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Are you thinking of hostâ€" ing a company or charity golf tournament, but would like to make that outing a little extra special? Nisha Sadekar has some ideas through her company, Play Golf Designs Inc. A former Stoufl'ville resi- dent who now resides in the Las Vegas, Nev., suburb of Henderson, the 27-year-old specializes in organizing golf events for companies. It means she can create unique and customized golf- ing experiences ,in which company or charity events can include the appearance of a touring female pro play- er. 10‘ EX-PRD SADEKAR USES CONNECTIONS IN GOLF BUSINESS She can bring pros to you or take your group t0 Vegas BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer “You can enhance corpo- rate or charity golf touma- ments or create your own custom golf event with your Play Golf Designs profession- al assisting in various chal- lenges," shé said. “You can create a spe- cial day with your associates and close friends with our Play with a Pro service. Play a round of golf with your choice professional and add on a clinic for you and your guests. Have your select pro- essional host your corporate event or help raise money for your charity event” Getting her company ofl the first tee almost two years ago, Sadeka: said the idea stemmed from a combina- tion of her time playing on the Futures Tour and in set~ ting up in Vegas in 2004. She applied the business acumen she acquired while playing and studying at the Univer- sity of “I was doing OK on the tour, but I knew there was other (business) opportu- nities when I moved to Las Vegas. I visited the various casinos and tried to raise an awareness of women’s golf with them," she said. no management stafl) said we (golfers) were almost like entertainers. Being on the tour, there werealot of attrac- tive and beautiful women golfers who I knew that were always ready to play. But it waslikeajobtouslwas thinking. what a better way D Go to playgolfdesigns.com for more information. Sadekar had a good base to draw upon through friendships she developed while attending the golf-intensive IM G Academy in Florida, along with her competitive days in the Canadian junior Golf Association, at university and on tour. people there (casi- to create a group that ' specialize in entertaining. “For example, when we (touring pros) play golf in a company or charity event with a group with say three other people, they expect you to hit a shot and they are in awe because they are playing with a woman who is young and at the same time who is well spoken and knowledge- able about the game.” Sadekar had eight touring pros on staff to start. (ne year later it ballooned to 32 play- They include Canadian pros Alena Sharp, Salimah Mussani, who won last year's CPGA championship in Thomhill, Seema Sadekar,‘ Nisha’s younger sister who is on the Futures Tour, Angie Green and Jessica Shepley. Others are US. pro Ashley Gomes, who gained notoriety on the Golf Channel's The Big Break reality series as a run- ner up in Big Break 7, South Korean pros Name and Aree Song, and recently, Susan Choi and Courtney Erdman, who were on Big Break D( Ka’anapali. Sadekar had a good base to draw upon through friend- ships she developed while attending the golf-intensive IMG Academy in Florida, along with her competitive days in the Canadian Junior Golf Association, at univer- sity and on tour. Since last year, Sadekar noted many of the pros have come via referrals from those Former Stoufl'ville resident Nisha Sadekar’s (left) company, Play Golf Designs, can assist corporate and charity golf events by arranging for female touring pros to play a round of golf, ofler clinics or take part in challenges with particiâ€" pants. Ashley Prange (right), who won the Golf Channel’s Big Break 5 Hawaii reality series, is one of the staff players. already on stafl. Although based out of Vegas, Sadekar conducts some of her business in the GTA. “I might get an e-mail from one of the girls stating there's someone we should try to get,” Sadekar said. During the winter months, when most courses are closed in Ontario, Sadekar’s com- pany can arrange for players to visit sunny and warmer climes of Las Vegas for golf and to take in the night life. Much of her business is for members of clubs or cor- porations. Groups play a competi- tive three-day match using a Ryder Cup style tournament format. “A head pro say from a private club can bring down seven or eight members to Las Vegas or a boss from a company can bring down seven or eight of their work- ers or clients and we take care of everything from the trans- portation, golf, hotel and gambling," she said. TWO tbumeys are planned for October, two in Novem- ber and one in December. “It's a fun job and it's been great and exciting. I thought I'd just be working with the casinos, but there’s more out there. “I didn’t even have the concept down when I first started and I didn’t realize the level it would be within the year," she said. “But I'm still learning on the go. But right now we're redefining the world of golf entertainment."