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NEW DELHI, February 22: Vijay Kumar, Vivek Bhandari, Jyoti Randhawa, Feroz Ali and Ali Sher are some of the big names that will be seen i...

NEW DELHI, February 22: Vijay Kumar, Vivek Bhandari, Jyoti Randhawa, Feroz Ali and Ali Sher are some of the big names that will be seen in action in the Rs. five lakh prize money Sir Padampat Singhania Open Golf championship to be held at Noida Golf course from February 24 to 28.

Vijay and Jyoti start favourites in the championship which will see around 100 professionals and 12 amateurs in action. Leader of the current Order of Merit in the Indian PGA Tour Vijay Kumar already has four victories to has credit. Incidentally, Vijay has already crossed the Rs one million prize mark for this season.

Winner of the Hero Honda Masters, Jyoti is high on morale after his successful tour at Dubai where he finished eighth in the just concluded Dubai Creek Golf beating World No. 2 Mark’ O Meara. Jyoti and Vijay face stiff challenge from Arjun Atwal, fresh from his stint at an Australian PGA event in Sydney, Vivek Bhandari, Basad Ali, Shiv Prakash, Gaurav Ghei, Rohtas Singh and Feroz Ali.Arjun Singh, who though has sent his entry, is likely to miss the event to due an injury.

The tournament, which is the 21st event of the Wills Sports Golf Tour’s 1998-99 season, is being sponsored by Sir Padampat Sports Academy, JK Technosoft and JK Tyres. The pro-am event will be held on February 24 while the main event begins from February 25. The cut will be applied at the end of the second round, with the top 40 plus ties making it to the penultimate round. The winner will earn Rs 83,300 and runners up Rs 55,550.

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