Defending champ Akshay Sharma leads golfers to Players Championship
The TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) Players Championship, the second occasion of the season which provides a complete purse of Rs 50 lakh, will tee off on the scenic Panchkula Golf Club from September 8 to 11.
The occasion will determine prime Indian execs together with Tokyo Olympian Udayan Mane, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Chikkarangappa S, Viraj Madappa, PGTI Order of Merit chief Karandeep Kochhar, Manu Gandas who lifted his first professional title at Hyderabad final week, defending champion Akshay Sharma, Aadil Bedi are amongst 126 golfers.
“I’m looking forward to another good run here as I have good memories of my win at this venue last year. Even though the Chandigarh Golf Club is my home course, the Panchkula Golf Club is also like a home course to me because I practice here quite often and know the conditions well. I’m therefore confident of a good performance this week despite not playing too well last week in Hyderabad,” mentioned Akshay Sharma, who’s presently tenth within the PGTI Order of Merit.
At least a dozen – Karandeep, Akshay, Aadil, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, Harendra Gupta, Abhijit Singh Chadha, Amrit Lal, Ranjit Singh, Ravi Kumar, Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Amritinder Singh and Harmeet Kahlon are from Chandigarh whereas Angad Cheema, Martendeya Kanishka Sinha, Rajiv Kumar Jatiwal and Rajesh Kumar represents the hosts.
Bangladeshi duo of Mohammed Zamal Hossain Mollah and Badal Hossain, Digraj Singh Gill, an American nationwide of Indian origin, Aarav D Shah, simply 14, an Australian nationwide of Indian origin and based mostly in Greater Noida are the foreigner gamers who can be see in motion. The six-feet tall Aarav may even develop into one of many youngest gamers at an PGTI occasion.
The Panchkula Golf Club, measuring roughly 135 acres, provides a spectacular view of river Ghaggar and the Shivalik Hills. Col A S Dhillon, GM, of the PGC recollected that Anirban Lahiri and Gaganjeet Bhullar received their maiden professional titles right here.
