NEW DELHI: Gurugram, the mecca of expats golfing community would soon play host to Women Virtual Golf Tournament. As many as 40 women golfers – majorly the Korean nations staying in Delhi and NCR would hit shots indoors, and play golf on the virtual golf course on high-tech golf simulators without sweating it out in the scorching heat. The Zone Golf, a golf academy would host this all-women virtual golf tournament on October 11
Set up jointly by Ms. Young-mi PARK, a professionally trained and USGTF, Florida certified head coach, and her business partner ace golfer Won-jun KIM, the Zone Golf has 10 golf simulators in this golf academy.
Ms. PARK who has played golfing at almost all major golf courses in India including DLF, ITC Classic, Golden Greens, Jaypee etc. said that the women participants would play 18-hole game in four-ball setting on the golf simulators in the Zone Golf in Gurugram on October 11.
This golf academy has a total 100 members from Korean, Japanese and Indian communities joining the academy. Where the practice time is between 6.00am to 11.00pm. About 90% of the members here are Korean, 5% Japanese and rest 5% are Indian.
Interestingly, 70% of the members here are women, and rest are either men or kids between 7-14 years.
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Generally, the notion about the golf simulation or virtual golf is that these are good enough for the driving practice only.
“No, it’s not true. The golfers can play full 18-hole game in virtual environment. Our golf simulators offer the real-life experience, and are fed with about 100 golf course settings. The golfers here can not only practice driving shots, and conduct swing analysis on the high-tech simulators, they can play fill stretch game as well, individually and in 4-ball settings as well,” said Ms. PARK, Managing Director, The Zone Golf.
Most of the Korean and Japanese women are non-working and stay at home and take care of the family, and hence have more time than their male counterparts to practice and play golf here.
