Jack Nicklaus, Tim Finchem upbeat about Indian golf

Anirban Lahiri's presence in the International team and his newly-earned PGA Tour card has attracted a lot of attention this week in Presidents Cup.
Even as the International team captain lauded Lahiri and called him an "asset" to the team, two other testimonials for Indian golf came from Jack Nicklaus, the greatest player the game has seen, and Tim Finchem, the Commissioner of PGA Tour, and quite easily the most influential official in world golf.
Nicklaus, whose 18 Majors is still the ultimate benchmark in Professional golf, and whose name this week's President's Cup venue, the Jack Nicklaus Golf and Country Club, carries is quite gung-ho about golf in India.

Nicklaus, now 75, who is continuing his association with the game through golf course design and other business, has had his name attached to more than 325 golf courses around the world.
On Wednesday on the eve of the President's Cup, Nicklaus, said, "I think The President's Cup will have an impact on golf in India, and I also think the Olympics will have an impact on golf in India, as well as in other, what I would call undeveloped golf countries, (with) large populations, India, China, Brazil, Russia, countries that I think will help build the game."
"The biggest problem in India is you have a lot of population and not much land. You try to put a piece of ground together and do a golf course in India, you know you have several hundred owners, landowners; so you're trying to put a piece together and that makes it very difficult. But I think golf will grow and continue to grow in their country."

The PGA Tour Commissioner, Finchem, addressing the question said, "We're delighted that there's a player from India, who happens to be a very engaging fella, and we look forward to working with entities in India going forward as golf develops there and companies that are interested around the globe.