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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 Epson AD.indd 7 7/19/2018 3:11:49 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 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, +91-9999990364 GD Chile Rodrigo Soto senior eDitor Mike Stachura [email protected] [email protected] GD ChinA Echo Ma equipMent eDitor E. 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Phone Number - 0124-2841370, 1371, GD sweDen Oskar Åsgård 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, +91-9999990364 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. 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GD usA Jerry Tarde Ju Kuang Tan Solaris, Telli Galli, Pace City - 1 Andheri East, Mumbai Gurgaon, Haryana - 122001 Maharashtra - 400053 India, (+91) 9999 999 643 8 golf digest india | august 2018 Editor page.indd 8 7/19/2018 6:55:01 PM BBT AD.indd 9 7/19/2018 3:08:43 PM Our Contributors JACK NICKLAUS Regarded as the greatest player of all time Winner of a record 18 GRAND SLAMS TOM WATSON World’s #1 ranked professional golfer from 1978 to 1982 8-TIME Grand Slam Champion BUTCH HARMON Considered as the #1 rated golf instructor in the world DAVID LEADBETTER Best known as TIGER The most celebrated golf instructor in history WOODS’s coach Changed golf instruction for all future generations (1993-2004) from guesswork to science Golf Digest India is the exclusive official media partner to: Covers 27 countries, with The region's pre-eminent Tour approximately US$210 covering 21 countries, with around The World's Richest Tour million in prize money US$115 million in prize money 10 golf digest india | august 2018 Editor page.indd 10 7/19/2018 6:52:27 PM
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