The Professional Golf Tour: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) will be staging the Chennai Open at the Cosmo TNGF Golf Course in Chennai from September 16 to 19.
The event carries a prize purse of INR 1 crore.
The Chennai Open returns for its fourth edition on the PGTI schedule after three years.
The tournament is set to feature some of the top Indian professionals such as Olympian Udayan Mane, Arjun Prasad, Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Shaurya Bhattacharya, defending champion Manu Gandas and Om Prakash Chouhan, to name a few.
The prominent foreign players in the field include Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain, Italian Federico Zucchetti, Nepal’s Subash Tamang, Uganda’s Joshua Seale as well as American amateur Vikram Chatterjee.
The local challenge will be led by Chennai-based professionals S John Royan, L Gopi and S Prasanth.
H Shankar, managing director, CPCL, said, “We are excited to begin our association with the PGTI through the staging of the Chennai Open 2025 Powered by CPCL. As a Chennai-based company, this tournament showcases our commitment to promoting professional golf in Chennai, a city with a great sporting tradition. We wish the players all the best.”
The Pro-Am event played on Sunday, was won by the team led by professional Karan Pratap Singh. The winning team had a net score of 55 and consisted of amateurs Murali Vijay, Aarav Mammen and Ashwath Achanta.
Article Source: IANS
