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{{Infobox golf tournament
| name           = Indian Masters
| nickname       = 
| image          = 
| location       = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| establishment  = 2008
| course         = [[Delhi Golf Club]]
| par            = 72
| yardage        = {{convert|7014|yd|m}}
| tour           = [[European Tour]]<br>[[Asian Tour]]
| format         = [[Stroke play]]
| purse          = {{currency|2,500,000|USD}}
| month_played   = February
| final_year     = 2008
| aggregate      = 279 [[Shiv Chawrasia]] (2008)
| to-par         = −9 ''as above''
| final_champion = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shiv Chawrasia]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|28.600|77.238}}
| map              = India#India Delhi
| map_label        = Delhi GC
| map_caption      = Location in [[India]]##Location in [[Delhi]]
| map_relief       = yes
| map_label_position = 
| map_size         = 200
}}
The '''Indian Masters''' was a professional [[golf]] tournament on the [[European Tour|European]] and [[Asian Tour|Asian]] Tours, that was played in February 2008. The tournament was introduced as part of the continuing globalisation of the European Tour, making India the 37th territory to stage a European Tour event, and increasing to twelve the number of tournaments played in Asia as of the 2008 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5A258B31%2D8294%2D4C0E%2DB8B9%2DA796F6009E52%7D&newsid=435247 |title='golf in DUBAI' brings The European Tour to India |publisher=European Tour |date=June 11, 2007 |access-date=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181516/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5A258B31-8294-4C0E-B8B9-A796F6009E52%7D&newsid=435247 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>

The tournament was initially only sanctioned by the European Tour and the [[Indian Golf Union]], the announcement of which drew sharp criticism from both [[Asian Tour]] chairman [[Kyi Hla Han]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Asian-Tour-angry-at-Euro-rivals-plans/2007/06/12/1181414249660.html |title=Asian Tour angry at Euro rivals' plans |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131157/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Asian-Tour-angry-at-Euro-rivals-plans/2007/06/12/1181414249660.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Professional Golf Tour of India]] (PGTI),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/12/sports/AS-SPT-GLF-Indian-Masters.php |title=Indian golfers' body stunned by European Tour's intrusion |newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]] |date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-date=12 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612184953/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/12/sports/AS-SPT-GLF-Indian-Masters.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/asian/news/2007/european_tour_5.html |title=Indian Pro Tour joins Europe-Asia row with boycott threat |website=golftoday.co.uk |date=June 13, 2007 |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-date=30 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830010504/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/asian/news/2007/european_tour_5.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with both organisations claiming that the European Tour had breached [[International Federation of PGA Tours]] protocols by not making advance arrangements with them for co-sanctioning of an event to be staged in their region. The Indian Golf Union issued a statement a few days after the tournament was announced stating that the European Tour had approached it, and was willing to offer 20 invitations to Indian domestic players through the PGTI. The dispute was eventually settled, and the Asian Tour agreed terms to co-sanction the tournament in advance of its 2008 debut.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080116/jsp/sports/story_8788249.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120053552/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080116/jsp/sports/story_8788249.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 January 2008 |title=Asian Tour co-sanctions Indian Masters |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|Calcutta Telegraph]] |date=January 16, 2008 |access-date=2008-11-22}}</ref> The 2008 prize fund was [[United States dollar|US$]]2.5 million, which is the largest ever offered at a golf tournament in India, and also one of the largest in Asia, but slightly below the overall average on the European Tour. The promoters are Golf in Dubai, who are also responsible for the [[Dubai Desert Classic]] on the European Tour and the [[Dubai Ladies Masters]] on the [[Ladies European Tour]]. 

Early in December 2008, organisers announced that due to financial problems with sponsors stemming from the [[Economic crisis of 2008|global economic situation]], and security concerns following the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks|attacks in Mumbai]], the 2009 event would be cancelled.<ref name="2009event">{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/golfNews/idUKL551612820081205 |title=Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters |work=[[Reuters]] |date=December 5, 2008 |access-date=2008-12-05 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929002925/https://uk.reuters.com/article/golfNews/idUKL551612820081205 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The long-established [[Indian Open (golf)|Indian Open]] is also an Asian Tour event, and beginning in 2015 will be co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Year!!Tours{{efn|ASA − [[Asian Tour]]; EUR − [[European Tour]].}}!! Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
! colspan=8|Indian Masters
|-
|2009 || [[2009 Asian Tour|ASA]], [[2009 European Tour|EUR]] || colspan=5 align=center|''Cancelled due to economic problems''
|-
! colspan=8|Emaar-MGF Indian Masters
|-
|2008 || [[2008 Asian Tour|ASA]], [[2008 European Tour|EUR]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shiv Chawrasia]] || align=center|279 || align=center|−9 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Damien McGrane]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Avantha Masters]], another co-sanctioned event in India, played from 2010 to 2013, considered a continuation of the Indian Masters by the European Tour but not by the Asian Tour

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2008/tournamentid=2008008/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]

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