VOL 19 • ISSUE 12 • December, 2017 • www.dlfgolfresort.com

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Dear Member,

The month gone by was a deluge of fun and festive events

that kept everyone engaged and entertained. Despite the

challenging smog that enveloped the city skies, the club saw

enthusiastic participation. We flagged off the month with

the most awaited Sunday Brunches along with golf

tournaments. The dip in the temperature served well to swell

up the crowds at the brunches. The Sunday Brunches with a

wide variety of cuisine along with special deals on the drinks,

have been received well. The Lufthansa Junior Tournament

triggered a big wave of excitement and motivation amongst

the budding Golfers as also the exciting prizes on offer. The

eagerly awaited Parent-Child Tournament was as usual

oversubscribed leaving us no room to accommodate a few

golfers. This year’s tournament season concluded with “The

Hero Christmas Cup” with over 50 golfers contesting for the

ace position. Congratulations to all winners and a big Thank

You to our sponsors Hero, Lufthansa, BMW and Callaway.

Till date, the fogless days have served as a bonanza for avid

golfers pushing up the average rounds to nearly 200 per day.

Inspite of the rise in footfalls, our course superintendent

Shaun and his strict maintenance practices have paid off well

to keep the course in pristine condition. As the members

shared “the course is playing beautifully.

The ambient weather and our Club ambience were just

perfect for social entertainment. Members hosted many

parties and functions throughout the month. Last, but not

the least, our marquee event “The Christmas Carnival” was,

as usual, a big hit. The marketing team upped the ante to

stage a memorable carnival yet again.

The month culminated with a rocking New Year's party,

finally bidding adieu to 2017 and welcoming 2018. Look

forward to enjoy and celebrate Lohri at the club along with

the Sunday Brunch at the Garden Café.

Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!

See you at the Club!

Vishal Bharti

Asst. Vice President

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Shubhankar makes us proud

DLF Brand Ambassador, Shubhankar Sharma won the Joburg Open in South Africa. This was his first win on the European Tour.

DLF Medal Round

Know Your Member

Sanjeev is every bit the passionate entrepreneur one might hope to

meet.

Originally from Bihar, he is a recipient of the Top 133 Achievers

Award, bestowed upon him at the Birth Anniversary Ceremony

of Dr. Rajender Prasad.

He has worked for more than 18 years in the financial services. His

last assignment was with Icbc axa Jv in China, before he moved

back to India in 2011.

Post the successful exit of his two ventures, he embarked upon

three ventures in 2016, one which is a design firm that should

cross $15 mn in turnover this financial year.

He plans to nurture his existing businesses, invest in new ideas,

and simply enjoy what has grown into a sustainable career. In his

words, "the sign of a good entrepreneur is that you never stop.

You’re never done.”

Sanjeev is an ardent golfer and polo player, besides being a

conscientious family man.

Hole-in-One

Bakthawar with Closest-to-Pin winner Kartikay Saini Upen Roop Rai with winner Gaurav Sethi

Vinod Sobti with Ace Anuj & Ramesh

Lufthansa Junior Tournament

Around 40 budding golfers aged 6 -16 years from our Academy and others, participated in the Lufthansa Junior Tournament held at the Club on 21st. The juniors teed off at 12 noon and played the tournament over 18 holes on the AP course. Some played a steady game while others found the course very intimidating. Post the event, a few coaches were seen giving feedback to their students, however, everyone loved the course and resolved to come back next year more prepared.

Christmas Festive Week

Category E ( Girls & Boys Combined

Spot Prizes E Category

Category C + D Girls

Category C + D Boys

Category A + B Girls

Category A + B Boys

Spot Prizes A - D Category (Overall)

