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Jason Topp

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Indian Masters
« on: February 12, 2008, 10:14:11 AM »
It was interesting to watch this event for several reasons:

1.  The course was firm and fast, with woods with underbrush lining most fairways.  Under pressure, players were taking drops for unplayable lies all of the time.

2.  As a result of #1, players made some interesting decisions, like laying up from 220 yards even though there was no water or other cross hazard to clear.

3.  There were a bunch of local competitors in contention the last day, leading to enthusiastic crowds, many of which were wearing turbans (I'm not certain that is the correct name for the thing some Indians wear on their heads).

4.  A local unknown won, slaying many of the greats of the European tour.  The crowd and the winner were so thrilled that it was really uplifting.

I'm not sure it was great architecture, but it was a terrific change of pace from your normal tournament and a reminder of how similar US Tour courses are.
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Andrew Balakshin

Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 01:13:44 PM »
Here are some pictures of New Delhi when they were preparing for the Masters in November.
















































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Ken Moum

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Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 01:24:03 PM »
That place has the coolest restrooms I've ever seen on a golf course.  ::)
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Mike_Clayton

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Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2008, 06:35:29 PM »
I played this course in 1984 and most fairways were lined with unplayable lies then.

George Blunt is living in Delhi now and tells me not much has changed.From the TV and the photos it looks unbelievably tight and punishing.

John Huggan was there and told me Steven Gallagher did not hit one driver for the week.
It looks like a big fire would uncover some pretty fun holes.
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James Bennett

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Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2008, 07:14:57 PM »
The grass used on the fairways was a peculiar (Indian) name.  Not dodo grass, but something similar (4 letters I think).  Any comments on it?  I think the greens were tifdwarf, which makes sense.

James B

ps  Hi George.
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Jason Topp

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Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 09:48:50 AM »
Thanks for the pictues!  What is that building?
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Dean Stokes

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Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 09:27:23 PM »
How much fun would it be to see a PGA Tour event on a course like this? How many players would take that week off? How would the bombers/gaugers score?
Maybe the new theory of hit it as far as you can anywhere, find it and wedge it on would go out of the window. What do you think guys?
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jeffwarne

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Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 09:36:42 PM »
Nice pictures.
a fine looking course-a bit overgrown but a fine looking course.

a bomb and gouger would still win--but many would miss the weekend ;D
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Andrew Balakshin

Re: Indian Masters
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2008, 12:07:53 AM »
As you can see from the pictures, this course has become very overgrown. Some of the holes would benefit from a tree removal program but for other holes the crowdedness adds to the way the holes are played (psychological effect?).

The crowdedness also limits golfers using a driver off the tee and therefore brings a lot of the bunkers back into play when they are forced to use smaller clubs. This concept doesn’t work on most courses but it seems to work here.

Ideally the course should have a bunch of trees hacked down and a redesign but the way it is right now seems to work. For the record, there are a couple holes with very generous landing areas.

Jason:
The buildings are old tombs from an ancient Muslim burial area and there are quite a few scattered all over the course. Apparently there are also a lot of artifacts buried under the fairways which make it difficult to work on course drainage, irrigation, and even bunker renovation.
I have to admit, it is rather odd that one of the tombs is now a pool shack.
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