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DLF Golf and Country Club awarded with the
Asia Paciſ c Order of Zenith
Aakash Ohri, the Senior Executive Director of DLF5
received “Asia Pacific Personality of the Year” Award
DLF Golf and Country Club awarded
with the Asia Pacific Order of Zenith
LF Golf and Country Club becomes
the fi rst golf course in the country to
receive this honour.
Aakash Ohri, the Senior Executive
Director of DLF5 received “Asia
Pacifi c Personality of the Year
Award.
The pride of super luxury communities of Gurugram,
the impeccable DLF Golf, and Country Club has
been honored with the coveted ‘Asia Pacifi c Order of
Zenith’ by Asia Pacifi c Golf Group at the Asian Golf
Awards 2018. The award ceremony was part of the
2018 Asia Pacifi c Golf Summit which was staged from
November 1-3 at Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand.
While the DLF Golf and Country Club became the
fi rst golf club of the country to receive this honor,
Mr. Aakash Ohri, the Senior Executive Director of
DLF5 received the title of “Asia Pacifi c Personality
of the year.” The ceremony was attended by delegates
from over 22 countries. A unique award designed to
recognize distinguished golf clubs and permanently
enshrine these clubs in a hallowed class all their own,
the Asia Pacifi c Order of Zenith is the highest and
most prestigious award reserved for a select few golf
clubs in Asia. The prestigious and much sought- after
Asian Golf Awards are devoted to recognizing and
honoring the best in the Asia Pacifi c Golf industry and
are widely regarded as the “Oscars” of golf awards in
Asian golf industry. The Best Locker Room awards
also went to DLF Golf and Country Club and Mr.
Vishal Bharti, AVP, DLF Golf and Country Club was
awarded with the Legion of Leaders Award. Situated on
the Raghavendra Road (erstwhile Golf Course Road),
Gurugram, DLF Golf Course was inaugurated in 1999.
DLF Golf and Country Club holds the distinction of
being the fi rst course in the country to offer Day/Night
Golf, thus making golfi ng in summers a truly enjoyable
experience. The Club boasts of brand new 18 holes
Championship Golf Course designed by Gary Player
commissioned in 2015 and the original 9-hole course
designed by Arnold Palmer. Over the past decade and
a half, this club has hosted many Asian and European
Tour professional tournaments, including the Asian,
Australian, and European co-sanctioned 2 ½ million
dollar Johnnie Walker Classic in 2008. Among other
tournaments hosted include European Tour-sanctioned
events like the Avantha Masters (2010 2011 and 2012),
the Hero Men’s Indian Open 2017 and six editions of
the Hero Women’s Indian Open. The Golf Club also
has the fi rst professional Golf Academy in the country
which equipped with Performance Centre, a state-of-
the-art training facility at par with the best in the world.
The Golf Academy’s Performance Center comprises
2 Hitting Studios, 1 Putting Lab/Fitness Studio. The
Hitting Studios offer golf instruction by leveraging
advanced digital golf teaching technology. Each Studio
is fi tted with the V1 Pro 4-camera system and high-
speed cameras, the SAM Balance Lab, the K-Vest and
the Trackman launch monitors to enable golfers to
assess their game accurately.
GolfPlus
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