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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 . The PGTI closed the �rst half of its 2018 season with the staging of the bti Open , a US $ 60,000 event , tri-sanctioned by the Asian Development Tour ( ADT ), Bangladesh Professional Golfers Association ( BPGA ) and the PGTI . The tournament played at the Kurmitola Golf Club in Dhaka was the third PGTI event to be held in Bangladesh this year , a fact that underscores the strong partnership forged between the PGTI and the BPGA with the shared vision of growing golf in the South Asian region . Twenty-three-year-old Kazuki Higa of Japan captured his maiden professional title with a wire-to-wire victory at the bti Open . Higa , playing in only his second season as a professional , completed his total domination of the week with a three-shot triumph . PGTI member Md Zamal Hossain Mollah of Bangladesh �nished a creditable second . As the �rst half of the PGTI season came to an end , it was heartening to see the likes of Indian youngsters such as Honey Baisoya , Udayan Mane , Veer Ahlawat and Syed Saqib Ahmed , rise to the occasion and make a mark for themselves . The PGTI Feeder Tour teed off after a four-year gap . Rookie Dhruv Sheoran took the Feeder Tour by storm as he won the �rst two events of the season staged at the BSF Golf Club in Chhawla , Delhi and at the Aravalli Golf Club in Faridabad . Sheoran , who triumphed in his �rst two appearances as a professional , became only the second player after Maniram Sharma to win back to back titles on the PGTI Feeder Tour . Sheoran now enjoys a signi�cant lead in the Feeder Tour Order of Merit and is de�nitely a name to watch out for in the future .

Best Wishes & Happy Gol�ng

25 Aman Raj Patna ` 338350

Content Editor : Nikhil Kalaan , Deputy Manager - Media , PGTI

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