Trident Open from Nov 11, Pro-Am tourney today

The Trident Group and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, jointly announced the inaugural edition of the Trident Open Golf Tournament to be held at the Chandigarh Golf Club from November 11 to 14. The tournament will have a prize purse of Rs 1 crore. The Pro-Am event will be held on November 9.

The tournament will feature leading Indian professionals, including 2025 PGTI Ranking leader and local lad Yuvraj Sandhu, Arjun Prasad, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Chandigarh’s Angad Cheema, Om Prakash Chouhan and Manu Gandas.

Besides Sandhu and Cheema, the tricity will be represented by Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Akshay Sharma, Ravi Kumar, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Brijesh Kumar, Raunil Kukar, Anant Singh Ahlawat, Amrit Lal, Chandarjeet Yadav, Brashwarpal Singh, Umed Kumar (PGTI NEXGEN Order of Merit champion), Vasu Sehgal and Vishav Pratap Singh Gill.

The event will also see participation of international golfers, including Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain, Mohammed Siddikur Rahman, Badal Hossain, Mohamed among others. The 72-hole stroke-play tournament will feature 126 players, including 123 professionals and three amateurs. The cut will be applied after the first 36 holes and the top-50 players and ties will make the halfway cut and continue to play for another 36 holes.

“The initiative is a testament to Trident’s unwavering commitment to the promotion of sports and the pursuit of excellence across all spheres of human endeavour,” said Rajinder Gupta, Rajya Sabha MP and Trident Group chairperson.