Name Score Position

Kartik Singh 14 Points 2nd Runner-Up

Trish Kalkal 16 Points Runner-Up

Aravvir Singh Bachal 19 Points Winner

Ken Franandes 11 Ft Yatra - Closest-to-Pin

Sana Gupta On Line BMW - Straught Drive

Arohi Kataria 10 OCB Runner-Up

Palakshi Sehrawat 17 Points Winner

Aryan Singh Sethi 16 Points 2nd Runner-Up

Ishaan Ahuja 18 Points Runner-Up

Vihaan Reddy 20 Points Winner

Seoyun Lee 8 OCB Runner-Up

Riya Yadav 22 Points Winner

Arhaan Nanda 26 OCB 2nd Runner-Up

Gautam Potdukhe 31 Points Runner-Up

Karan Soin 32 Points Winner

Aarav Chandra 3' 9" Winner Yatra Closest-to-Pin

Mahreen Bhatia 6 Ft Runner-Up Yatra Closest-to-Pin

Surya Yadav On Line Winner BMW Straight Drive

Nitzana Bhatia 3' 7" Runner-Up BMW Straight Drive

Ishaan Ahuja 10' 6" Winner Three Sixty Closest-to-Pin

Ken Franandes 12 Ft Runner-Up Three Sixty Closest-to-Pin

Juniors make merry at the LJT

Winner - Vihaan Reddy receives the Trophy from Vishal Bharti AVP, DLF Golf & Country Club and Paurus GM, Sales Lufthansa

Arohi Katariya receives her Trophy

Christmas Cup

The season for golf is well and truly upon us and we concluded this year’s tournaments with the Hero Christmas Cup hosted at the Club on the 22nd. Soon after the dates were announced the nominations poured in leaving us no choice but to say 'No' to a few golfers. The tournament was played over 18 holes along with the exciting individual Spot Competition. Harsh Chadha won the Longest Drive on hole number 8 with 239 yrds. Straightest Drive was bagged by Arul Sood on the 15th hole. In the Men’s 15-24 Handicap Category Pradeep Kant lost out to Avin Jain while in the 0-14 Handicap Category Aditya Rathi lost out to Anurag Gupta. In the Ladies Category Samika Sharma took home the trophy.

RESULTS

Longest Drive (Men) : 8th Hole Harsh Chadha 239 yds

Straightest Drive (Overall) : 15th Hole Arul Sood 7’8”

Ladies : Winner Samika Sharma 91.6

Men : 15-24 Handicap : Runner-Up Pradeep Kant 77

: Winner Avin Jain 76.4

Men : 0-14 Handicap : Runner-Up Aditya Rathi 77.2

: Winner Anurag Gupta 77

Winners - Hero Christmas Cup Anurag Gupta, winner Men's Category (0-14 Handicap)

Arul Sood receives Straightest Drive Prize from Rama Avin Jain winner Men's Category (15-24 Handicap)

Harsh Chadha awarded Longest Drive Prize (Men's Category) Pradeep Kant declared Runner-up in Men's Category (15-24 Handicap)

Samika Sharma declared the overall winner in Ladies Category

IIM Alumni Golf Tournament

The Christmas week festivities were made special even for our Parent-Child Duo with a golf tournament. The youngsters were seen dragging their parents to register first to avoid any regrets. After light refreshment the teams went straight to the driving range to practice their putts, a few budding golfers were seen advising their mums and dads. In the spot prizes Riya Yadav was the winner for Yatra Closest-to-Pin category. Ranveer Mitroo won the BMW Straight Drive and Karam Bedi aced the Three Sixty Closest-to-Pin. In Category E the winning team was Avneet and Aravir Bachal and in Category A&D Vijay and Vihaan Reddy won the trophy with 22 points. Heartiest congratulations to all winners and a big Thank You to our sponsors Yatra, BMW and Three Sixty.

Lufthansa Junior Golf Tournament (Parent-Child)

IIM Alumni is known for its excellence and leadership skills. This community along with Camellias conducted their annual rendezvous with a round of Golf on 3rd at the Club. Enthusiastic golfers were seen as early as 6 am for the registrations. Post the registrations golfers were seen catching up with old pals while sipping their cup of Latte. Surely “a lot can happen over coffee.

The game was played over 18 holes along with individual skill competitions to up the excitement. Post their rounds, everyone gathered for scrumptious lunch followed by a gala dinner in the evening. This was planned to felicitate the winners, who were as follows: In Ladies Category Mamta was declared the winner while in the Men's Category (13-24 H’Cap) Mayur Toshniwal bagged the trophy and in the Second Men's Category (0-12 H’Cap) Gaurav Seth was declared the winner.

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All set to tee off Sumit Chandwani with Sidhant Khosla, B Rajagopal & Nisith Arora

All Smiles - Parent-Child Team

Runner-Up team Mayur & Kanav Rastogi Massive congratulations to Team Bakhtavar & Ranveer Saini

Christmas Carnival

24th December was a day full of fun-filled activities at the Club. The Party Lawn bore a festive look with Christmas colours strewn all over and the pristine view of the Golf Course at the back. The bright, sunny day and the happy voices of the crooners with our little members running around in colourful winter clothes added to the festivity.

