New Delhi, Sep 08: Delhi has spent much of this monsoon dealing with waterlogged roads, disrupted routines and the familiar unpredictability of rain. At the Delhi Golf Club, however, the next few afternoons will be about something quite different: young people learning to putt, chip and find their way around a golf course.
From 9 to 11 September, between 4 pm and 6 pm, Golf for All will bring participants with visual and hearing impairment, autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and locomotor disabilities onto the greens.
The initiative began in 2012, with a simple question: why should a sport like golf be out of reach for people with disabilities? Over the years, the programme has travelled to different cities, including Nagpur, and developed into a national series.
Its most distinctive feature is the way people are brought together. Participants are paired with a buddy without a disability, and the two learn and play together. For the young volunteers, it is an opportunity to step outside their usual social circles. For the participants, it is a chance to be part of a sporting environment where they are seen for what they can do.
Impact begins with the vision of one person – Jasjit Singh The former National Golf Coach of India.
And stories such as these give us the impetus to carry on says Coach Jasjit.
A young participant once came to the programme with very low self-esteem and had reached a point of feeling that life was no longer worth living. Being on the course, learning a new skill of golf and, importantly, being recognised for his ability changed his outlook. His confidence returned gradually.
Then there is Pradeep Kumar, whose association with the programme goes back to its early days in 2012. The boy who once came to learn golf has grown into a confident young man, with the sport becoming one part of a much larger journey. When he went on to find employment through the network he made during the camp.
These are the outcomes that are difficult to capture in a programme report.
A scorecard can record how far a ball travelled. It cannot record a young person’s growing confidence, a new friendship, or the first time someone begins to imagine possibilities beyond what they had previously believed possible.
That is why the programme is also about access to sport.
Golf has long carried a reputation for being a sport for the privileged. Taking it to people who would otherwise never have the opportunity to learn it changes that equation. And when young people with different disabilities learn alongside one another, the experience also challenges the tendency to place people into separate boxes.
The September camp is being supported through CSR support from ALIMCO, CMD Praveen Kumar, with support from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The initiative is being led by Ms. Manmeet Nanda, Additional Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Delhi Golf Club, Captain Vikram Seth, is providing the venue, while Golf for All Foundation and Swaha Bhaavh Foundation are the implementing partners.
Participants are from Muskaan, Okhla Centre for Disability, Evoluer, National Association of the Blind and Saksham.
For three afternoons, the greens will have golf clubs, golf balls, coaches and volunteers. There will be swings that miss, balls that fall short and plenty that go exactly where they are meant to.
And for some of the young people taking part, there may be something else: the feeling that they have found a place where they belong.
Golf for All
9–11 September 2026 | 4:00–6:00 pm Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi
Supported by: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
CSR Support: ALIMCO
Venue Partner: Delhi Golf Club
Implementing Partners: Golf for All Foundation & Swaha Bhaavh Foundation