Indian ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh honoured to be granted Dubai Golden Visa

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Jeev Milkha Singh, the torchbearer of Indian golf, has been recognised for his outstanding achievements and granted the prestigious Dubai Golden Visa — becoming the first professional golfer to be bestowed with the honour.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/1.82112493  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #golf #Indian

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00:00It's great to be back at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

00:03I would like to thank the Dubai government for honouring me with a golden visa.

00:14Dubai is home away from home.

00:18A lot of friends,

00:20Emirates Airlines has one of the best connectivities

00:25and I use them quite a bit because being a global player I travel all over the world

00:29and it's very easy to fly out of Dubai.

00:32The golf courses,

00:34the driving ranges,

00:37top of the line.

00:39I think it's a great place to practice

00:42and sharpen your game up and head off to a tournament.

00:46And I would like to thank the Dubai government once again for this honour

00:50and hopefully I can do justice to it.

00:53My family

00:56is humbled by this honour.

00:59The Dubai government has given and extended it to my family.

01:03They love Dubai because my son loves coming out and playing golf with me

01:07on the golf course here.

01:09And also my wife loves it because she can go out shopping.

01:13She has a lot of friends.

01:15It's easy for her to move around.

01:18It's very safe.

01:20And I think it is great to see that it's been extended to them

01:25and I think they're going to make the most out of it.

01:26And it will be easy for them to fly out of India whenever they want

01:30because of what's happening with this pandemic.

01:34It is very difficult to fly with a normal visa.

01:38So with this visa I think they can fly out whenever they want.

01:41I'm looking forward to turning 50

01:44because I've been a global player and I've been fortunate enough

01:48that I've got the exemptions on the European tour,

01:51Japanese tour, Korean tour.

01:53Looking forward to the Champions Tour in America.

01:57I should be exempt in all the majors next year.

02:00I'm allowed unlimited invites next year on the Champions Tour.

02:04So hoping that I get a few so that I can keep my card on the Champions Tour.

02:10It's been great playing golf all over the world

02:14and I've won a few tournaments.

02:16I'm glad that it's happened.

02:18And I treat the senior tour like a second innings for me.

02:23And it's my retirement fund, it's my pension fund.

02:28And hopefully I can enjoy and stay fit

02:32and enjoy it for the next 5 to 10 years and make the most out of it.

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