Organisers of an international golf tournament have promised to keep disruption to a minimum for residents in Watford.

The European Tour announced this year’s British Masters is to be played at The Grove.

Councillors from Watford Borough Council recently met tournament organisers and the police to discuss the plans to minimise the impact the tournament will have on the town.

They have said the disruption will be nothing like that caused by the Bilderberg Conference, which took place in June 2013 and attracted more than 2,000 people to the town.

They warned work will start a month ahead of the tournament and will continue for two weeks afterwards.

This will involve heavy vehicles which will all enter the Grove site from Langleybury Lane.

The tournament is to be hosted by Luke Donald and he has selected the Chandler’s Cross complex as the venue for the event, which will take place from October 13 to 16.

It is expected to attract somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 people each day, with the busiest day being the Thursday.

Two free-of-charge car parks for visitors will be located on open fields off Langleybury Lane near the back entrance, which will handle around 6,000 to 7,000 cars.

On site there will be two car parks for around 600 cars accessed from the Hempstead Road for everyone directly involved with the event.

There will be temporary parking restrictions on some roads in the town and no cars will be allowed to park on the grassed area in front of Hempstead Road.

There will be some helicopter activity but the organisers claim that this will be very limited.

Other issues that are being looked into are the security of the site with its numerous footpaths, canal access and the day-to-day logistics for supporting this event.

Nascot Councillor Mark Watkin said: “I am delighted that local councillors have been involved so early on. This is in complete contrast with the Bilderberg or even the AMEX event."

He added: “We will make sure that residents are kept informed of future developments.”

The only other occasion The Grove has staged a European Tour event was in 2006 when Tiger Woods stormed to a World Golf Championship victory.

The hotel began a series of changes and improvements to its golf course last month - including installing a specialist liner system into 18 bunkers on the 7,152-yard course to improve drainage and safeguard original design features.

A number of bunkers will also be built back up to their original levels, decreasing the height of some faces.