PGTI season ending TATA STEEL Tour from Dec 26
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 24
City golfers Aadil Bedi , Yuvraj Singh Sandhu will rub shoulders with the likes of Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjuna Awardee Harmeet Singh Kahlon in the PGTI’s season-ending TATA STEEL Tour Championship at the Golmuri Golf Course, in Jamshedpur, starting from December 26 to 29.
The event will offer prize money of Rs. 1.5 crore and will feature an elite field of 74 professionals. The season-ending tour championship has been returned on the PGTI schedule after 2017. The tournament will be a 72-hole stroke-play championship and there will be no cut applied after 36 holes. All players will be guaranteed prize money. The Pro-Am event preceding the tournament will be played on 25th December. The tournament will feature the top-60 players from the current TATA STEEL PGTI Order of Merit (59 out of the top-60 are playing) including the likes of Rashid Khan and Chikkarangappa as well as 15 invitees such as Indian golfing legends Jeev Milkha Singh (13 international wins), Gaganjeet Bhullar (10 international wins), Jyoti Randhawa (9 international wins), SSP Chawrasia (6 international wins) and Arjuna Awardee Harmeet Singh Kahlon .
While Jeev will be making his maiden appearance in Jamshedpur, Randhawa, Chawrasia and Bhullar have all competed at the TATA Open in Jamshedpur in the past. Chawrasia, a three-time winner of the TATA Open in 2003, 2005 and 2006, returns to play in Jamshedpur after nearly 12 years. Randhawa, the runner-up at the TATA Open in 2011, and Bhullar will be teeing it up in the Steel City after eight years and 12 years respectively.
“The association with PGTI is a natural outcome of our shared goal of promoting competition at the highest level of golf. The TATA STEEL Tour Championship will see the top professionals of the country in action and it promises to be an engaging four days for the golf enthusiasts in Jamshedpur. We have made improvements in the Golf Course to make it more challenging and one of the best layouts in India. It is only befitting that top players of the country are participating in this year’s edition”, said Sanjiv Paul, Captain, Jamshedpur Golf.
