Agencies
NEW DELHI, Jan 13: The Professional Golf Tour of India on Monday added four new events to its calendar, taking the total number of tournaments it will host in the first half of the year to 11 with a combined prize purse of Rs 15.66 crore.
The season will tee off on February 11 with the Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship in Kolkata and will be followed by non-stop golfing action across as many venues. The season will end in April with the Kapil Dev-Grant Thornton Invitational.
The four new events unveiled by PGTI are Chattisgarh Open Golf Championship (Rs 1 crore, Raipur), PGTI Invitational (Rs 1.5 crore, Greater Noida), Indorama Open Golf Championship (Rs 2 crore, Ahmedabad) and Calance Open (Rs 1 crore, Delhi-NCR). The PGTI has so far staged events in 16 states, two UTs and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. With the golfing body making its foray in Chhattisgarh, it has now expanded its geographical footprint in the country to 17 states.
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