Full house A joyful ride

Mother-Daughter bondingBonding with Santa

Santa Claus is here in town Youngest Carol Singers

Family Time Creative Corner

Christmas Carnival

The golden girl was a super hit with the selfie lovers Here comes our Santa

Rolling with joy & laughter Our special artist at the Angel Hut

Our little Carol Singers from the Scottish High Posing with Santa

New Year Celebrations

Anirudh plays tennis tournaments at the National level and is currently ranked 33rd in India in the Boys Under 14 Category. Anirudh made his beginning with the tennis racquet as an eight year old at the club, and has been coaching with Bharat Bhushan at the club since then. The commitment and dedication of the coach for the last six years has helped Anirudh reach this stage. Anirudh played the clay court Boys Under 14 Nationals in Aurangabad in the month of November this year, and reached the Quarter Finals. He also won a North Zone Under 16 Tennis Tournament conducted by All India Tennis Association (AITA) in September last year.

Our Tennis Star - Anirudh

From Chef Abhijit’s Kitchen

Bundt CakeIngredients1. 250 g salted butter, softened2. 400 g sugar3. Zest of 1 orange4. 2 large eggs5. 300 ml buttermilk6. 300 g plain flour7. 2 tsp baking powder8. 3 tsp ground mixed spice9. 100 g pecans, roughly chopped10. 100 g walnuts, roughly chopped11. 100 g marzipan, cut into small cubes12. Icing sugar to dustMethod

Preheat the oven to 170°C, fan and make sure your bundt tin is very well greased.Cream the butter, sugar and orange zest very well until the sugar has more or less dissolved into the butter. Beat in the eggs and buttermilk, then sift over the flour, baking powder and mixed spice and fold in.Fold in the nuts and marzipan, then scoop into the prepared tin, level off and bake for 60-75 minutes.Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the tin. To serve sift over some icing sugar, and serve.

Note – Bundt is a type of bakery baking pan

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Our Tennis Achievers

Men's Doubles Open - Team 1, Sharad with Ashish along withwinning team Dhruv with Vishal. Score 6-4, 6-3

In Men's Open Singles Tournament Nitin Sharma, declared the winner

Men's 40+Open Single's Tournament - Winner Venkat Shankar, with Rahul Mehra. Score 6-3, 6-0

Abhijit Dey

Academy News

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Know Your Fitness Golf Trainer - Anjali Yadav

Anjali Yadav has joined the team at the DLF Golf Academy to help students improve their overall golf fitness and overcome physical limitations by practicing golf specific workout routines. Anjali comes with over ten years of experience in fitness training and is herself a performance enhancement specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and a certified professional for programs such as TRX, Myofascial Release Therapy, ZUU Fitness, Dynamaxx etc. She is popular among her students for making workouts fun yet effective. Her method of adhering to the principles of form, function and technique while exercising has been well appreciated by her students. Anjali believes that “you can build high only if your foundation is deep”.

Anjali is available at the Academy to offer lessons on golf fitness through individual and group lessons. For more details and to book a session with her, please call her on 9999507571 or Bandana Jha on 9811862223.

DLF Junior Golf Excellence Program

The DLF Junior Golf Excellence Program, supported by the DLF Foundation conducted a camp for the selected juniors at the Academy from 5th to 13th. The program has selected 10 junior boys and girls to undergo golf, fitness training and tournament preparation. The program further provides the juniors with all necessary resources and facilities to compete and excel at the international level. The Academy has got on board Jonathan Mannie, a highly acclaimed teaching professional based in Austria, to help structure and assess the progress at regular intervals. Jonathan has been the Director of Education for PGAs of Europe and national coach to several countries. The juniors have shown good improvement in the short span of time, with Kartik Sharma, Sunhit Vishnoi and Tushar Pannu clocking up top finishes.

Fitness tip of the month

A lot of time a majority of athletes, both amateur and professional are not aware of the proper way to warm up prior to practice. Properly warming up eliminates the risk of injuries or sprains that may happen during the game and also helps in improving the overall performance. Start with an activity that will raise your core temperature and make your muscles more elastic for the game. Warming up in motion improves body awareness, challenges your balance and coordination skills, along with enhancing muscular performance and power. A proper golf specific warm up is crucial to building mobility and stability, activating muscles that you will use, and help you gear up for the powerful and complex movements of the golf swing.

