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The US$19 billion Duty Free and Travel Retail industry has a thriving golf community. A select few are real golfers. The rest are Duffers, and three of the most notable hold the highest offices in the Duffers Golf Club Travel Retail Chapter.
Chapter News September 6, 2003 "Desperate" Dan Cappell has shocked the golfing world by being re-handicapped to 21 (a Duffers handicap of 49). Crap-pell, as he is best known, said he had never expected to see 21 again, and is now concerned that his lucrative side-line in golf wagers may be under threat. The first real test of his new handicap is expected to take place in the Bahrain Duty Free 10th anniversary Open later this month. Click here for the full story. July 25, 2003 Confirming there is hope for duffers worldwide, Irishman David Spillane recorded his first-ever success in any walk of life when he won the Duffers Golf Club Travel Retail Chapter's annual Travel Retail Friendship Club Open at the Macau Country Club. The event preceded the AGM of the Travel Retail Friendship Club, an association founded six years ago to foster friendship across businesses in the multi-national duty free and travel retail community. For a full report, and the photos we can safely publish, click here. July 1, 2003 The DGC Travel Retail Chapter held its first meeting - and indeed the first ever Duffers Golf Club Chapter meeting - at the Macau Golf and Country Club, under the august auspices of FD & President Sunil and FD & Captain Antares. For a rough and ready report on the event (they were always in the rough and always ready for another beer), as well as full details of the embarassing scores, click here. 
Portrait of a MemberNever let it be said that the members of this fast moving, global industry do not have thier eye on the ball, perfectly evidenced here by Imperial Tobacco's Asia Pacific Travel Retail Chief John Kammerman at the annual TFAP golf tournament in Singapore. As with all great players, you can see that FD John had a perfect mental image of the shot he wanted to play, and was determined not to spoil this vision by actually making contact with his ball. When told that he was to be the subject of this month's "Portrait of a Member", FD John commented: "If I'd known, I'd have done up my flies! Only we were playing 'Sluts', and I'd failed to get pass the Ladies' tee on both the previous holes. How much for the negatives?" If you have a compromising picture of a fellow Chapter member that you feel is worthy of full public exposure (golfing situations only, please), send it to plainbrownenvelope@anyonefortee.com and mark it "Privates and Absolutely Not Confidential" for consideration by the Committee, whose decision is final (cash preferred). Thank you. | |||
| Contact details for membership Candidates who are already members of the Duffers Golf Club can apply to join the Travel Retail Chapter by e-mailing any of the following:
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