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Feature Take Solutions Masters Primed For Indian Debut In August TAKE Solutions, a globally recognized domain expert offering end-to-end Life Sciences solutions, will title sponsor a new Asian Tour tournament in India for the next three years until 2019, officials announced today. he inaugural US$300,000 TAKE Solutions Masters, co-sanctioned with the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), will be staged at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) Golf Course from August 3 to 6, 2017. Through this new collaboration between TAKE Solutions, Asian Tour and PGTI, at least 40 Indian golfers will have the opportunity to compete against the region’s leading golfers where a win will be rewarded with full playing rights on the Asian Tour until the end of the 2018 season. The Asian Tour’s newest tournament will be broadcast around the globe through a one-hour highlights package to be produced by Asian Tour Media. The TAKE Solutions Masters will be central to the company’s drive to promote the development of professional golf in India and across Asia. Previously, it sponsored the TAKE Solutions India Masters on the Asian Development Tour (ADT), which is the region’s secondary circuit managed by the Asian Tour, bringing it to India ciated with We have been asso de in our efforts golf for over a deca astructure and to create better infr rtunities in greater playing oppo . Having nally India and internatio d tournaments previously sponsore T circuits, d AD on the domestic an ssion to the it is a natural progre Solutions TAKE next level with the n Tour Masters, on the Asia and PGTI. - H.R. Srinivasan Chikkarangappa 34 G o l f P l u s JULY 2017