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  Visakhapatnam, 05-10-2024

  Angad Cheema keeps nerve to prevail in playoff against Aman Raj; Angad ends 11-year wait for second title

  Chandigarh golfer Angad Cheema earned a just reward for his consistency this season after he kept his nerve to prevail in a pulsating playoff against Aman Raj of Patna and thus end an 11-year wait for his second PGTI title at the INR 1 crore Vizag Open 2024 played at the East Point Golf Club (EPGC) in Visakhapatnam.

  Angad Cheema (69-61-70-68), the overnight leader by three shots, struck a three-under 68 in the final round to end up with a tournament total of 16-under 268. However, Cheema, who had posted six previous top-10s in the season including two runner-up finishes, had company at the top of the leaderboard after a flurry of...

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  Visakhapatnam, 04-10-2024

  Angad Cheema maintains dominance in round three, continues as top contender for title

  Angad Cheema of Chandigarh maintained his dominance in round three to continue as the top contender for the title at the INR 1 crore Vizag Open 2024 being played at the East Point Golf Club (EPGC) in Visakhapatnam.

  Angad (69-61-70), the overnight leader by four shots, had a rock-solid penultimate round barring a setback on the final hole as he posted a one-under 70 on Friday to head into round four with a three-shot advantage at a total of 13-under 200.

  Patna-based Aman Raj (66-68-69) put together a two-under 69 to end day three in second position at 10-under 203.

  Gurugram’s Kartik Sharma delivered the day’s best score of seven-under 64 to be plac...

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  Visakhapatnam, 03-10-2024

  Angad Cheema rises to the top with personal best 10-under 61 on day two, leads by four shots

  Chandigarh’s Angad Cheema, the runner-up in Hyderabad last week, continued his rich vein of form by firing a personal best score of 10-under 61 to rise to the top in round two of the INR 1 crore Vizag Open 2024 being played at the East Point Golf Club (EPGC) in Visakhapatnam.

  Angad (69-61), currently fourth on the TATA Steel PGTI Ranking with six top-10s in the season so far, had a tournament tally of 12-under 130 at the halfway stage that gave him an imposing four-shot lead.

  Patna’s Aman Raj (66-68) was placed second at eight-under 134 following his second round of 68.

  Bengaluru’s Aryan Roopa Anand (67-68) was a further shot back in third p...

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  Visakhapatnam, 02-10-2024

  Teenage rookie Milind Soni hogs the limelight with first round 63 at Vizag Open 2024

  Teenage rookie Milind Soni of Hyderabad hogged the limelight on day one of the INR 1 crore Vizag Open 2024 by scorching the course with an eight-under 63 to take a three-shot lead at the East Point Golf Club (EPGC) in Visakhapatnam.

  Two of the pre-tournament favourites, Khalin Joshi of Bengaluru and Patna’s Aman Raj were tied second with scores of five-under 66.

  Nineteen-year-old Milind Soni, who has so far posted one top-10 in his rookie season, was off to a great start with a birdie on the 10th, his opening hole of the tournament. Milind, in terrific form with the putter, then sank four birdies from a range of 15 to 20 feet.

  Thereafter, Soni made more...

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  Visakhapatnam, 01-10-2024

  Vizag Open returns for second edition from October 2 at East Point Golf Club

  The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, along with East Point Golf Club, Visakhapatnam, announced the second edition of the Vizag Open, which will be held at the picturesque East Point Golf Club (EPGC) from October 2 – 5, 2024. The total prize purse for the event is INR 1 crore.

  The tournament is supported by Host Venue East Point Golf Club and Associate Partners Alwar Das Group, SRK Infra, Vijaynagar Biotech Pvt Ltd and SLV Ventures.

  The leading Indian professionals participating in the event include TATA Steel PGTI Ranking leader...

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