The tournament, which is being jointly organised by Indorama Ventures and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) will end on April 12 and offers a total prize purse of INR 2 crore. The main event will be followed by the Pro-Am event on April 13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The tournament will have a field of 126 players including 123 professionals and three amateurs. The event will be played in the stroke-play format consisting of four rounds of 18 holes each. The top 50 players and ties will make the cut after two rounds. The par for the course is 72.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Among the other stars in the field are top Indian professionals like Yuvraj Sandhu, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Varun Parikh, Shaurya Binu, Sachin Baisoya, Aman Raj, Karandeep Kochhar and Chikkarangappa S.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The foreign challenge will be led by Czech Republic\u2019s Stepan Danek, Sri Lankans N. Thangaraja and K. Prabagaran, American Koichiro Sato, Italian Federico Zucchetti, Uganda\u2019s Joshua Seale, Bangladeshis Md Siddikur Rahman, Jamal Hossain, Badal Hossain, Md Akbar Hossain, Md Jakiruzzaman Jakir, Md Somrat Sikdar, Md Muaj and Md Razu as well as Nepal\u2019s Sukra Bahadur Rai and Subash Tamang.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Besides PGTI winner Varun Parikh, the other professionals representing Ahmedabad include Jay Pandya and Dhruv Suri. The amateur from Ahmedabad is Islam Khan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh\u2019s teenage son Harjai Milkha Singh of Chandigarh will be the third amateur playing in the tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aloke Lohia, Founder & Group CEO at Indorama Ventures, said, \u201cWe are proud to begin our association with the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) as the title sponsor of the inaugural Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh\u2019s teenage son Harjai Milkha Singh of Chandigarh will be the third amateur playing in the tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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