Panchkula, Haryana, February 2, 2015: The Professional
Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and the Panchkula Golf Club will jointly host the
PGTI Players Championship presented by Panchkula Golf Club from February
3 – 6, 2015. The 2015 season opener offers a prize purse of Rs. 30 lakh. The
tournament will be followed by the first leg of the Volvo World Golf Challenge
India 2015 on February 7.
The PGTI Players Championship will feature top Indian
professionals such as Himmat Singh Rai, Shamim Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Amardip Sinh
Malik, Sanjay Kumar, Khalin Joshi and Shubhankar Sharma, to name a few. Leading
the local challenge will be Chandigarh
and Panchkula professionals Angad Cheema, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Sujjan Singh,
Harendra Gupta, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Ranjit Singh, Harmeet Kahlon, Randhir Singh
Ghotra, KPS Sekhon, Amritinder Singh, Feroz Singh Garewal and Ravinder Tavel,
among others. N Thangaraja of Sri
Lanka is the top foreign professional
playing the event.
The Volvo World Golf Challenge India event will see amateurs of
the region compete in two handicap categories. The VWGC India 2015 will consist
of a total of eight legs. Winners in each handicap category in each
qualifying event will qualify for the National Final 2015. Winners in each
handicap category at the National Final will qualify to play the Volvo World
Final in early 2016. The winner of the Volvo World Final will get the
opportunity to participate in a European Tour event next year.
Mr. D S Dhesi, IAS, Chief Secretary, Haryana-cum-President, Panchkula Golf
Club,said, “In recent years Panchkula Golf Club has emerged as one of the most
popular golfing destignations in the state of Haryana in particular and
northern region in general. It shall be our endeavor to further improve
the Golf Club and conduct more professional, amateur and junior tournaments to
promote the game of golf in the region. I also take this opportunity to
acknowledge the contribution of PGTI in promoting and highlighting Panchkula
Golf Club in golfing circuit at National and International level. We wish to
have more events organized by PGTI at Panchkula Golf Club. My best wishes to
the participants and organizers.”
Mr. Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI, said, “We look
forward to returning to the Panchkula Golf Club after a year and a half
for the 2015 season-opener. The 2014 PGTI season witnessed some intense
competition as the contest for the Rolex Player of the Year went down to the
wire. An even more exciting season lies in prospect in 2015 as a number of
promising youngsters join the professional ranks. The return of the Volvo World
Golf Challenge India
will also raise interest levels for the sport among the large number of
amateurs in the country. We are confident that our partnership with the Panchkula Golf
Club will continue to facilitate the growth of the sport in the state of
Haryana.”
Brig. I. S. Punia (Retd.), General
Manager, Panchkula Golf Club, said, “Panchkula Golf Club thanks
PGTI for staging the PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula Golf Club. This is
the first professional event which is being conducted after the renovation of
the course. However, PGTI has already conducted three players championship and
four tournaments titled as “Haryana Open Golf Championship” at Panckula Golf
Club in the past. I am sure the newly renovated course will present a tough
challenge and better playing conditions to the professionals. We look forward
to hosting many more events in partnership with the PGTI in future and also
extend our good wishes to the organizers and participants.”
The Panchkula Golf Club, situated on the Ambala-Panchkula-Kalka-Shimla Highway ,
and spread over an area of 135 acres is one of the premier championship courses
in north India .
It is situated at an alluring location on the banks of the river Ghaggar. The
backdrop of the Shivalik Hills lends a picturesque view to the course.
PGTI Press release
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