One of many best cricketers of all time, captain and coach Kapil Dev, introduced the Vishwa Samudra Open golf championship, that includes among the greatest gamers and providing two crore prize cash, to be performed on the Delhi Golf Membership from Tuesday.
Because the president of the Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the champion cricketer, Kapil has vowed to strengthen Indian golf.
“The general prize cash of PGTI has been 24.58 crore this yr. I’m assured that it will likely be 50 crore inside the subsequent three years. Indian golf will likely be at a unique stage quickly,” mentioned Kapil, as he interacted with the media on Monday.
“Once I began enjoying golf, solely Roger Binny used to play among the many cricketers. Internationally, many cricketers play golf. I want I had began golf earlier. I might have scored a minimum of 2000 extra runs in cricket. This sport teaches a lot about how to focus on the ball,” mentioned Kapil.
Conceding that among the main golfers have been busy with worldwide occasions, Kapil identified that if dates have been confirmed early, a variety of Indian gamers would choose to play within the nation.
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Kapil hoped that golf would change into so fashionable within the subsequent few years that the aspiring younger technology would go for golf if they might not make it in cricket.
Olympian SSP Chawrasia mentioned that “the course is enjoying incredible,” after having performed 18 holes in coaching with Ajeetesh Sandhu on Monday.
The sphere may have different main gamers, Rahil Gangjee, Gaurav Ghei, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, S Chikkarangappa, Yuvraj Sandhu, aside from Om Prakash Chouhan, Udayan Mane, Veer Ahlawat, Karandeep Kochhar and Manu Gandas.
There will likely be 12 overseas gamers within the 126-strong area, together with Stepan Danek of the Czech Republic, Sukhraj Singh Gill of Canada, Makoto Iwasaki of Japan, People Dominic Piccirillo and Digraj Singh Gill, aside from a number of from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
The Managing Director of Vishwa Samudra Engineering, an infrastructure firm based mostly in Hyderabad, mentioned that his organisation was dedicated to golf for the previous few years and was joyful to companion with PGTI.
The champion will get 30 lakh rupees and the runner-up 20 lakh.