ICC-RCGC Open Golf Championship 2019
- Golf Course: Royal Calcutta Golf Club
- Venue: Kolkata
- Prize Money: INR 40 Lacs
- Start Date: 12-Dec-2019
- End Date: 15-Dec-2019
- Tour Format: Stroke Play
Sanjeev Kumar finishes runner-up
Sri Lankan Mithun Perera put up a resilient display to come through in a thriller in the final round and lift the trophy at the inaugural ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship Powered by Bharat Benz, a TATA Steel PGTI event, played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC).
Perera, who lifted his seventh title on Sunday, carded an eventful but resolute even-par-72 in the last round to emerge winner by one stroke at eight-under-280 at the Rs. 40 lakh event. Mithun’s prize money cheque of Rs. 6,46,600 catapulted him from 26th to 14th position in the TATA Steel PGTI Order of Merit.
Lucknow’s Sanjeev Kumar, who was the leader by three shots at...
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Sri Lankan Mithun Perera leapt into the joint lead with a determined five-under-67 in round three of the ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship 2019 Powered by Bharat Benz, a TATA Steel PGTI event, being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC).
Delhi’s Kapil Kumar, who fired a sedate even-par-72 on Saturday, continued on top of the leaderboard for the third day in succession as he shared the lead with Perera at eight-under-208 at the Rs. 40 lakh event.
Lucknow’s Sanjeev Kumar produced a 67 on day three to occupy third place at six-under-210.
Delhi’s Shamim Khan struck the day’s best sco...
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Delhi’s Kapil Kumar kept his lead for the second day running with a rollercoaster four-under-68 at the ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship 2019 Powered by Bharat Benz, a TATA Steel PGTI event, being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC).
Kapil, searching for his maiden title, totaled eight-under-136 to be the halfway leader by one shot at the Rs. 40 lakh event.
Mumbai’s Anil Bajrang Mane (68) moved up one spot to second at seven-under-137 while Bengaluru’s M Dharma was the big gainer moving up 24 spots to third position at six-under-138 as a result of his tournament-best score of seven-under-65.
Gurugram’s Ankur Chadha and Delhi’s Kapil Kumar shot scores of four-under-68 to take the joint lead in round one of the inaugural ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship Powered by Bharat Benz, a TATA Steel PGTI event, being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC).
The Chandigarh duo of rookie Yuvraj Singh Sandhu and Akshay Sharma as well as Mumbai’s Anil Bajrang Mane were in tied third at three-under-69 on day one of the Rs. 40 lakh event.
Sunit Chowrasia and Md Sanju performed the best among the Kolkata golfers on Thursday as the duo was in tied sixth with matching scores of two-under-70.
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Rookies Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Priyanshu Singh and Yuvraj Singh Sandhu will be promising prospects at the inaugural ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) from December 12 – 15, 2019.
The young trio will be making their first appearance at the historic RCGC since turning professional.
Delhi-based Kshitij Naveed Kaul is the highest-ranked player at the Rs. 40 lakh event as he is currently placed fourth in the 2019 TATA Steel PGTI Order of Merit. The 19-year-old Kaul, who became the third-youngest winner on the PGTI after Shubhankar Sharma and Karandeep Kochhar earlier this year, is raring to have...
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The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) along with the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) have jointly launched the ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship; Prize purse of Rs. 40 lakhs; Field to feature leading professionals Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Udayan Mane, Chiragh Kumar, Priyanshu Singh, Shamim Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Karandeep Kochhar; Unique format to witness greater participation of amateurs; TATA Steel PGTI returns to RCGC after two years.
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