14th Tata Open Golf Championships from December 17

Jamshedpur, December 15, 2015: The TATA STEEL Group and PGTI have announced the 14th TATA Open Golf which will be held in Jamshedpur from 17th – 20th December, 2015. The four-day tournament will be hosted at the Golmuri Golf Course in Jamshedpur. The Pro-Am will be played on 16th December, 2015. The event offers a rich prize purse of Rs. 75 lakhs.

  

The tournament will feature some of the top Indian professionals such as Chikkarangappa S (current Rolex Ranking leader), Abhijit Singh Chadha, Mukesh Kumar, Udayan Mane, defending champion Om Prakash Chouhan, Shankar Das, Shamim Khan and Ashok Kumar, to name a few. The top foreign players in the field are Sri Lankans Anura Rohana, K Prabagaran and N Thangaraja, Kunal Bhasin of Australia, Nepal’s Shivaram Shrestha and Bangladesh’s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah.

  

The local challenge will be led by Jamshedpur’s Karan Taunk, who won the PGTI Emerging Player of the Year title in 2014. Taunk was the runner-up at the 12th TATA Open in 2013.

 Speaking about the event, Mr.Sunil Bhaskaran, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel, said "Tata Open Golf is one of country’s prime professional tournaments held at Jamshedpur. Over the years it has attracted top golfing talent from across geographies to play in the scenic golf courses of the steel city. This year, the tournament will be held at the re-modeled 18-hole Golmuri Golf Course.Tata Steel has always supported golf and the shining cases of the achievements of local golfers stand testimony to this. The thrill of watching top professional golfers in action will add to the excitement of this much awaited event."

Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, Director, PGTI, said, “It is the support of sponsors such as the TATA  STEEL Group that has helped the PGTI build a strong base for professional golf in India. We thank the TATA STEEL Group for their continued support to the sport. An exciting contest lies in prospect at the 14th TATA Open as the leading professionals of the South Asian region compete for the lucrative prize purse and top position in the Rolex Ranking. We wish the players all the best and look forward to another successful edition of the TATA Open.”

 The tournament was held at both the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses till last year. This year the Golmuri golf course will be the only venue for the tournament. Golmuri is a lush green, beautiful and very well-maintained golf course which doesn’t allow golfers any room for error. 

Picture Caption:

Professional Abhijit Singh Chadha speaks at the press conference as Mr. Kulvin Suri, Chief, Corporate Communications (India & South East Asia), TATA Steel (centre) & Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, Director, PGTI (right), look on.