my4moles

Why should a Government official applying for a Membership of a Public course pay 5 times lesser than a Civilians? Will this sport continue to remain a privilage of the Government employees? Is this the topic of discussion here? Apparently not. I believe, there should be a special consideration for membership to golfers having qualified PGTI and achieved other such benchmarks, irrespective of their status/caste/creeed/govt. employees/civilians/economically sound/economically weak. Some caddies are also very good golfers, a fact which cannot be ignored. Such a clause, if already not there, shall be a shot in the arm of present Indian Golf Professionals and will go a long way in making Golf a bigger game in India. My assessment is that presently, there are almost eighty to ninety percent Golfers who are only weekend golfers, hardly possessing ability to compete in Professional Tournaments. What we really need is to extend priveliged facilities to promising and dedicated budding golfers at the Golf ranges. Golf equipments should be made available at a highly subsidised price. Golf Academy on the lines of Cricket and Hockey for such budding Golfers is the call of the day. Why can't some Corporate Giant sponsor such an Academy as the one "MRF ACADEMY FOR CRICKET".Golf should be recognised as a game for the sportpersons instead of it being branded as a game of "The Elite". We must get out of the "Britishers Attitude" and let the game reach far and wide to all golf lovers, just the way Cricket has penetrated into the life of Indians. Then and then only, we shall have more and more "GOLF TENDULKARS". Ashok Srivastava