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It’s all about Ladies Golf Clinic – Amandeep Johl
Amandeep Johl giving session
GOLF CLINIC FOR
LADY GOLFERS
Former International Golf Professional, Amandeep Johl
conducted an ‘Introduction to the Basics of Golf’ clinic for
the lady golfers of Noida Golf Course on 4th May at the Noida
Sports Stadium - Golf Range. Eighteen ladies participated
and all of them got an insight into the fundamentals of the
game and busting the myths that surround it. The two-hour
session was followed by individual attention on their swing
techniques by Amandeep.
The clinic was initiated by lady Captain - Mrs. Kiran
Chowdhury with a single objective to help improve the
golfi ng skill of the ladies of Noida Golf Course and to bring
more and more of them into the fold of this wonderful
game. The interactive golf session ended with a long driving
competition that was conducted by the newly-installed ball
tracking simulator at the range, the GC2. Ms. Simran Bajaj
emerged as winner with a drive of 189 yds.
Group Picture
Q: What was the idea behind conducting this ladies golf clinic?
AJ: The Noida Sports Stadium is home to a great golf facility which
provides a place for people to come and practice unhindered. When I took it
up a month ago I saw that there was no lady coming to the Noida Stadium
and I found it very surprising. I run a driving range at Siri Fort where there
are a lot of ladies who come and play golf during the day. I found that
probably the atmosphere is not conducive enough for a lady to come here
to Noida Stadium and play. She might not feel safe. So I thought, the fi rst
people that I should invite to the Noida Stadium should be the ladies from
the NGC and let them all know about the changes in this place. Now it is a
place where they can sit and have a cup of coffee while they practice, nice
music is playing while they are playing, a bunch of friends can come, they
can practice golf and later on have sandwich and lemon water etc. We have
started serving ‘lavasa coffee’ also. All in all a nice atmosphere has been
created for the ladies. Little things are being doing to upgrade the facility so
that it becomes a place where people would like to frequent. Unfortunately,
when I took over there was no Ladies Restroom. So that’s the fi rst thing I
have done. I made sure that there is a separate Ladies Restroom. So all this
led me to conduct a golf clinic for ladies.
Q: How is this driving range different from other driving ranges?
AJ: When people practice in Noida Golf Course they can’t use their long
clubs, drivers etc. because it is not long enough whereas the range at Noida
Stadium is long enough where they can use their drivers. Here at the Noida
Stadium range they can also use ‘play from the grass’. At NGC they have
to actually wait to play off the grass. So this is the place which offers both
those facilities where you can play off the natural turf and also from the
mats. I have brought brand new mats. I have brought 4000 branded golf
balls. I promise you that you cannot fi nd a better facility than this in the
whole NCR.
Q: Is this the fi rst ladies golf clinic in the country?
AJ: Not really. I have conducted some golf clinics for the Delhi Golf Club
Ladies Section in the past. So it is not the fi rst, but in Noida it is certainly
the fi rst.
Q: Would you be conducting more such clinics in the future?
AJ: I’m conducting three clinics, one each week for the Noida Golf Course
Ladies.
>> First will be on the basics of golf
>> Second will be the on the short game
>> Third will be as per the popular demand of the Ladies
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