October 18th-21st at Karnataka
Golf Association Bangalore
Golf in Bangalore will not be the same again. In
what hopes to be a great boon for golf in the South, the Indian Open has made
its début at the Karnataka Golf Association for the first time. Some of the
best names on the Asian and European tours (along with some phenomenal desi
talent) will descend onto India's first ‘silicon valley’.
This tournament is by far India’s biggest professional
golfing event, it was conceived a few years ago and over the years has been
gaining momentum and interest from players across the world. Just like other
South East Asian nations, India has some very unique golf courses, even historic
ones and it is important for large events such as these to draw attention to
and golfers to these locations. There is a move afoot to rotate the location of
the Indian Open. I am in favour of this because it allows different courses to
experience this event, of course assuming the said golf course meets the
minimum requirements set by the organizers.
Unfortunately this is the only major Indian golfing
event of this scale. It is equally important to encourage more tournaments such
as these. Rotating this event can help, but it begs the question, why does the
entire future of Indian golf depend on this event. Can there not be many more
events organized, and even the current tournaments that are played, shouldn't spectators be encouraged to view these events as well?
The effort that this tournament is making is applaud
able and needs to be supported by all golfers in the across India. I do hope people turn up in large numbers
entry is free so bring your friends. This is a great showcase of what Indian
Golf can be and what the future holds!
See you at the event!
