The Karnataka Golf Association course has undergone much work to be ready for this week’s TAKE Solutions Masters, the first Asian Tour event at the venue since the Indian Open in 2012.
“KGA has always been good but for this event we’ve really spruced it up,” said KGA president Sandeep Madhavan. “We have put in a lot of effort over the last one month. The bunkers were the only thing they (Asian Tour officials) were not happy with because the ball was plugging and they wanted it to drop.
“ We’ve done that and now the course is in top class condition. They wanted the rough to be up to a particular level and that has been done too.
“Our members played a week back and could not manage the good scores they usually do.”
Par will be 71 this week, with the first hole — ordinarily a par four — shortened to a par-three. Total yardage has consequently fallen by 160 yards to 7060.