“The wind is really less this year and then the greens are really soft. So, even if you end up missing it on the wrong side, you still have a chance to make a par if you hit a good chip,” Veer Ahlawat, highest-placed Indian at tied-sixth, said. (File)
In its last six editions going back to 2015, ever since the Hero Indian Open has been a European Tour (now DP World Tour) event, the cut score has never been under par. As play resumes on Saturday, after rain and warnings of a thunderstorm curtailed play late on Friday, that may well be the case.
On what has had a reputation for being one of trickiest courses on the tour, the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram – especially in sunny morning conditions – has aided low-scoring, aggressive golf for most of the opening two rounds. So much so that Norway’s Espen Kofstad broke the single-round course record by shooting a 10-under 62 on Friday.