Omicron cancels tournaments across India
The new year has just begun but is already looking like a repeat of 2020 and 2021 as the surging Omicron variant has led to a rash of golf tournaments being postponed across the country, including the PGTI’s Q school.. State Governments have instituted weekend and night curfews as the daily positivity rate currently stands […]
PGTI completes first qualifier in Ahmedabad
Manav Bais, a Gurgaon based professional, and Akshay Neranjen, a Bengaluru-based amateur, shared the honours in the PGTI Qualifying School’s Pre Qualifying I event. The 20-year-old Bais rebounded from an opening round 74 with a four-under 68 that included four birdies and a chip-in eagle on the par-5 14th. Neranjen, who recently represented India at […]
PGTI Qualifiers begin this week
The Professional Golf Tour of India’s (PGTI) Qualifying Tournaments tee off this week with its 1st Pre-Qualifier at Kalhaar Blues & Greens GC in Ahmedabad. The course is hosting the event for the first time. The Qualifiers were not held in 2021 because of the Covid pandemic. Around 300 pro golfers from around the world, […]
Udayan Mane wins PGTI Tour Championship and tops Order of Merit
On an exciting final day at the ₹1.5 crore Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur, Udayan Mane outlasted two-time European Tour winner Shubhankar Sharma and a charging Rashid Khan down the stretch to claim the title by one shot. Mane began the final round tied Sharma at 15-under, with Khan seven shots back at 8-under. […]
PGTI to resume Q-School Tournament in January 2022
The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) has announced it will be holding its annual Q-School Tournament at Kalhaar Blues & Greens GC in Ahmedabad from Jan. 6-20, 2022. The event will be played at Kalhaar for the first time. Kensville Golf & GC in Ahmedabad had hosted the five previous editions of the tournament, […]
Chadha plays 71 holes bogey-free to win in Pune
Chandigarh’s Abhijit Chadha set what is probably a record in Indian golfing history by going 71 holes bogey free while winning the PGTI’s Pune Open Golf Championship by six shots from left handed tour rookie Kartik Sharma. The long hitting Chadha rebounded from an opening bogey in Rd 1 to shoot 63, his lowest score […]
20 yr old Kshitij wins again on PGTI
The strapping 6 foot 3 inch tall, 20-year-old Kshitij Kaul from New Delhi showed he can fulfil the promise he showed as a teenager by winning his 2nd pro title at the ICC RCGC Open in Kolkata with scores of 69-65-70-72 (12-under 276) . Kshitij, who’s slightly unconventional swing is based on the theory of […]
Ahlawat finishes 8th as Asian Tour resumes
25-year-old Veer Ahlawat of Gurgaon finished strongly with rounds of 67-67 to add to his opening two rounds of 70, to finish a creditable 8th at the Asian Tour’s season opening US$ 1mn Blue Canyon Championship in Phuket. Ahlawat’s welcome pay-check of US$ 22,950 (₹ 17.2 lacs) is a just reward having recorded 7 finishes […]
Young Yuvraj wins PGTI title in style
24-year-old Yuvraj Sandhu of Chandigarh shot 66-68-67-64 for a spectacular 23-under total of 265, breaking the previous tournament scoring record and registering his maiden on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) at the IndianOil SERVO Masters Golf Tournament at Digboi Golf Links in Assam. Yuvraj entered the final round with a two shot lead […]
Shiv Kapur outduels Rashid for PGTI win
39-year-old Shiv Kapur, a three-time winner on the Asian Tour outdueled Rashid Khan in a playoff at the ₹1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational presented by TAKE Sports, at Chandigarh Golf Club for his first domestic win since the 2012 Shubhkamna Champions event on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI). The tournament was decided […]