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After clinching his maiden Asian Tour title at Panasonic Open, defending champion Mukesh Kumar will be eyeing the TATA Open Golf tournament which will be held here from December 15th to 18th.
The 51-year-old golfer from Mhow became the oldest to win an Asian tour title when he bagged the Panasonic Open by a shot at the Delhi Golf course early this month.
The Rs.75 lakhs event will also feature some of the top Indian professionals such as S Chikkarangappa, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Shamim Khan, Shubhankar Sharma, Shankar Das and Honey Baisoya, to name a few.
The top foreign players in the field are Sri Lankans Mithun Perera, Anura Rohana, K Prabagaran and N Thangaraja, Kunal Bhasin of Australia, Bangladesh’s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah and Nepal’s Toran Bikram Shahi.
The local challenge will be led by professional Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur. The field also features six promising amateurs from Jamshedpur – Aditya Panchamiya, Arush Sabharwal, Dheer Dutta, Kurush Heerjee, Pawan Marwa and Shivam Kamani.
The four-day tournament will be hosted at the Golmuri Golf Course in Jamshedpur. The Pro-Am will be played tomorrow.
