PGTI Players Championship at Coimbatore Golf Club to tee-off on August 22

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Coimbatore, August 21

 The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) has announced the PGTI Players Championship at Coimbatore Golf Club which will be held from 22-25 August, 2012. This tournament will carry a total prize purse of Rs 20 lakh. The PGTI Players Championship will be followed by the second leg of the ‘Volvo World Golf Challenge’ on August 26, 2012, where local amateurs will compete for berths at the national final.

The field will feature the some of the top professionals on the PGTI such as Mukesh Kumar, Shankar Das, Harendra Gupta, Shamim Khan, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Md Zamal Hossain Mollah of Bangladesh, Vinod Kumar, Feroz Ali Mollah, Sanjay Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Gaurav Ghei, Rashid Khan and C Muniyappa, to name a few. The local challenge will be led by Joseph Chakola. The other professionals from Coimbatore include P Sivamoorthy, S Muthu and M Rajesh Kumar.

The second leg of the ‘Volvo World Golf Challenge’, Volvo’s prestigious international golf tournament played in over 35 countries, will follow immediately after the PGTI Players Championship. Amateur golfers from across the region will participate in the ‘Volvo World Golf Challenge’ at the Coimbatore Golf Club on August 26, 2012. Volvo, the Official Automobile Partner of the PGTI, will host seven legs of the ‘Volvo World Golf Challenge’ across India in association with the PGTI in 2012. The two best-placed finishers at each event will qualify for the national final to be held later this year. The two winners from the national final will win an invitation to compete in the World Final of the ‘Volvo World Golf Challenge’ next January.

Mr. R Shyam Sunder, Golf Captain, Coimbatore Golf Club, said, “The Coimbatore Golf Club is thrilled to have this tournament after a gap of four years. The swirling winds of Coimbatore will test the best of golfers. The failure of the rains has not deterred us and the fairways and grees are as lush as ever.”

  Speaking from Delhi, Mr. Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI, added, “The PGTI is delighted to return to the magnificent Coimbatore Golf Club which boasts of an outstanding championship course. We seek to further promote professional golf in Coimbatore by partnering with the Coimbatore Golf Club.”

  Founded in 1977 by leading industrialist Mr. K Rajagopal, the Coimbatore Golf Club has emerged as an important golfing centre in South India in recent years. This club is home to one of the most scenic courses in the country. The narrow fairways, lined by thick bushes and well-placed hazards make the course challenging. The undulating greens are huge and fast.