

With the start of the Tennis Season, the sports complex was lined up with the Tennis Tournament for under 8 years and under 14 years categories last month. Congratulations to all winners and their parents.

Join us on Sunday, the 24th December, for the Xmas Carnival and on 31st December, to bid adieu to 2017.

Happy Golfing!

See you at the Club!

Vishal BhartiAsst. Vice President

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Camille Lifted the Cup

Camille Chevalier of France with the Hero Women’s Indian Open Trophy

DLF Medal Round

Accolades Yet Again!

We are delighted to share that your Club has bagged the most prestigious "Best Course in India" award at the Asian Golf Awards hosted in Vietnam. Speaking on the big win, Aakash Ohri, Senior Executive Director, DLF, said "I am extremely proud of our golf team which works day in and day out to provide world-class experience to the members of the Golf and Country Club." We have been recipient of this award for 5 consecutive years in the past. With the Gary Player course and other facilities in place now, the award has returned home.

Vishal Bharti, AVP DLF Golf & Country Club receiving the prestigious Best Course in India Award

Winner Vijay Anand Reddy with Closest-to-Pin winner Kumar Binit and Biswajit Pandey

The Women’s Golf Association of India hosted the 11th edition of the Hero Women’s Indian Open from 10th to 12th November. The past ten years have seen the event grow in stature and is now a much awaited stop on the Ladies European Tour. 114 lady professional golfers from 28 countries participated in this year’s event. The field included many top players – World No 20, Carlota Ciganda (Spain), Belen Mozo (Spain), Beth Allen (USA) and Aditi Ashok (India). Other Indians in the field were Vani Kapoor, Neha Tripathi, Gaurika Bishnoi and Amandeep Drall, among others.

Hero Women’s Indian Open

Camille Chevalier - Winner Michele Thomson - Runner-up

Carlota Ciganda - T3 Vani Kapoor - T6

Pranavi URS - Amateur WinnerAditi Ashok - T13

Camille Chevalier (France) won her first event on the LET, by edging out Michele Thomson (Scotland) by one stroke. Vani Kapoor finished a creditable tied 6th, while the amateur honours went to 14-year old Pranavi URS. Pawan Munjal, Chairman, MD & CEO of Hero MotoCorp presented the winner’s cheque and the trophy.

Team Qualcomm - 3 CheersLadies let their hair down at the Gala Dinner

Pawan Munjal and Kavita Singh graced the evening All smiles - the calm before the storm

Pranavi URS receives - Best Amateur Golfer AwardRishi Narain and Manav Sardana share a lighter moment with the ladies

"People assume that I like this golf course and I do, but it's not that easy and my chances are the same as everyone else's" said the three-time LET winner Aditi Ashok who won the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open in Abu Dhabi. She has also been a regular feature at the Hero Women's Indian Open for a number of years.

Vani Kapoor receives - Best Indian Lady Pro Award Michele Thomson finished one stroke behind the winner

LET felicitates Aakash Ohri, Senior Executive Director, DLF

Winning Celebration The Skills Challenge Competition players line up with Pawan Munjal & Kavita Singh

Camille with Kavita Singh, President WGAI and Pawan Munjal, Chairman, CEO & MD Hero MotoCorp

BMW Golf Cup International

The BMW Golf Cup International 2017 tournaments were played from 23rd to 25th November. Day 1 and 2 saw 120 golfers play the qualifier events, and Day 3 saw 52 winners of the qualifier events from across India, play in the National Finals. The winners of the National Finals will represent India in the World Finals to be played in South Africa in March 2018.On the first day Raman Dua and Sharad Batra qualified for the Finals. On the second day Monica Jajoo, Vishal Khandelwal and Neeraj Sachdeva qualified. In the Finals, Monica Jajoo, S Venkateswaran and Abhyudaya Sanghi won in their respective categories. The prizes were given away by Vikram Pawah, President, BMW India.Earlier, a gala dinner was hosted for the National Finalists. The evening saw an extraordinary performance by the famous American magician Steven Brundage. He left the audience spellbound with his rubik's cube tricks. Former Indian cricket captain, Anil Kumble joined the dinner and spoke about his cricketing days, and gave useful insights to the finalists on how they should prepare for big events.