Anjali will be conducting an ‘Open house' workout session for interested members and students on Sundays 14th and 27th, from 4 to 5pm, at the Academy. Please call the Academy to book your slot for a free consultation.

Anjali Yadav

Jonathan Mannie with DLF Junior Golf Excellence Program students

This month, let's have a look at the next parameter that a Launch Monitor tells us and that is Height. Height is the maximum height or apex of a shot and is measured in feet, yards or metres. It is the distance between the ground and the golf ball at the time when the golf ball is at its highest point in its flight and starts its journey down.The height of a shot will vary considerably depending on the combination of ball speed, launch angle and spin rate. Variations in ball speed or launch angle will have the largest effect on height. Also, height is highly

correlated to the landing angle of a shot.Depending on the golfer’s ball speed, a certain height must be achieved in order to create optimal carry and landing angle. For example, an LPGA Tour player with a 6-iron ball speed of 109 mph is looking to achieve a height of 84 feet. This combination will produce a trajectory optimized for carry and landing angle. However, a PGA TOUR player with a 6-iron ball speed of 130 mph is attempting to attain a height of 102 feet. This combination is optimal for the PGA TOUR player with a higher ball speed.Due to differences in club design between a fairway wood, hybrid, and iron, an optimally fit set of golf clubs will not necessarily apex at the same height throughout all clubs in the bag. The biggest factor here would be the placement of the center of gravity which would be lower in hybrids and fairway woods as compared to irons and hence would give the golf ball a better height. The added speed in the hybrids and fairway woods would also be a factor contributing to height.The above mentioned factors would determine the height that a golf ball would achieve in its flight.

HeightThis Month's Achievers

GOLD DIVISION - MEDAL ROUND

Winner Runner-UpCategory A Aaryan Chopra Ojaswin Singh

Gautam PotdukhiCategory C Kabir Nath Aravvir Singh BachalCategory B Vihaan Reddy

SILVER DIVISION - MEDAL ROUND

Winner Runner-UpCategory B Arihant Jain Angad SinghCategory C Nirvaan Khandelwal Agastya Kaul

Golf Academy Honour Board

Kartik Sharma, a junior who is a part of the DLF Junior Golf Excellence Program, represented India at The Victoria Junior Open Championship at 13th Beach Golf Links and Barwon Heads Golf Club, Australia from18th to 21st. A total of 155 golfers from all over the world participated. All players competed one round on the Beach and Creek courses at 13th Beach and one round at Barwon Heads Golf Course before a 54-hole cut. Players who successfully made the cut played the final round on the Beach Course at 13th Beach Golf Links.

After the final round, Kartik emerged as the overall runner-up in the event with impressive scores of 67, 72, 74 and 69 for a total of 282, a 4 under par score for the tournament.

Stay fit with Shilpa Arora

THE EARLY BIRD DIETThe Journal of Obesity reports that early risers eat fewer calories, less sugar and more protein than the night owls. The human body runs on an internal clock and this clock ticks in every cell of the human body influencing your metabolism as well as sleep habits. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that overweight people carried the PLIN 1 gene associated with obesity. The group carrying this gene lost more weight when they ate breakfast and lunch earlier in the

day. It was also observed that people made healthy choices easily in the morning when the brain is fresh and will-power is stronger. So try these smart strategies to flip your fat switch.

© Shilpa Arora NDFor Appointments contact Bandana Jha @ 9811862223.

Anitya ChandAnitya Chand

Two other juniors who are a part of the DLF Junior Golf Excellence Program did well at the IGU All India Junior Championship, held at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai. Tushar Pannu finished second in the B Category and Sunhit Bishnoi finished second in the A Category.

Manu Gandas held the second spot at the 16th Tata Open played at the Golmuri Golf Course, Jamshedpur. This was the penultimate event on the PGTI for 2017 and had a total prize money of Rs. 1 Crore.

Veer Ahlawat’s spectacular game launched him into the play-off for the title at the Indian Oil Servo Masters Golf 2017 at Digboi, Assam. He lost the play off to Order of Merit Leader Shamim Khan and had to be content with the 2nd place.

Kartik Sharma

Manu Gandas

Veer Ahlawat

Tushar Pannu

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