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[[File:Delhi Golf Club 2448087047 7b510536bb o.jpg|thumb|View on to the fairway from the Oberoi Hotel]]<br />
The '''Delhi Golf Club''' (DGC) is a prominent golf club situated in [[Delhi]], [[India]]. It has ultra restrictive membership, with well over a waiting period of over 50 years for prospective members.{{cn|date=July 2020}} It is close to Delhi's top tourist sites of [[India Gate]], [[Humayun's Tomb]], [[Delhi Zoo]], and [[Lodhi Gardens]]. DGC comprises 18-hole course designed by the Gary Player Design studio, which is part of the Asian PGA Tour, and a shorter 9-hole course, and sprawling club house with swimming pool.<ref name="DGC, 2014">{{cite web|title= Delhi Golf Club|url=http://www.delhigolfclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=38|publisher=Delhi Golf Club|accessdate=24 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="Shukla, 2014">{{cite news|last=Shukla, Retired IAS|first=Avay|title=Kejriwal's Delhi Dharna – This is not anarchy, Mr Home Minister, This is Revolution|url=http://hillpost.in/2014/01/kejriwals-delhi-dharna-this-is-not-anarchy-mr-home-minister-this-is-revolution/97741/|accessdate=23 January 2014|newspaper=Hill Post}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The original course, called the Lodhi Golf Club, laid out in the 1930s by the then Chief of the Horticultural Department, was much larger than the present walled area, and included parts of present [[Golf Links, New Delhi|Golf Links]] and Kaka Nagar.<ref name="DGC, 2014" /> The Lodhi Golf Club, however, had few members, and was barely sustainable, except for a brief period during the [[Second World War]] when Delhi was awash with Allied officers who patronized the club. In 1948, the club had eighty members, and in 1951, when it became the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), its membership was no more than 120, and was barely sustainable.<ref name="DGC, 2014" /> The Club was saved from dissolution by Indian officers belonging to the [[Indian Civil Service]], including [[Dharma Vira]], founder member of the DGC, who petitioned [[Prime Minister Nehru]] to lease the government land to the club at a low annual rent for thirty years. Since that time, the Government of India has favored the DGC with very permissive lease terms and low annual rents that have no relationship to the actual value of the land. The DGC has evolved as a favorite watering hole for senior Civil Servants, Police Officers and the business and social elite.<ref name="DGC, 2014" /><ref name="Shukla, 2014"/> The walled area of the club includes a large number of interesting [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] archeological remains such as the famous [[Lal Bangla]].<ref name="Gallagher ,12">{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Fran|title=New Dehli, India, The Delhi Golf Club, The Lodhi Course|url=http://www.globaltravelerusa.com/spirit-of-the-game/|publisher=Global Traveller|accessdate=25 January 2014|date=May 2012}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Lal Bangla.JPG|right|thumb|[[Lal Bangla]], tombs of Lal Kuwar, wife of [[Jahandar shah]], and Begum Jaan his daughter, built c. 1780]]<br />
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==Course==<br />
The course comprises the championship 18-hole "Lodhi Course", which is part of the [[Asian PGA Tour]], and the shorter 9-hole "Peacock Course". The latter came into being when the course was re-designed by [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] in 1976–77. The DGC hosts various tournaments and cups, such as the [[Indian Open (golf)|Indian Open]].<ref name="Gallagher ,12"/> In 2019 the Gary Player Design firm completely redesigned the golf course.<br />
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===Subsidy===<br />
The Delhi Golf Club has an area of 220 [[acres]]. The DGC club house, including the course, is on government land. In 2012, eight years before the lease was due for renewal, [[Kamal Nath]], the Minister of Urban Development in the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government, approved extension of the lease until 2050.<ref name="TOI, sept 12">{{cite news|title=Old-timers rue show of wealth in Delhi Golf Club articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-27/delhi/34126046_1_senior-club-members-delhi-golf-club-prominent-clubselections|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-27/delhi/34126046_1_senior-club-members-delhi-golf-club-prominent-clubs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202182755/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-27/delhi/34126046_1_senior-club-members-delhi-golf-club-prominent-clubs|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|accessdate=25 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 September 2012}}</ref><br />
[[File:DGC picture of pool and monument.JPG|thumb|Delhi golf Club pool]]<br />
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==Management committee==<br />
The DGC management committee consists of a President, a Course Captain and twelve general committee members, excluding government nominated members. Posts on the management committee are filled through election. These are usually held in September.<ref name="Free library">{{cite web|title=17 candidates for 14 positions in Delhi Golf Club elections.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/17+candidates+for+14+positions+in+Delhi+Golf+Club+elections.-a0343200811|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|accessdate=25 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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===President===<br />
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Maj. Ravinder Singh Bedi (Retd) has been appointed as president for 2019–2020.<br />
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===Captain===<br />
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Mr. Rohit Sabherwal, FCA has been appointed as captain for 2019–2020.<br />
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==Club amenities==<br />
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The DGC has a large [[bungalow]] style club house with extensive lawns, [[gazebos]], several indoor and outdoor bars, restaurants, a gym, a sauna, a pro shop and a large parking designated area.<br />
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==Air quality==<br />
The DGC, despite its many acres, has not escaped Delhi's poor air quality.<ref name="GARDINER, 25 January 14">{{cite news|last=HARRIS|first=GARDINER|title=Beijing's Bad Air Would Be Step Up for Smoggy Delhi|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/world/asia/beijings-air-would-be-step-up-for-smoggy-delhi.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140126&tntemail0=y|accessdate=27 January 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=25 January 2014}}</ref> In the evening illumination, as well as the early morning sun, "the shroud of carcinogenic particles hovering above the bunkers and greens" are very visible.<ref name="BEARAK, 8 feb">{{cite news|last=BEARAK|first=MAX|title=Desperate for Clean Air, Delhi Residents Experiment with Solutions|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/desperate-for-clean-air-delhi-residents-experiment-with-solutions/?emc=edit_tnt_20140208&tntemail0=y|accessdate=8 February 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=7 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Allegations of racism and elitism ==<br />
In June 2017, a woman named Tailin Lyngdoh, a [[Khasi people|Khasi]], had gone to the Club along with her employer Nivedita Barthakur after they were invited for lunch by a member of the Club. However, 15–20 minutes into the lunch, two Club officials asked Lyngdoh to leave the table saying the dress ([[Khasi people#Dress|Jainsem]]) she was wearing was a "maid's uniform" which looked like a "dustbin" and also allegedly hurled racial abuse at her.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meghalaya Woman In Traditional Dress Shunted Out Of Delhi Golf Club For 'Looking Like A Maid'|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meghalaya-woman-in-traditional-dress-shunted-out-of-delhi-golf-club-for-looking-like-a-maid-1717232}}</ref> This incident was widely covered in the Indian media condemning the classism attitude of the Delhi Golf Club and elite clubs of India in general.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Incident at Delhi Golf Club Is Proof Ugly Classism Continues to Thrive in India|url=https://thewire.in/society/delhi-golf-club|access-date=2021-03-25|website=The Wire}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Delhi Gymkhana]]<br />
* [[India Habitat Centre]]<br />
* [[List of links golf courses#Delhi NCR|List of golf courses in Delhi NCR]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.delhigolfclub.org/ Delhi Golf Club] &ndash; official site<br />
* [http://www.indiastudychannel.com/jobs/292251-Delhi-Golf-Club-Job-Vacancy-Dec-2013-Jan-2014-Financial-Controller-Estate.aspx Jobs at Delhi Golf Club]<br />
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