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VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 4 AUGUST 2018 `150
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Contents 8/18
l ArgentinA l AustrAliA l Chile l ChinA l CzeCh republiC l FinlAnd l FrAnCe l hong Kong l IndIa l indonesiA l irelAnd
l KoreA l MAlAysiA l MexiCo l Middle eAst l portugAl l russiA l south AFriCA l spAin l sweden l tAiwAn l thAilAnd l usA
India Digest 78 Self-Portrait
58 Legendary celebrity
Newsmakers photographer Walter
12 Shubhankar Wins Sports Iooss Jr. on almost being
Illustrated Award killed by Jordan Spieth.
16 Know Your Asian Games witH gUy yOcOm
contingent
major preview
20 48th Annual All India 84 The PGA Turns 100
Seniors Golf Championship
Tournament Preview Play Your Best
22 Louis Philippe Cup

24 TAKE Solutions Masters 87 Trojan Goddess
Drives It 402 Yards
26 Club Round-Up How long-driver Troy
Updates From Courses Mullins rips tee shots.
Across India by ROn kASpRiSke

Grow The Game
swing sequence
30 India Learn Golf week
90 Breaking Down
34 Business Of Golf Mullins’ Power
Industry Updates
92 Tee To Green
36 Off The Course Hit your wedges closer.
by bUtcH HARmOn
38 Lifestyle
110 18 Holes 93 Boost Your Trajectory
Murali Natrajan, Command your irons.
MD & CEO, DCB Bank Ltd. by dAvid leAdbetteR

94 Navigation
Strategy for doglegs.
by ROn kASpRiSke
40 Gaganjeet Strikes Rich
98 Jim Nantz: The View
On Asian Tour
From Pebble Beach
42 Korean Market witH gUy yOcOm
Consolidated
by JOSH bURAck
Features
cover story
58 Hammer It Like Hideki
46 Tours Come Together For L earn from Hideki
Jordan Mixed Masters Matsuyama’s swing.
by ROn kASpRiSke
47 Kuchar Triumphs In
Hero Challenge
64 What’s In My Bag
49 Alex Noren Lauds Hideki Matsuyama
Le Golf National
66 Simple and Pure Irons
Why my technique works.
by bRySOn decHAmbeAU

70 Patrick Cantlay
Is Ready To Talk
witH mike StAcHURA

52 The Sniffer And The Singer
74 Hog Heaven to Hell
40 54 PGA TOUR Unveils “400-pound rats” 87
Significantly Revamped devastate courses.
2018-19 Schedule by cURt SAmpSOn
6 golf digest india | august 2018 Cover photograph by Finlay Mackay
how to play. what to play. where to play.
Contents 8/18
l ArgentinA l AustrAliA l Chile l ChinA l CzeCh republiC l FinlAnd l FrAnCe l hong Kong l IndIa l indonesiA l irelAnd
l KoreA l MAlAysiA l MexiCo l Middle eAst l portugAl l russiA l south AFriCA l spAin l sweden l tAiwAn l thAilAnd l usA
India Digest 78 Self-Portrait
58 Legendary celebrity
Newsmakers photographer Walter
12 Shubhankar Wins Sports Iooss Jr. on almost being
Illustrated Award killed by Jordan Spieth.
16 Know Your Asian Games witH gUy yOcOm
contingent
major preview
20 48th Annual All India 84 The PGA Turns 100
Seniors Golf Championship
Tournament Preview Play Your Best
22 Louis Philippe Cup

24 TAKE Solutions Masters 87 Trojan Goddess
Drives It 402 Yards
26 Club Round-Up How long-driver Troy
Updates From Courses Mullins rips tee shots.
Across India by ROn kASpRiSke

Grow The Game
swing sequence
30 India Learn Golf week
90 Breaking Down
34 Business Of Golf Mullins’ Power
Industry Updates
92 Tee To Green
36 Off The Course Hit your wedges closer.
by bUtcH HARmOn
38 Lifestyle
110 18 Holes 93 Boost Your Trajectory
Murali Natrajan, Command your irons.
MD & CEO, DCB Bank Ltd. by dAvid leAdbetteR

94 Navigation
Strategy for doglegs.
by ROn kASpRiSke
40 Gaganjeet Strikes Rich
98 Jim Nantz: The View
On Asian Tour
From Pebble Beach
42 Korean Market witH gUy yOcOm
Consolidated
by JOSH bURAck
Features
cover story
58 Hammer It Like Hideki
46 Tours Come Together For L earn from Hideki
Jordan Mixed Masters Matsuyama’s swing.
by ROn kASpRiSke
47 Kuchar Triumphs In
Hero Challenge
64 What’s In My Bag
49 Alex Noren Lauds Hideki Matsuyama
Le Golf National
66 Simple and Pure Irons
Why my technique works.
by bRySOn decHAmbeAU

