Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship 2023 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club
- Golf Course: Chandigarh Golf Club
- Venue: Chandigarh
- Prize Money: INR 1 Crore
- Start Date: 12-Apr-2023
- End Date: 15-Apr-2023
- Tour Format: Stroke Play
Its turning out to be one memorable April for young Karan Pratap Singh. The 22-year-old from Faridabad prevailed in a tight finish to claim his maiden victory at the Rs. 1 crore TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2023 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club on Saturday.
The in-form Karan Pratap’s win followed his career-best runner-up finish in Noida last week where he had lost in a playoff.
Karan (70-70-68-70), lying two shots off the lead in second place at the start of the day, posted a resolute two-under 70 on day four to tally 10-under 278 for the week that kept his nearest rivals at bay and helped him triumph by one shot.
Om Prakash Chouhan (72-70-69-...
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Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain maintained his two-shot lead after signing for a steady three-under 69 in round three of the Rs. 1 crore TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2023 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club.
Dhaka lad Jamal (70-67-69), the overnight leader by two shots, was thus well-placed for a shot at his fourth PGTI title as his total moved to 10-under 206.
Faridabad’s Karan Pratap Singh (70-70-68), the runner-up in Noida last week, continued his fine form by posting the day’s best score of 68 and moving up four spots to second position at eight-under 208.
The 38-year-old Jamal, who won his last PGTI event in 2019, was off to a sizzling...
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Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain seized the halfway lead after returning the second day’s best score of five-under 67 at the Rs. 1 crore TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2023 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club.
Dhaka-based Jamal’s (70-67) total read seven-under 137 and he enjoyed a two-shot lead over the quartet comprising Greater Noida’s Arjun Sharma (68), Kolkata’s Mohammad Sanju (71), Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta (70) and American Varun Chopra (71).
The cut was declared at two-over 146. Fifty-one professionals made the cut.
The 38-year-old Jamal, lying tied 12th and two off the lead after round one, had a quiet front-nine with a b...
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American Varun Chopra, Gurugram-based Tapy Ghai, Mysuru’s Yashas Chandra and Mohammad Sanju of Kolkata shot scores of four-under 68 to make up the leading quartet on day one of the Rs. 1 crore TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2023 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club.
On a windy day, the leaderboard looked packed with seven golfers bunched in tied fifth place just one shot behind the lead at 69.
This chasing pack included Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya who made a hole-in-one on the eighth as well as Chandigarh pros Harendra Gupta, defending champ Yuvraj Singh Sandhu and Akshay Sharma. The three other players in tied fifth were Mari Muthu, Harsh Gangwar and Divyanshu B...
Read MoreField to feature Udayan Mane, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, Om Prakash Chouhan, Sachin Baisoya and Gaurav Pratap Singh
The TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2023 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club will be played from April 12 – 15 at the Chandigarh Golf Club. The tournament carries a prize purse of Rs. 1 crore. The Pro-Am event will be staged on April 11.
The field of 126 players includes 123 professionals and three amateurs. The leading Indian professionals in the fray are Udayan Mane, defending champion Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, TATA Steel PGTI Rankings leader Om Prakash Chouhan, Sachin Baisoya and Gaurav Pratap Singh, to name a few.
The foreign challenge will be led by Sri Lankans Mithun Perera, N Thangaraja, Anura Rohana, K Prabagaran, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain, Badal Hossain, Md A...
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