Golfer Mukesh Kumar,ranked number three in the country,will lead the Western India team at the PGTIs $250,000 Louis Phillipe Cup that will begin in the first week of February. The team will comprise golfers from Mumbai and Pune and will have a mix of three professionals and three amateurs. A total of eight teams will compete in the event. The Western India team will also have former India no. 1 Ashok Kumar in its ranks. The Western India pro team will be joined by three amateur players,who will be selected through a series of club qualifying rounds at The Bombay Presidency Golf Club,Willingdon Sports Club,Mumbai and at Oxford Golf & Country Club,Pune. Each club will hold a one-day tournament and the winner,with handicap of 15 or better,will also be on the Oxford Group West team and will play alongside the professionals on the first two days of the tournament in Bangalore for a special Louis Philippe Pro Am team Trophy. The Louis Phillipe Cup will see teams from Bangalore,Delhi,Chennai,Kolkata and Gurgaoncompeting for the winners purse of Rs 36 lakh. Louis Philippe Cup,the new PGTI sanctioned inter-city pro golf team event will see three-man professional golf teams fight for the richest domestic calendar golf event in India with Rs 1.20 crore in prize money. Pros such as former Asian Tour Player of the Year Jyoti Randhawa (Gurgaon),European Tour regular Shiv Kapur (Delhi),two-time European Tour winner SSP Chowrasia (Kolkata),two-time Asian Tour winner G Bhullar (Chandigarh),2011 Asian Tour winner Anirban Lahiri (Bangalore),2011 Singapore Classic winner Himmat Rai (Gurgaon), have confirmed their participation.
