Coimbatore Open 2023 presented by KGiSL
- Golf Course: Coimbatore Golf Club
- Venue: Coimbatore
- Prize Money: INR 1 Crore
- Start Date: 22-Aug-2023
- End Date: 25-Aug-2023
- Tour Format: Stroke Play
Sethie skyrockets 70 spots to 11th position in the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings; Om Prakash Chouhan further consolidates his lead in the merit list
Delhi golfer Harshjeet Singh Sethie saved his best for the last as his gallant effort of five-under 67, the eventful final day’s lowest score, took him into a playoff where he upstaged the experienced Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow by driving his way to his maiden title at the Rs. 1 crore Coimbatore Open 2023 presented by KGiSL played at the Coimbatore Golf Club.
The 21-year-old Harshjeet (69-67-72-67), who stands tall at a towering height of six feet and seven inches, collected the winning cheque worth Rs. 15,00,000 to skyrocket 70 spots from 81st to 11th position in the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings.
Om Prakash Chouhan (67-71-68-69), who like Sethie also totaled 13-under 27...
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Manish Thakran of Gurugram kept alive his hopes of a maiden title after he returned a hard-fought two-under 70 that saw him surge into a two-shot lead at 12-under 204 in round three of the Rs. 1 crore Coimbatore Open 2023 presented by KGiSL being played at the Coimbatore Golf Club.
Come the final day, Thakran will be chased by the duo of TATA Steel PGTI Rankings leader Om Prakash Chouhan (68) of Mhow and Bengaluru-based rookie Aryan Roopa Anand (72), both lying tied second at 10-under 206.
Manish Thakran (68-66-70), one of the three joint halfway leaders, wasn’t having a great day with the putter as was evident from his three-putt bogey on the third. But despite...
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Gurugram’s Manish Thakran carded a fiery six-under 66 that propelled him into the joint halfway lead along with Bengaluru’s Aryan Roopa Anand (68) and Sri Lankan N Thangaraja (68) at 10-under 134 at the Rs. 1 crore Coimbatore Open 2023 presented by KGiSL being played at the Coimbatore Golf Club.
Delhi-based Saptak Talwar was placed fourth at nine-under 135.
The cut was declared at three-over 147. Fifty-five professionals made the cut.
Manish Thakran (68-66), lying overnight tied fifth and two off the lead, was off to a flier on Wednesday with five birdies on his back-nine all coming as a result of some great wedge shots with four of them landing w...
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The seasoned N Thangaraja of Sri Lanka shared the opening round lead with Indian rookies Saptak Talwar and Aryan Roopa Anand as the trio posted scores of six-under 66 at the Rs. 1 crore Coimbatore Open 2023 presented by KGiSL being played at the Coimbatore Golf Club.
TATA Steel PGTI Rankings leader Om Prakash Chouhan (67) of Mhow was one shot behind the leaders in fourth place.
N Thangaraja hit his irons and chips with pin-point precision on Tuesday that helped him collect seven birdies in exchange for a lone bogey. Thanga, as he is popularly known, landed it extremely close to the pins leaving himself birdie putts within three feet on six occasions. The other highlight of...
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Inaugural edition of event to carry prize purse of INR 1 crore, highest-ever for an event in Coimbatore
Om Prakash Chouhan, Aman Raj, Karan Pratap Singh, Sunhit Bishnoi among the leading names in the field
The inaugural Coimbatore Open presented by KGiSL will be played from August 22 – 25 at the Coimbatore Golf Club. The tournament carries a prize purse of INR 1 crore, the highest-ever for a men’s professional event in Coimbatore. The Pro-Am event will be staged on August 26.
Information technology company KGiSL is the Presenting Partner for the event wh...
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