70 Patrick Cantlay
Is Ready To Talk
witH mike StAcHURA

52 The Sniffer And The Singer
74 Hog Heaven to Hell
40 54 PGA TOUR Unveils “400-pound rats” 87
Significantly Revamped devastate courses.
2018-19 Schedule by cURt SAmpSOn
6 golf digest india | august 2018 Cover photograph by Finlay Mackay
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Editor’s Letter
Dear Readers,
GOLF DIGEST USA EDITORIAL
My personal return to casual and
competitive golf in the past year
ChAirMAn & eDitor-in-ChieF Jerry Tarde
has helped me better relate to the
exeCutive eDitor Mike O’Malley
trials and tribulations of all golfers.
CreAtive DireCtor Ken DeLago
The good news is that some of the tips that MAnAGinG eDitor Alan P. Pittman
appear in our magazine have actually helped Deputy eDitor Max Adler
my game improve. Winning the All India Seniors
Championship at Jaypee Greens was satisfying as ARTICLES
it was a closely fought contest with the evergreen eDitoriAl DevelopMent DireCtor
Craig Bestrom
Gangesh Khaitan—a three-time winner—and
senior eDitor Ron Kaspriske
cricket legend Kapil Dev. Thanks in good
senior writers Bureau
measure to Gangesh’s efforts, a record 120 golfers Jaime Diaz, Dave Kindred, Tim Rosaforte,
from around the country turned up to compete, Ron Sirak, Guy Yocom
up from around 40 last year in Bengaluru! AssoCiAte eDitor Stephen Hennessey
Write to me at [email protected] or AssistAnt eDitor Brittany Romano
Also heartening is the constant news of our on Twitter @RishiNarain_ eDitor-At-lArGe Nick Seitz
Junior/Amateur (both boys and girls) and Men’s writer-At-lArGe Dan Jenkins
teams doing well at international tournaments all over the world. We especially cover these ContributinG eDitors Dave Anderson,
performances in our pages every month. The global exposure our youngsters are getting now Peter Andrews, Tom Callahan, Bob Carney,
Marcia Chambers, David Fay, John Feinstein,
is better than ever which augurs well for the game and will help produce more world beaters.
Peter Finch, Thomas L. Friedman,
To help grow the game, Golf Digest India is again supporting “India Learn Golf Week”— Lisa Furlong, Matthew M. Ginella,
John Huggan, Dean Knuth, David Owen,
which will take place late-September—when over 30 clubs across India will actively seek to
Steve Rushin, Dave Shedloski,
introduce new golfers to the sport. If the base number of golfers increases, it will help every
Roger Schiffman, Geoff Shackelford
aspect of the game including building of new courses, discovering new talent, attracting new
sponsors into professional and amateur golf, and ensuring golf stays available for enthusiasts INSTRUCTION
on our television screens. You can introduce colleagues, employees, family and friends to the senior eDitor Peter Morrice
game at clubs all over the country during the week. Last year saw 7,000 individuals take their senior writer Matthew Rudy
first swing at a golf ball ever. Our goal is to reach 25,000 new golfers in September. plAyinG eDitors / pGA tour
Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson,
Tournaments are in full swing despite the monsoon and Bengaluru will see back-to-back Rickie Fowler, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson,
international professional events with the Louis Philippe Cup and TAKE Solutions Masters. Nick Price, Jordan Spieth, David Toms
plAyinG eDitors / lpGA tour
We bring you previews of these events on our pages.
Paula Creamer
We hope you enjoy the issue and ask you to please write directly to me with your feedback teAChinG proFessionAls Rob Akins,
Todd Anderson, Chuck Cook, Sean Foley,
and suggestions.
Hank Haney, Butch Harmon, Hank Johnson,
Happy Golfing! David Leadbetter, Jack Lumpkin,
Jim McLean, Tom Ness, Renee Powell,
Dean Reinmuth, Randy Smith, Rick Smith,
Rishi Narain Dave Stockton, Josh Zander
TEAM GOLF DIGEST INDIA proFessionAl ADvisors Amy Alcott,
Dr. Bill Mallon, Gary McCord, Randy Myers,
Judy Rankin, Lucius Riccio, Ph.D.,
Dr. Bob Rotella, Ben Shear, Ralph Simpson,
Editor & Publisher GOLF DIGEST INTERNATIONAL
Frank Thomas, Stan Utley