Winners of BMW Golf Cup International Gurugram Leg Monica takes a minute

Congratulations to Vishal Neeraj receives the Closest-to-Pin prize from Vikram Gill of DLF Crest

Soumya Dutta secures runner-up position Monica receives the Longest Drive prize from Vikram Pawah, President BMW India

BMW felicitates Karan and Anitya Monica wins the BMW Golf Cup National Final - Ladies Category

Aralias Vs Magnolias

On the 3rd, resident golfers of Aralias and Magnolias resplendent in their Blue and Purple T shirts, descended here to vie for the coveted Trophy. Days before the D-day, much time had gone into the planning of the composition of the teams. Once again, Pratap Mamik led the Magnolias team and Ashutosh Sharma led the Aralias team. Even though the number of golfers from Magnolias outnumbered the team size of Aralias, the Aralians were not to be underestimated. The Aralians shocked the team Magnolias with their clean victory this time bringing back the glory days. The tournament commenced with brunch and culminated with the prize distribution by Mr Aakash Ohri over dinner and cocktails at the Garden Café.

With a nip in the air and an ambience overlooking the lake, painted a perfect picture for an evening set for Lights, Camera and Action! La La Land - a musical, romantic movie was screened at the Deck on the 11th for all our members, their families and friends. During the screening a few members hummed to the songs while others sipped their cocktails.With the encouragement and response of our members, we would like to create such memories every month under the starlit sky. Do keep in touch for more action in the coming months.

Lights, Camera, Action!

Tennis Tournament

With the end of hot sunny months, the tennis season is in full swing at the sports complex. Our juniors played with full fervour on the court. L a s t m o n t h s a w t h e successful completion of under 12 and under 14 years categories with Kunaal Dhawan as the winner and Jyotsna in the runner-up position. Come and cheer up our budding tennis stars in the coming months.

Winner Kunal Dhawan with Jyotsna Arora Nihaal Sohi secures Runner-up position

Siddharth Sachdeva - proud winner (Individual Category) 1st Runner-up - Sunil Jasuja 2nd Runner-up - Anil Duggal

AS Pasricha receives the Straightest Drive Award Astha Mittal receives the Longest Drive Award Winning Team - Aralians

Vikas Gupta enjoys the evening with his kids Mark and Cynthia raise a toastAll eyes on the screen

Golf at its best at the National Golf Championship

Special Olympics Bharat took golf on a flightpath at the Golf National Coaching Camp cum Championship 2017, held at our club from 12th to 17th. This championship was also the selection trial for probables for the World Games 2019 at Abu Dhabi. Maintaining the gold standard for the Special Olympics Bharat, Ranveer Singh Saini won the Championship by beating his rivals in over 4 days of competition. Out of these 4 events 2 were Unified events with his unified partner Ms Monica Jajoo. Ranveer finished the final round with a lead of 17 strokes, once again emerging as the formidable force, decimating his challengers by winning 4 Gold Medals in all 4 competitions.

An evening with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

We are once again honoured to welcome Sadhguru at the Club. He played 18 holes with Kishan Bijoria, Sameer Sood and Shaun Satterly. Shaun gave his valuable tips to Sadhguru. Our course Superintendent Shaun was also there to discuss the nitty gritties of the course after over seeding.

Monica with Ankush, Ranveer and Kushagra and their Caddies

Golf National Coaching Camp Star of the Tournament - Ranveer Singh

Golfers’ movements on the golf course have an impact on the maintenance operations more than they realize. Golf courses in modern times are much busier than ever before and the increase in traffic has profound effects on the playing surfaces. This manifests as thin, worn yellow turf or heavily divoted and damaged areas. The most common traffic injury appears as bruised leaf tissue from which a healthy turf plant system can recover quite quickly given weather conditions are favourable for active growth.To help spread the wear and tear on the course, the use of traffic barriers in the form of ropes/picket fences/signs are in place at key positions around the course. These areas are protected from traffic to allow recovery and/or seed establishment. Human nature wants to use the shortest or most economical path between two points, however this results in damaged turf areas or a worn path. Common sense should suggest that the traffic barriers are there for a reason, so please be responsible and accept the small inconvenience of taking the alternative route and this will lead to less damaged areas around the course.Winter play and the impact frost has on playability of the course is a potential issue every winter. Luckily, frost hasn’t been a

major issue in past seasons in that it would negatively impact play, however, the potential is there depending upon the season. Morning play will be delayed in the case of a heavy frost which has the potential to damage turf. Maintenance staff and golfer traffic can cause significant damage to playing surfaces if allowed to move across the turf whilst under frost conditions. Irrigation, sun and wind will allow the frost to dissipate from the playing surface thus returning conditions to normal and in turn allowing play and maintenance to resume.Golfers do have a major impact on golf course maintenance operations and your cooperation will ultimately result in improved playing conditions for all.

