McLeod Russel Golf Championship to witness strongest filed of Indian Golfers
The other top Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri will not be available to play here as he is now busy playing in United States.
The tournament, one of the strongest field of professional golf, offers a handsome purse of rupees one point five crore, the highest for a domestic tournament in India with winner and runner up bagging rupees twenty two lacs fifty thousand and rupees fifteen lacs respectively.
The tournament will be a 72 –hole stroke play championship where there will be no cut after 36 holes and all participants are guaranteed to earn a prize money.
Speaking on the occasion Rajiv Takru of McLeod Russel said the championship would provide a fine opportunity to local golfers to watch and learn from the top professionals from India and Asia.
This meet would also give a big boost to the gold in region,he felt.
Director of the Professional Golf Tour of India ( PGTI) Uttam Singh Mundy said this championship will make for an exiting week of golf as the race for the Rolex Player of th Year title is too close to call with many contenders in frey.
Asked about PGTI’s plan to prepare Indian team as the event has been included in the 2020 TokyoOlympics , Mundy informed for Olympics ,players have to earn international points. PGTI is working towards that,Mundy said.
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