17 rookies to make PGTI debut in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, February 18, 2013: Seventeen rookies will make their debut on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) during the PGTI Players Championship at Chandigarh Golf Club which begins on February 19.

The 17 players making their professional debut in Chandigarh qualified to play on the PGTI through the PGTI’s 2013 Qualifying School which was held in December 2012 at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata. All these players received their PGTI badges from Uttam Singh Mundy (Director, PGTI) at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Monday.

These players include some of the top Indian amateurs in recent years such as the Bangalore duo of Khalin Joshi (2013 PGTI Qualifying School winner) and S Chikkarangappa, Kapurthala lad Ashbeer Saini, Angad Cheema of Panchkula, Delhi’s Honey Baisoya and Shubhankar Sharma of Gurgaon.

The others making their professional debut this week are Abhishek Kuhar (Gurgaon), Sahil Kulkarni (Delhi), SK Pappu (Kolkata), Amar Jeet Baisoya (Delhi), N Thangaraja (Sri Lanka), Sk Kader Ali (Kolkata), Bhawani Singh Parmar (Srinagar), Rohan Sood (Delhi), Martin S (Bangalore), Siddharth Semwal (Delhi) and Raja Sardar (Kolkata).

Photo caption: PGTI rookies pose for group photograph with their badges in Chandigarh on February 17, 2013

Press release