Gurgaon: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and the DLF Group have announced the DLF Masters 2012. The tournament boasts an attractive prize purse of Rs. 95 lakh and will be played at the DLF Golf & Country Club, Gurgaon, from November 1 – 4, 2012.
The impressive field will feature some of the biggest names of Indian professional golf including the likes of Jyoti Randhawa (2007 & 2008 champion), Himmat Singh Rai (defending champion), Ashok Kumar (2010 champion), Chiragh Kumar (2011 Rolex Rankings champion), Shamim Khan (current Rolex Rankings leader), SSP Chowrasia, Digvijay Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Rashid Khan, Harendra Gupta, Om Prakash Chouhan, Shankar Das, Vijay Kumar, Feroz Ali Mollah, Gaurav Ghei and Abhijit Singh Chadha, to name a few. The top foreign players in the field include Mithun Perera (Sri Lanka), Anura Rohana (Sri Lanka), Kunal Bhasin (Australia) and Md Zamal Hossain Mollah (Bangladesh).
Aakash Ohri, Director – Business Development, DLF Home Developers Ltd., said, “With the sixth edition of the DLF Masters, we reaffirm our commitment to the growth of professional golf in the country. We continue to grow our golf infrastructure and provide golf loving community in India with a world-class experience. Staging the DLF Masters this year needs a special mention, the course and club facilities are fully geared up and we look forward to hosting the players over the next week.”
Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI, said, “DLF Golf & Country Club has always supported the growth of golf in the region, and we thank them for their continued efforts. It is always great to be back for the DLF Masters, and we look forward to an interesting and competitive week of golf. A good finish at the DLF Masters will help the players in contention for the Rolex Player of the Year Award, consolidate their standings. We extend our sincere thanks to the DLF Group for sharing PGTI’s vision of strengthening the structure of Indian
professional golf.”
The tournament’s unique format is another added attraction. Professionals team up with amateurs to compete for the team championship on the last two days. Each team comprises of two professionals and one amateur and the team score is calculated by taking into account the two best scores out of three on a hole-by-hole basis. This format gives the amateurs a taste of the extremely competitive nature of professional golf.
The esteemed DLF Golf & Country Club, which boasts of India’s premier world class designer golf course, plays host to the event. This course, designed by the legendary Arnold Palmer, enjoys the distinction of having been adjudged the best course in the Indian sub-continent. It features world class fairways and fast and true greens.
By Indian Sports News Network