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he second edition of the much vaunted ‘DD-The Crest Celebrity
Golf’ was held at the DLF Golf & Country Club in Gurugram
on 13th of May 2018. This annual get together of the best
cricketers of Delhi Daredevils, an Indian Premier League (IPL)
side, playing alongside the best amateur and corporate golfers
in the National Capital Region (NCR) is a much sought after event. Just
like the previous year, the 2018 edition too witnessed a high profi le
turnout apart from the cricketers and coaching staff of the DD squad.
Amongst the people who turned out to play was former India cricketer
and current commentator Murali Kartik, alongside four-time World Junior
Golf Champion Shubham Jaglan and several top amateur golfers from
the corporate world like Amit Luthra (Asian Games Gold Medallist and
Arjuna Awardee), Debabrata Mukherjee (Execuitve director, HT Media),
Abhishek Munjal (Director, Hero Cycles), Amarjeet Arora (Director,
Religare), Neeraj Sachdeva (MD, Lakeforest Wines), Vishal Bharti (AVP,
DLF Golf Resorts) amongst others. The Tournament was competed in an
individual stableford format and
several skills based prizes and
This golf day is now looked
forward to by everyone, because activities were added to make
we all have busy schedules. DD’s the experience exciting and fun
for the golfers. Among the DD
cricketers and coaches too need
players and staff, Head Coach
some downtime after being part
Ricky Ponting, bowling coach
of a high-pressure tournament
James Hopes, all-rounders Glenn
like IPL. This is the perfect way to Maxwell and Daniel Christian,
openers Jason Roy and Colin
unwind.
Munro along with fast bowlers
Liam Plunkett and Trent Boult,
turned out to play at the picturesque golf course. Also featuring for the
fi rst time on the greens was the latest DD sensation Rishabh Pant.
The tournament was kick-started in a unique way by both Pant and
World Junior Champion Shubham Jaglan. While Pant struck the golf
ball with a cricket bat, Jaglan swung his golf club in a unique Closest
to the Pin contest of ‘Cricket vs Golf’. The celebratory mood amongst
the participants was further enhanced by the graceful DD cheerleaders.
Through the event, Delhi Daredevils also supported The Golf Foundation
and its talented wards who also got an opportunity to participate in the
tournament. Unfortunately, owing to the inclement weather in the NCR,
the tournament had to be curtailed mid-way and all golfers had to abort
their play. With weather halting play completely, the enthusiastic Maxwell
took a bit of time off to take part in a Long driving competition with some
of the other attendees.
Later, all the stakeholders along with the entire DD squad and
staff joined in for some fun celebrations at the after party at The Cre st
Clubhouse. The evening involved among other things a stand-up comic
Vishal Bharti, AVP DLF Golf presents a prize to Kartikay Saini
Sandeep Lamichhane, James Hopes and Ricky Ponting
DD CEO Hemant Dua
Addresses the gathering
Amit Mishra at the evening
Jeeveshu Ahluwalia had everybody
in splits with his comic timing
Ricky Ponting leads the team
Jason Roy at the event
act by Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, apart from a live music band. Quick
bowler Trent Boult also took centre stage with his singing later in the
evening which ended with some cocktails and dinner at the venue as
the stumps were drawn on a fi ne day out. DD CEO Hemant Dua wore
a satisfi ed look at the end of the day because despite the weather
gods spoiling sport, it was a day well spent. “This (golf) day is now
looked forward to by everyone, because we all have busy schedules.
DD’s cricketers and coaches too need some downtime after being
part of a high-pressure tournament like IPL. This is the perfect way
to unwind. Pity the weather did not support us, but overall everyone
went away happy because it was a relaxing day. I must thank DLF
Golf & Country Club for laying out the best possible welcome and
also to all our participants for being enthusiastic. I am sure this
competition will only grow in stature in the coming years.”
Besides the GMR Group and the DLF Group, the tournament
was also supported by Golf Plus Monthly and Pernod
Ricard through their brand Ballantines and was managed by Digraj
Golf Inc.
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