Patiala: The first ever Patiala Golf Camp was inaugurated with a ceremonial tee –off by PS Grewal IPS, and IG Punjab Police at Bahadurgarh Greens Golf Club, Bahadurgarh on Saturday.
The 11-day Camp will be conducted under the guidance and curriculum of an Arjuna Awardee International Golfer Harmeeet Kahlon at the “Bahadurgarh Greens Golf Club - Patiala Golf Camp” to be held in Patiala with batches starting ever fortnight till July.
The major attraction of the camp is that children and parents will not have to travel far and can participate in the new 9 holes golf course at Bahadurgarh Greens Golf Club of PAP. Membership of the Golf Club will not be a hindrance as the golf camp is open to non members also. Participants will not have to buy any expensive equipment as all golf equipment , balls, coaching fees , club fees etc will be included . The camp will be conducted by coach Gurinder Singh under Harmeet Kahlon’s guidance .
According to PS Grewal, “As Golf is now an Olympic Sport once again after over 100 years at this years 2016 Rio Olympic Games, we would like to widen the pool of young golfers who will in the future hopefully represent Punjab and India in the Olympics and Asian Games like Anirban Laihiri and SSP Chowrasia this year. The Olympic debut of these two Indians should encourage youngsters to pick up the sport at a reasonable cost and near to their homes. We have designed and constructed this new 9 holes course and this camp is an effort to further popularise golf at the grassroots level and at a reasonable cost. A Golf rules and etiquette clinic will also be held and we would like to encourage schools of the region to participate.”
“As part of the curriculum at the end of the 11-day camp, capable participants will also be taken to play on the Bahadurgarh Greens Golf Course thereby giving the beginners a feel of playing on the course . A putting competition will also be organised during the camp and golf camp participation certificates will also be given to all the participants. The golf camps will consist of golf instructions in both groups and individual sessions with separate batches for beginners and advanced children (both boys and girls) and adults. The 10 session packages start from Rs 2500 per child for Non-Members and Rs 1500 for members and will cover golf orientation, warm up, hitting, putting, chipping, bunker play etc both morning and evening timings will be available. Registration can be done on 098760-70841
