Himmat among favourites at PGTI Players Championship

Delhi pros Himmat Singh Rai will be among the favoruites when the foyr-day,Rs 30-lakh PGTI Players Championhsip gets underway at the newly laid Bombay Presidency Golf Club course in Chembur on Tuesday.

Delhi pros Himmat Singh Rai will be among the favoruites when the foyr-day,Rs 30-lakh PGTI Players Championhsip gets underway at the newly laid Bombay Presidency Golf Club course in Chembur on Tuesday.

Among other who are title contenders are Asian Tour star Gaganjeet Bhullar,C Muniyappa and Anirban Lahiri. The tournament,part of the Aircel-Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI),would also see in action other leading players like Ashok Kumar,Vijay Kumar and Gaurav Ghei.

BPGC’s captain Brijender Singh said that the club is to play host to a professional event after three years.

“We look forward to staging the PGTI Players Championship as this will be our first professional event in three years. The course is in great shape and will certainly throw up a few challenges for the top professionals of the country,” Singh said.

PGTI Director Padamjit Sandhu said the Tour was happy to bring back pro golf to country’s financial capital. “The PGTI Players Championship presented by Bombay Presidency Golf Club is yet another landmark event for the PGTI as we bring professional golf back to one of India’s most popular courses after a three-year hiatus,” Sandhu said.

“We are confident that our partnership with the Bombay Presidency Golf Club will help in raising the profile of professional golf in the financial capital of the country and we look forward to a very exciting week of golf in Mumbai,” he added.

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