Rishi Narain EDITIONS AND EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
GD ArGentinA Hernán SimÓ, Jorge R. Arias
Contributing Editor Sales & Marketing AustrAliAn GD Brad Clifton EQUIPMENT
Karthik Swaminathan Nikhil Narain, [phone] GD Chile Rodrigo Soto senior eDitor Mike Stachura
[email protected] [email protected] GD ChinA Echo Ma equipMent eDitor E. Michael Johnson
Senior Content Executive Krishna Kant Dubey GGDD FCiznelCAhn Dr eSpaumbli iMC aRrokbkiann Denra honovsky AssistAnt eDitor Keely Levins
Amit Pandey [email protected] GD FrAnCe Henry Trouillet teChniCAl pAnel John Axe, Ph.D.;
[email protected] Prateek Chaturvedi GD honG KonG Echo Ma Martin Brouillette, Ph.D.; Thomas E. Lacy
[email protected] GD inDonesiA Irwan Hermawan Jr., Ph.D.; David Lee, Ph.D.; John McPhee,
Art Director
GD inDiA Rishi Narain Ph.D.; Dick Rugge; George Springer, Ph.D.
Guneet Singh Oberoi Subscription GD irelAnD Linton Walsh
Monika Chhabra, Gautam Chhabra
GD KoreA Eun Jeong “EJ” Sohn
[email protected] GD MAlAysiA Patrick Ho GOLF COURSES
[phone] GD MexiCo Rafa Quiroz senior eDitor / ArChiteCture Ron Whitten
GD MiDDle eAst Robbie Greenfield ContributinG eDitor Topsy Siderowf
Published and Printed by Rishi Narain on behalf of Rishi Narain Golf GD portuGAl João Morais Leitão
Management Private Limited and Printed at Thomson Press India GD russiA Fedor Gogolev GOLF DIGEST INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Limited, 18-35 Mile Stone, Delhi-Mathura Road, Faridabad-121 GD south AFriCA Stuart McLean senior DireCtor, internAtionAl
007, Haryana and published from 501, Sushant Tower, Sector - 56, GD spAin Óscar Maqueda
Develop Ment & strAteGy
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1372. Editor: Rishi Narain. Contains material reprinted by permission GD tAiwAn Jennifer Wei Angela Byun
from Golf Digest® and Golf World®. Golf Digest India is a monthly GD thAilAnD Chumphol Na Takuathung ContributinG eDitor, internAtionAl
publication of Rishi Narain Golf Management Private Limited. GD usA Jerry Tarde Ju Kuang Tan
8 golf digest india | august 2018
Editor page.indd 8 7/19/2018 6:55:01 PM
Editor’s Letter
Dear Readers,
GOLF DIGEST USA EDITORIAL
My personal return to casual and
competitive golf in the past year
ChAirMAn & eDitor-in-ChieF Jerry Tarde
has helped me better relate to the
exeCutive eDitor Mike O’Malley
trials and tribulations of all golfers.
CreAtive DireCtor Ken DeLago
The good news is that some of the tips that MAnAGinG eDitor Alan P. Pittman
appear in our magazine have actually helped Deputy eDitor Max Adler
my game improve. Winning the All India Seniors
Championship at Jaypee Greens was satisfying as ARTICLES
it was a closely fought contest with the evergreen eDitoriAl DevelopMent DireCtor
Craig Bestrom
Gangesh Khaitan—a three-time winner—and
senior eDitor Ron Kaspriske
cricket legend Kapil Dev. Thanks in good
senior writers Bureau
measure to Gangesh’s efforts, a record 120 golfers Jaime Diaz, Dave Kindred, Tim Rosaforte,
from around the country turned up to compete, Ron Sirak, Guy Yocom
up from around 40 last year in Bengaluru! AssoCiAte eDitor Stephen Hennessey
Write to me at [email protected] or AssistAnt eDitor Brittany Romano
Also heartening is the constant news of our on Twitter @RishiNarain_ eDitor-At-lArGe Nick Seitz
Junior/Amateur (both boys and girls) and Men’s writer-At-lArGe Dan Jenkins
teams doing well at international tournaments all over the world. We especially cover these ContributinG eDitors Dave Anderson,
performances in our pages every month. The global exposure our youngsters are getting now Peter Andrews, Tom Callahan, Bob Carney,
Marcia Chambers, David Fay, John Feinstein,
is better than ever which augurs well for the game and will help produce more world beaters.
Peter Finch, Thomas L. Friedman,
To help grow the game, Golf Digest India is again supporting “India Learn Golf Week”— Lisa Furlong, Matthew M. Ginella,
John Huggan, Dean Knuth, David Owen,
which will take place late-September—when over 30 clubs across India will actively seek to
Steve Rushin, Dave Shedloski,