From our Superintendent's Quill

Shaun Satterly

Don’t starve yourself : Research does show you can lose unwanted weight by starving yourself. The problem is that up to 50% of that weight loss comes from muscle tissue, not from fat. And that sets you up for pure disaster. Muscles are your body’s metabolic furnace; each pound burns about 50 calories a day. On the other hand, every pound of muscle you lose on a starvation diet slows your metabolism down by 50 calories a day.Don’t skip breakfast & do put the 'FAST' back in breakfast :Never Ever Miss your breakfast, your morning meal establishes healthy metabolism throughout the day. Breakfast may be considered the most important meal of the day, but it doesn’t have to be the most time-consuming. You can save a lot of time and energy by keeping this meal simple and straightforward.There are many quick, healthful breakfast foods you can stock in your pantry. Stick with high-fiber cereal, whole-grain toast, oatmeal, and fresh fruit – foods you can throw together in just a few minutes. Then make an additional effort to ensure your lunches and dinners are nutritionally balanced.Do fight fat at night : Those eight hours after your head hits the pillow aren’t just for dreaming. While you sleep, your body actually repairs and rebuilds your muscles. But, if you eat too close to bedtime, your body will spend its energy digesting the food in your tummy and not recuperating your muscles.Don’t eat if you’re not hungry & don’t eat too much saturated fat : Fat isn’t all bad. Good fats found in foods such as fatty fish, nuts and flaxseeds are essential for your health and ability to lose weight. But when it comes to bad fats, such as saturated fat, it’s important to understand what types of food they hide in so you can avoid them.Do eat four to six small meals a day : Smaller, more frequent meals will keep your blood sugar levels stable and will increase your metabolism. And, because the meals keep the tummy satisfied throughout the day, you’re less likely to turn into a pantry-raiding snack monster.Don’t drink alcohol : Whether it’s wine or beer, alcohol offers only Dehydration. Alcohol consumption also hurts muscle growth. Not drinking will really make you better and improve your results! You will see an immediate improvement in strength, focus, motivation, intensity, endurance and recovery. Just a mug or two of beer will have effects on the body's ability to function - not just for the next few hours, but for the next few days! In the time period it takes for the body to return to normal, which can be anywhere from 3 days to one week, you will still be negatively impacted

Diet Dos and Don’ts while Gyming

From Chef Abhijit’s Kitchen

How to make homemade sundried tomatoesIngredients1. 500 gm firm ripe roma tomatoes2. 2 teaspoons salt3. 1 teaspoon dried basil (optional)4. 1 teaspoon dried oregano(optional)5. 1 teaspoon dried thyme(optional)Directions 6. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).7. Wash and halve tomatoes. Gently squeeze out the seeds. Place the

tomatoes on a non-stick cookie sheet, and sprinkle with salt to taste.8. Bake until tomatoes take on a leathery texture. This could take 2-3

hours in the oven. Note: you can make your own sandwich spread.Stir together cream cheese and chopped sundried tomatoes, add salt and pepper as per taste.

Spread each side of bread with 1 tablespoon of cheese spread and sprinkle with salt and pepper.Top one side of bread with a few tomato slices.Cut in half or quarters and serve.

Abhijit Dey

Academy News

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This Month's Achievers

DLF Brand Ambassador, Neha Tripathi grabbed a 3-shot victory in the 15th leg of Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour held at the Palms Golf Club and Resort, Lucknow. Gaurika Bishnoi finished second.

Sunhit Vishnoi won the IGU Yes Bank Maharashtra Junior Boys Golf Championship, held at Poona Golf Club.

Jai Bahl won the All India IGU National Feeder Tour, played at BPGC Mumbai from 14th to17th.

Pitch over Bunker

Karan's Tips

Pic 2: Set up with the ball in the centre of the stance, and open the face a bit. Grip down low and keep the weight favouring the front foot.

Pic 3: Shows an extension of the hands away from the ball. Try to extend the club back and through with a gentle turn of the upper body. Try not to ‘lift’ the ball in the air, especially by flicking the wrists.For more consistency, use the angle of the club face to get the height. Remember, if the club face gets under the ball, the ball will get the height needed to clear the bunker.

While playing a chip / pitch shot, evaluate if you have trouble e.g. bunker on the way.

Pic 1: As shown, in this case, we have a bunker to negotiate.

Jahanvi Bakshi won the 9th Albatross International Junior Golf Championship held at the Classic Golf Resort, Gurugram, by 12 strokes. She has been awarded a one-month golf scholarship from Hills International College, Australia.

