mumbai the 2016 indian open is likely to be staged at the royal calcutta golf club toi has learnt the 15 million european tour event is set to return to the britishbuilt course after a gap of 16 years when arjun atwal had clinched the prestigious title with a fourstroke margin in 1999 according to their rotation policy the indian golf union igu have proposed that the indian open be staged at the rcgc next year pending approvals from title sponsors hero motocorp and promoters nimbus sport igu has a mandate of growing the game of golf and therefore all marquee events should be played across the country on a rotational basis the last two opens have been played in north and south based on the same the igu council decided of playing the indian open in the east in the coming year igu president jaydeep chitlangia told toi from kolkata rcgc is one of the oldest courses in the country and has hosted the event every alternate year between 1965 and 2000 at igu we are committed to excellence and would like to ensure best playing conditions for our events we feel rcgc will be a great venue for the 2016 edition chitlangia added a source close to the organisers confirmed that european tour officials did a recce of the rcgc the previous week and have approved of the facilities and course conditions though a spokesperson of hero motocorp clarified that they had not received such a proposal we have not yet received any official communication with regard to change of venue of the indian open we will discuss and take a call on this only after we get a formal proposal the spokesperson said the title sponsors have always been reluctant to move the event outside the delhi golf club dgc which has hosted it 28 times including this year as the national captial is a media hub and the course has witnessed huge crowds on all four days of the event in the past the 2012 edition didnt see golf fans turn up in good numbers in respect to dgc when the promoters shifted the national open to karnataka golf association course in bengaluru indian open venues delhi golf club 28 times royal calcutta golf club 19 classic golf resort gurgaon 2 2000 2001follow toi sports on twitter toisportsnews