introduce new golfers to the sport. If the base number of golfers increases, it will help every
Roger Schiffman, Geoff Shackelford
aspect of the game including building of new courses, discovering new talent, attracting new
sponsors into professional and amateur golf, and ensuring golf stays available for enthusiasts INSTRUCTION
on our television screens. You can introduce colleagues, employees, family and friends to the senior eDitor Peter Morrice
game at clubs all over the country during the week. Last year saw 7,000 individuals take their senior writer Matthew Rudy
first swing at a golf ball ever. Our goal is to reach 25,000 new golfers in September. plAyinG eDitors / pGA tour
Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson,
Tournaments are in full swing despite the monsoon and Bengaluru will see back-to-back Rickie Fowler, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson,
international professional events with the Louis Philippe Cup and TAKE Solutions Masters. Nick Price, Jordan Spieth, David Toms
We bring you previews of these events on our pages. plAyinG eDitors / lpGA tour LUXURY GETS A NEW ADDRESS
Paula Creamer
We hope you enjoy the issue and ask you to please write directly to me with your feedback teAChinG proFessionAls Rob Akins, BIG BOY TOYZ NOW IN THE CITY OF DREAMS
Todd Anderson, Chuck Cook, Sean Foley,
and suggestions.
Hank Haney, Butch Harmon, Hank Johnson,
Happy Golfing! David Leadbetter, Jack Lumpkin,
Jim McLean, Tom Ness, Renee Powell,
Dean Reinmuth, Randy Smith, Rick Smith,
Rishi Narain Dave Stockton, Josh Zander
TEAM GOLF DIGEST INDIA proFessionAl ADvisors Amy Alcott,
Dr. Bill Mallon, Gary McCord, Randy Myers,
Judy Rankin, Lucius Riccio, Ph.D.,
Dr. Bob Rotella, Ben Shear, Ralph Simpson,
Editor & Publisher GOLF DIGEST INTERNATIONAL
Frank Thomas, Stan Utley
Rishi Narain EDITIONS AND EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
GD ArGentinA Hernán SimÓ, Jorge R. Arias
Contributing Editor Sales & Marketing AustrAliAn GD Brad Clifton EQUIPMENT
Karthik Swaminathan Nikhil Narain, [phone] GD Chile Rodrigo Soto senior eDitor Mike Stachura
[email protected] [email protected] GD ChinA Echo Ma equipMent eDitor E. Michael Johnson
Senior Content Executive Krishna Kant Dubey GGDD CFiznelCAhn Dr eSpaumbli iMC aRrokbkiann Denra honovsky AssistAnt eDitor Keely Levins
Amit Pandey [email protected] GD FrAnCe Henry Trouillet teChniCAl pAnel John Axe, Ph.D.;
[email protected] Prateek Chaturvedi GD honG KonG Echo Ma Martin Brouillette, Ph.D.; Thomas E. Lacy
[email protected] GD inDonesiA Irwan Hermawan Jr., Ph.D.; David Lee, Ph.D.; John McPhee,
Art Director
GD inDiA Rishi Narain Ph.D.; Dick Rugge; George Springer, Ph.D.
Guneet Singh Oberoi Subscription GD irelAnD Linton Walsh
Monika Chhabra, Gautam Chhabra
[email protected] GGDD KMoArleAAy sEiAu nP aJteroicnkg H“oE J” Sohn GOLF COURSES
[phone] GD MexiCo Rafa Quiroz senior eDitor / ArChiteCture Ron Whitten
GD MiDDle eAst Robbie Greenfield ContributinG eDitor Topsy Siderowf
Published and Printed by Rishi Narain on behalf of Rishi Narain Golf GD portuGAl João Morais Leitão
Management Private Limited and Printed at Thomson Press India GD russiA Fedor Gogolev GOLF DIGEST INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Limited, 18-35 Mile Stone, Delhi-Mathura Road, Faridabad-121 GD south AFriCA Stuart McLean senior DireCtor, internAtionAl
007, Haryana and published from 501, Sushant Tower, Sector - 56, GD spAin Óscar Maqueda Develop Ment & strAteGy Delhi Studio Mumbai Studio Service
Gurgaon - 122101, Haryana. Phone Number - 0124-2841370, 1371, GD sweDen Oskar Åsgård
1372. Editor: Rishi Narain. Contains material reprinted by permission GD tAiwAn Jennifer Wei Angela Byun 7, Hubtown Sunmist, Plot No - 104, Sector 37
from Golf Digest® and Golf World®. Golf Digest India is a monthly GD thAilAnD Chumphol Na Takuathung ContributinG eDitor, internAtionAl
publication of Rishi Narain Golf Management Private Limited. GD usA Jerry Tarde Ju Kuang Tan Solaris, Telli Galli, Pace City - 1
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