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    "excerpt": "Professional Golf Tour: Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) president Kapil Dev announced the schedule for a jam-packed first half of the 2025 calendar year at the fabled Delhi Golf Club on Monday",
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    "editor1": "Professional Golf Tour: Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) president Kapil Dev announced the schedule for a jam-packed first half of the 2025 calendar year at the fabled Delhi Golf Club on Monday<p>The professionals on tour will be participating for 11 consecutive weeks in the same number of competitions, all at different venues compared to the nine competitions that took place in the first half of 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In an exclusive chat with IANS, Kapil stated that during his tenure as president, his main aim was to increase the number of competitions that take place in the hope of increasing the level of the sport in the country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI want to increase the number of tournaments because for players that is the most important thing. Of course, everybody loves money and professionals are attracted to money but my job is to conduct more tournaments to develop the level of the kids,\u201d Kapil told IANS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The list of tournaments includes the Tata\u2029Steel\u2029PGTI\u2029Players\u2029Championship at\u2029Tollygunge\u2029Club,\u2029Kolkata, Gujarat\u2029Open\u2029Golf Championship\u20292025 at Glade\u2029One\u2029Golf\u2029Resort in\u2029Ahmedabad, Chhattisgarh\u2029Open\u2029Golf\u2029Championship\u20292025 at\u2029Fairway\u2029Golf\u2029&amp;\u2029Lake\u2029Resort in Naya\u2029Raipur, PGTI\u2029Players\u2029Championship\u20292025 at\u2029Kensville\u2029Golf\u2029&amp;\u2029Country\u2029Club in Ahmedabad, Kolkata\u2029Challenge\u2029at Royal\u2029Calcutta\u2029Golf\u2029Club Kolkata, Delhi\u2029Challenge\u2029at Classic\u2029Golf\u2029&amp;\u2029Country\u2029Club in Gurugram, Hero\u2029Indian\u2029Open\u2029at\u2029DLF\u2029Golf\u2029&amp;\u2029Country\u2029Club in Gurugram, PGTI\u2029Invitational\u20292025 at Jaypee\u2029Greens\u2029Golf\u2029Resort in\u2029Greater\u2029Noida, Indorama\u2029Open\u2029Golf\u2029Championship\u20292025 at\u2029Kalhaar\u2029Blues\u2029and\u2029Greens,\u2029Ahmedabad, Calance\u2029Open\u20292025 Delhi\u2029NCR and the Kapil\u2029Dev\u2029\u2011\u2029Grant\u2029Thornton\u2029Invitational at\u2029Prestige\u2029Golfshire,\u2029Bengaluru<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI want to increase the number of tournaments because for players that is the most important thing. Of course, everybody loves money and professionals are attracted to money but my job is to conduct more tournaments to develop the level of the kids,\u201d Kapil told IANS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/tagging\/highest-tax-paying-cricketers\">Highest tax paying cricketers<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ians.in\/english-wire\/sports\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">IANS<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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