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Dear fellow golfers,
Last month, the course witnessed a lot of traffic .There were days when nearly four hundred golfers played, making NGC one of the busiest golf courses in NCR. In fact I heard one member remark that we should check out with Guinness World Records people and put a claim for a record.
Such heavy traffic causes extensive wear & tear especially to the greens, but thankfully, our greens are in excellent condition. Kudos to the Greens Committee.
Three Day Captain’s Cup tournament attracted over 400 participants where ‘Taylormade’ sponsored the gift hamper, on course snacks and prizes .I thank ‘Taylormade’ for the kind gesture.
Captain’s Day celebrations on April 21 provided an opportunity to the members to meet Mr. Rama Raman, our President now, who graced the occasion and also gave away the prizes to the winners. Hospitality Committee did a wonderful job and weather was perfect .All members who attended had a great time.
During my conversation with Mr. Rama Raman, a golfer himself, he expressed his hesitation in playing on the home course for two reasons. Primarily, paucity of time which is understandable. Secondly, he is a bit wary of being surrounded by all and sundry with their peeves and problems. On behalf of all golfers, I assured him that he will not be disturbed while playing his round. Hopefully, we should now see more of him on the course.
Immediately after our three day event, NGC hosted National Caddies Tournament sponsored by ‘Lalit Suri Golf’. Ruefully, none of our caddies won any prizes. Well, there’s always a next time.
Ladies hosted their Captain’s Day on April 30 and we bid farewell to the outgoing Captain Ms. Neelam Anand and welcome Ms. Rita Babbar in her place.
Knowing fully well, the perils of joining issues with the ladies, I dare mention that the very robust and energetic Ladies Section have always had all the ‘space’ they needed and will continue to breathe easy. As regards their not getting any funds from NGC last year, well, in the absence of any sanction from the Management Board, it was impossible to transfer funds to the Ladies Section and this fact was not ‘unknown’ to the Ladies Captain as mentioned by her in the previous issue of Hole in One.
We now have a full time Secretary in Mr. M. M. Mishra, a very soft spoken, thorough gentleman and a proven administrator.
Finally, with President and Secretary in place, things should move smoothly and all pending issues would, hopefully, be resolved.
Let’s enjoy our golf in sweltering May as only we golfers can,
Cheers!!!
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- Shri Rakesh Agnihotri
- Golf Captain
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