The president of the Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI), Kapil Dev, stated that he was delighted to take golf to Chhattisgarh, as he introduced a sequence of 11 occasions for the primary half of the season, in a press convention on the Delhi Golf Membership on Monday.
The Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Arun Sao was current on the media briefing and warranted that everybody would have a memorable expertise on the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort in Naya Raipur within the Rs.1 crore golf occasion to be performed from February 25 to twenty-eight.
The CEO of PGTI, Amandeep Johl stated that the course in Naya Raipur was “most picturesque in addition to a lake” and added that he wouldn’t be shocked if airplane a great deal of folks began visiting the course after the gamers flash one million pictures all over the world through the match.
Former cricket captain Kapil Dev hoped that extra States would comply with the instance of Chhattisgarh to develop golf specifically and sport typically.
The season will open with the Gamers championship on the Tollygunge Membership in Kolkata, on February 11. The next week, the occasion shall be in Ahmedabad, with Raipur having the third occasion from February 25. Ahmedabad could have one other occasion within the first week of March.
The Kolkata Problem $300,000 occasion shall be held on the Royal Calcutta Golf Membership from March 13. The next week, the Basic golf and Nation Membership in Gurugram will host the $3,00,000 Delhi Problem.
The Hero Indian Open with $2.25 million prize cash is scheduled to be held on the DLF Golf and Nation membership in Gurugram from March 27 to 30.
Jaypee Greens in Higher Noida will host the Rs.1.5 crore invitational occasion from April 1 to 4. The Indorama Open Rs.2 crore occasion is scheduled on the Kalhaar Blues and Greens in Ahmedabad from April 9.
One other sponsor Calance will associate for the Rs.1 crore occasion at a venue within the Delhi NCR from April 15, earlier than Kapil Dev’s Grant Thornton Invitational on the Status Golfshire in Bengaluru from April 22.
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“Final yr we had occasions for 9 weeks in a row. And this time we’ve got 11 weeks in a row, providing 35 crore in prize in all, together with the $2.25 million Hero occasion”, stated Amandeep Johl.
Happy to strengthen the golf ecosystem, Kapil stated that younger gamers returning scores of 20-under was equal to a participant scoring a triple century in a Take a look at match.
“To shoot 20-under means no mistake on any day,” Kapil stated in admiration on the growing customary of Indian golf.
It was additionally introduced that there could be Subsequent-Gen occasions with 20 lakh prize cash, for younger gamers who should not within the top-60, in much less recognized golf cities like Kapurthala, Phillaur and Lucknow.
– Inputs from Kamesh Srinivasan