India, Oct. 25 -- The Arnold Palmer-designed layout at the DLF Golf and Country Club can resemble an old railway line. Sparsely used now with traffic routed through the modern line running nearby, it is now a nine-hole course. The Gary Player-designed course, a mean layout, is what the men's DP World Tour or the Ladies European Tour series held in Gurugram have to contend with.

The last time Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum was at the course was 14 years ago when she walked away with a third win in the Hero Women's Indian Open. She won it back-to-back in 2008 and 2009 when it was part of the Ladies Asian Tour. And when she won again in 2012 it had become a Ladies European Tour (LET) stop.

She went away to feature on the LPGA for many season...