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PGTI Order of Merit

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No . Player Location Total Prize 1 Honey Baisoya Delhi ` 1702535 2 N Thangaraja Sri Lanka ` 1204310 3 Udayan Mane Bangalore ` 1018977

UTTAM SINGH MUNDY

Greetings and best wishes from the entire team of PGTI .

We are pleased to announce that the PGTI has taken a giant leap in its pursuit of ‘ Taking Indian Golf Global ’ as the tour has now been approved for inclusion into the Of�cial World Golf Ranking ( OWGR ) system . PGTI events will now carry world ranking points from the 2019 season onward .

PGTI ’ s sustained growth since its inception 12 years ago , its emergence as the premier tour of the South Asian region and the several accomplishments of our professionals on the global stage have all contributed to the tour ’ s elevation to OWGR status .

Our focused efforts towards aligning ourselves with the OWGR system over the last few years included the all-important decision of making the PGTI an ‘ Open Tour ’ from 2018 onward . Our persistence towards the cause has �nally borne fruit .

The tour is now set to become more competitive than ever before as world ranking points will ensure better �elds at all events and also attract quality international talent and more sponsors .

Shubhankar Sharma continued his upward graph with an impressive debut at The Open , his third career Major . Shubhankar , playing his third Major of 2018 , �nished a creditable tied 51st that saw him become the youngest Indian to make the cut at a Major as he accomplished the feat on the eve of his 22nd birthday .

The 2018 PGTI Feeder Tour season culminated with the last two events staged in Lucknow . While young Chandarjeet Yadav joined the winner ’ s circle with victory in the �rst event , the experienced Rajesh Kumar Rawat bagged his second career title in the second event .

It was a highly competitive season that saw �ve winners . Four among these �ve players were �rst time winners which once again proves the importance of the Feeder Tour as an ef�cient supply line of talent for the PGTI .

Pawan Verma , who posted four top-10s in the season including two runnerup �nishes , earned a just reward for his consistency by emerging as the 2018 PGTI Feeder Tour Order of Merit champion . In the process , he also bagged an exemption for the 2019 PGTI season ( Main Tour ).

Best Wishes & Happy Gol�ng

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