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h Professional Golf Tour of
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I India (PGTI) has announced
t the return of its Feeder Tour
a after a gap of four years.
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The 2018 PGTI Feeder Tour
s season will feature six events
with a prize purse of Rs. 8 lakh each.
The PGTI Feeder Tour was last staged
in 2014 with six events carrying a prize
purse of Rs. 6 lakh each. The 2018
season of the Feeder Tour has thus
seen an increase of Rs. 12 lakh (33%)
in the combined prize purse which
now stands at Rs. 48 lakh.
The Feeder Tour events will
have a maximum À eld of
90 players and will be
played over three
rounds of 18
holes each with
the cut being
applied after 36
holes. The top-60
players from the 2017
PGTI Order of Merit are
not eligible to play on the
Feeder Tour in 2018. The winner
of this year’s Feeder Tour Order of
Merit will earn an exemption on the
main tour for the 2019 season.
The Feeder Tour season tees off with
the À rst event which will be played
from May 23 – 25, 2018, at the BSF Golf
Club in Chhawla, New Delhi. The
BSF Golf Club will be hosting its
À rst ever professional event. event takes place at the Lucknow Golf
Club from July 4 – 6, the sixth and last
event is scheduled to be hosted by the
Palms Golf Club & Resort, Lucknow,
from July 10 – 12.
The tour then moves to
the Aravalli Golf Club,
Faridabad,
from
May 28-30. The
third event of
the season will
be played at the
Madhuban Meadows
Golf Club, Karnal, from
June 20 – 22 while the
fourth event will be hosted by
the Rambagh Golf Club, Jaipur,
from June 26 – 28. Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI,
said, “We are proud to announce the
revival of the PGTI Feeder Tour after
a four-year gap. The Feeder Tour
has in the past served as a stepping
stone for our professionals as several
winners on the tour have later gone
on to make an impact on the PGTI. We
are conÀ dent that the Feeder Tour will
once again play a role in strengthening
the foundations of professional golf
in India. The signiÀ cant enhancement
in the prize purse this season will
contribute towards making the Feeder
Tour even more competitive than
before.”
The last two events of the season will
be held at two different golf courses
in Lucknow. While the season’s À fth
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