Chandigarh golfers eye top spot in PGTI Players Championship

The 2025 PGTI Order of Merit leader, city’s Yuvraj Sandhu along with local players like Angad Cheema, Aadil Bedi, Harendra Gupta and others will feature in the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) Players Championship. The Rs 1 crore prize money event will be held at the Clover Greens Golf Course & Resort near Hosur, Tamil Nadu, from August 19 to 22.

With the staging of this event, the PGTI makes its debut at the Clover Greens Golf Course & Resort. Other leading Indian professionals Olympian Udayan Mane, Om Prakash Chouhan, Manu Gandas and Arjun Prasad will also be a part of the event.

The prominent foreign names competing includes, Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain, Italian Federico Zucchetti, Czechia’s Stepan Danek, Nepalese golfers Sukra Bahadur Rai and Subash Tamang as well as Uganda’s Joshua Seale.

The Pro-Am event played was won by the team led by professional Om Prakash Chouhan. The winning team had a nett score of 50.7 and consisted of amateurs Praveen Singhvi, Dr Amit and Rajendra Prasad.

“With PGTI making its debut at this venue, the professionals can expect a whole new set of challenges. The numerous water bodies and the narrow fairways guarded by trees on either side will test the skills of India’s best golfers,” said Amandeep Johl, CEO, PGTI.

The greens is designed to provide an elevated golfing experience for seasoned professionals as well as young golfers. Phil Ryan of Pacific Coast Design, Australia, designed the 18-hole Championship Golf Course.