Indian golf’s marquee event, the Hero Honda Indian Open, does not figure in the Asian Tour’s 2011 provisional schedule announced on Tuesday but the Indian Golf Union insisted that the USD 1.25 million tournament would be allotted a slot very soon.
The Asian Tour announced its 2011 schedule with a provisional 25 tournaments, which will travel throughout Asia and as far as Switzerland. But the calendar does not feature the Indian Open, the 47th edition of which was won by Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg at the Delhi Golf Course last week.
However, IGU Director-General A Parmar told PTI that the Indian Open will get a slot soon. “Last week, we had a meeting with the Asian Tour and they would soon be allotting a slot for the Indian Open. We want it to be held in either October last week or November first week,” he said.
“We will get the dates soon. Indian Open is such an old tournament. The Asian Tour can’t do without it,” he added.
The Indian Open’s future had been in doubt due to differences between the Asian Tour and the IGU over its scheduling. But Parmar insisted that all issues have been sorted out.