Neha clinches her third title of the year Gaurika Bishnoi

Jhanavi wins the 9th Albatross Golf Championship Sunhit wins the Yes Bank Junior Boys Golf Championship

After Launch Angle last month, let’s have a look at Launch Direction this month. Launch Direction is the initial direction that the ball starts on, relative to the ball to target line. Every launch monitor draws an imaginary line (the zero-degree line) from the golf ball to the target and Launch Direction is simply the direction that the ball launches on, with respect to this line.A positive launch direction indicates a ball that starts right of the zero-degree line or left of the target and a negative launch direction indicates a ball that starts left of

the zero-degree line or left of the target. The larger the number, the more offline the ball has started (right or left). A zero-launch direction means the ball started directly at the target.Launch Direction is reported in degrees and can be thought of in terms of push, pull, or straight. It is important to understand that launch direction does not describe the curvature of the shot and only tells us about its starting direction. The curvature of the golf ball depends upon other factors like a difference between face and path and off center hit or gear effect.The Launch Direction of the golf ball is mainly controlled by the face angle of the club at impact. Depending upon the club being hit and the friction between the club head and the golf ball, the Launch Direction of the golf ball can vary between 50% to 95% towards the face angle. Generally speaking, the lower the loft of the club, the more the Launch Direction will be closer to the face angle of the club. The other factors that also affect the Launch Direction of the golf ball are the path that the club head is traveling on and the point of contact on the club face.As an example, a ball with a launch direction of -2.0° will be 3.5 yards left of the target line at 100 yards and 7.0 yards left of the target line at 200 yards. Or a ball with a launch direction of -4.0° will be 7.0 yards left of the target line at 100 yards and 14.0 yards left of the target line at 200 yards. These examples simply use the Launch Direction to determine how far a ball would be offline at a certain distance. There is no curvature accounted for because curvature is not linked to launch direction.

Launch Direction

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The Women’s Golf Association of India in partnership with the Ladies European Tour organised a Junior Golf Development Camp at the Hero Women’s Indian Open. Junior girls in the age group of 12-18 years, from across India were invited to be a part of this Camp. The juniors came in from various cities that included Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Delhi NCR.

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Junior Development Programme

The Camp began with an introduction to the workings of the LET as an organisation. Mr Mike Round, Director of Development from the LET, spoke about how the tour encompasses culture around the world with golf as a common theme. “We like to challenge the norm, and in the process, inspire people to come into the sport. The idea is to generate a lot of interest and engage with fans.” The juniors were also given a brief history of the tour that was launched back in 1978, rounding up the session with a few visuals that showed the 2016 season in review.

Budding Golfers listen intently

Clinic by Spain’s Carlota Ciganda

Carly Booth with the juniors

Champika Sayal, Secretary General of the Women’s Golf Association of India spoke to the juniors about how they could go ahead with careers in the game. She also spoke about the imperative things that junior golfers should keep in mind while playing the game including career counselling, preparation for a tournament and volunteering at various steps of the game.

Carlota Ciganda, the highest-ranked player in the field, World Number 20, a multiple winner on the LET and a US-based LPGA tour player, conducted a Clinic for all the members and juniors. It was a great learning experience for all of them as they took valuable tips from Carlota. She got the juniors totally involved in the Clinic and also got them to hit shots, helping them with their techniques.

Scotland’s Carly Booth, who has two wins on the LET, explained her reasons to turn professional early and balancing all aspects of life as an athlete. India’s Neha Tripathi, who is one of the leading players on the WGAI, spoke about the essentials attached to the full swing including judging distances, the importance of a pre-shot routine and the pressure attached to playing the game professionally.

With an exciting international golf tournament back at the DLF Golf & Country Club, the DLF Golf Academy juniors contributed to the success of the Hero Women’s Indian Open 2017 by volunteering and assisting in tournament operations. Volunteers performed various duties like live scoring, updating leaderboards & walking with the leader groups on the last day.

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On popular demand Sunday Brunches are back!Look forward to a variety of cuisine and

special deals on drinks.

Pavilion BarLive Grill

At the onset of winters come and relish delicacies from our live grill.

24th - SundayChristmas Carnival

Come, join us and 'Ho-Ho-Ho' meetSanta with his bag full of goodies

31st - SundayNew Year Party

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20th - WednesdayLufthansa ‘Parent Child Golf Championship!’

21st - ThursdayLufthansa ‘Junior Tournament’

22nd- Friday’ ‘Member’s Christmas Cup

22nd-FridayMovie Screening

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