Indian Golf & Turf Expo (IGTE) 2019 scheduled to be held on April 26-27, 2019 at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi will see around 50 national and international exhibitors display their products to the large number of industry professionals coming to attend the event from India and abroad. About 37 Golf clubs from all over the country have also confirmed their participation at IGTE.
England’s Peter Walton, President & Chief Executive, IAGTO – The Global Golf Tourism Organisation; and Australians Bruce MacPhee, Senior Agronomist, and Mike Orloff, Managing Director, Golf Industry Central and ArjunChowdri, Chief Innovation Officer, PGA of America are some of the leading lights of the global Golf industry from among 500 delegates, who will attend South Asia’s largest Golf Industry trade show – 8th Indian Golf and Turf Expo in New Delhi.
Speaking at the curtain-raiser of the event, Suman Billa (IAS), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, said: “The Ministry of Tourism of the Government of India has long identified Golf as a potential tourism booster and has taken several measures including developing more public courses to grow and promote the sport in the country.”
Talking about the Golf potential of India he informed that India has over 240 golf courses in the country and about 150,000 individuals play the game across age groups. Over the past five plus years, India has attracted over INR 5000 crores of investment in the game.
Rishi Narain, former Asian Games Gold medalist also stated that the Golf Industry Association has set a target to generate revenue of INR 100 crs in next five years through Golf tourism.
While elaborating on the event, Deepali Shah Gandhi, President, Golf Industry Association (GIA), promoters of IGTE said: “The IGE brings together all key partners and contributors to the sport, whose tireless efforts have enabled stars like Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shubhankar Sharma to name a few, make a name for themselves.”
Among those who attended the launch event were Shaji Prabhakaran, President, Football Delhi and Samir Suhag, Resident Player cum Coach, La Pegasus Polo Centre, Gurugram and one of India’s all time best Polo players.
Other key golf industry bodies represented at curtain-raiser included the Indian Golf Union (IGU), Women’s Golf Association of India (WGAI) and the Golf Course Superintendents and Managers Association of India (GCSMAI).
