Star-studded field for Jeev Milkha Invitational

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 16

Leading Indian golfers, including defending champion Chikkarangappa and event host Jeev Milkha Singh, will feature in the second edition of the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational tournament, which tees off at the Chandigarh Golf Club here tomorrow. 

The 132 strong field also includes veteran Jyoti Randhawa, Khalin Joshi, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Viraj Madappa and the 2019 PGTI Order of Merit leader Rashid Khan.

The foreign challenge will be led by Indonesian star Rory Hie, who won an Asian Tour event in India last month. Bangladesh’s Mohammad Zamal Hossain Mollah and Sri Lankans Anura Rohana, Mithun Perera and N Thangaraja will also be in the fray at the Rs 1.5-crore event. 

“The course is in great shape and the field has a lot of depth with a number of Indian players of international reckoning and a few reputed foreign names in the mix. I’m also eager to perform well in front of my home crowd this year,” said Jeev.

Besides Jeev and Sandhu, the other prominent names from Chandigarh are those of last year’s runner-up Karandeep Kochhar, young Aadil Bedi, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Sujjan Singh, Angad Cheema, Harendra Gupta, Akshay Sharma, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, Harmeet Kahlon, Amandeep Johl, Gurbaaz Mann, Feroz Singh Garewal, Ranjit Singh and Amritinder Singh. 

One of the three amateurs, Sunny Singh, also hails from Chandigarh.