By Rahul Banerji
The Rs 1 crore Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship at Kolkata’s Tollygunge Club from Tuesday will open the 2024 men’s professional golf season.
The tournament will see participation of 124 players including 121 professionals and three amateurs, the PGTI said.
The field includes leading professionals Manu Gandas, Khalin Joshi, defending champion Sachin Baisoya, Aman Raj, Karan Pratap Singh, Rahil Gangjee, Angad Cheema, Harshjeet Singh Sethie, Sunhit Bishnoi and Gaurav Pratap Singh, to name a few.
Prominent overseas players in the fray are Sri Lankans N. Thangaraja and K. Prabagaran, Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain from Bangladesh, Andorra’s Kevin Esteve Rigaill and Nepal’s Sukra Bahadur Rai.
New face
PGTI Qualifying School winner Matias Dominguez of Chile will have plenty following his progress after a productive run in Jamshedpur where he won by seven strokes.
Other rookies include Nepal’s Subash Tamang, Italy’s Michele Ortolani, Czechia’s Stepan Danek, South Korea’s Si In Kim, American Dominic Piccirillo and Germany’s Wenzel Krzenck.
The Kolkata professionals in the field are Shankar Das, Divyanshu Bajaj, Mohammad Sanju, Indrajit Bhalotia, Karan Verma and Arjun Puri.
The three Kolkata amateurs participating are Uzair Firdausi, Rohan Shroff and Sandeep Yadav.
“The Tollygunge Club is very proud to host once again the Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship, which has quickly become one of the most anticipated events in the golf calendar,” said club golf captain Shreyon Chatterjee.
“The Tolly greens are primed for the brightest talents on Tour to showcase their skills. Golf enthusiasts across Kolkata will be keenly following the pros and hoping it rubs off on their own game.”
Added PGTI chief executive U.S. Mundy, “We’re excited to commence the new season with the Players Championship presented by Tollygunge Club and thank the club for partnering with us in staging the event.
“The handsome prize purse on offer and the challenges posed by the Tollygunge Club course makes for a thrilling contest at the season-opener.
“We welcome the rookies on the tour including several foreign players who earned their cards at the highly competitive Q School last week. We look forward to yet another year of fierce competition.”
Also read: Chile’s Dominguez records dominant 7-shot Q School victory
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