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Tricitynews
Chandigarh
17th October:- The Professional Golf
Tour of India (PGTI) and TAKE Solutions have jointly launched the Jeev
Milkha Singh Invitational presented by TAKE Solutions. The tournament will be
staged at the esteemed Chandigarh Golf Club from November 01 –04, 2018. The
main event will be preceded by the Pro-Am on October 31.
The tournament, in
its third edition, has been renamed from ‘TAKE Open Golf Championship’ to ‘Jeev
Milkha Singh Invitational presented by TAKE Solutions’ as a gesture to honour
Indian golfing legend Jeev Milkha Singh. The event which will be staged at
Jeev’s home course, the Chandigarh Golf Club, will offer a whopping Rs. 1.5
crore in prize money. Club President Birinder Singh Gill said that we have
worked extremely hard towards getting the highest ever prize money event at
Chandigarh Golf Club. The level of golf the city is about to witness will be an
eye opener for the golf enthusiasts”.
Top names competing in this event
will be Jeev Milkha Singh, SSP Chawrasia, Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa, Md
Siddikur Rahman (Bangladesh), Viraj Madappa, Khalin Joshi, Chikkarangappa,
Chiragh Kumar. The winner will be awarded Rs. 24,24,750 (16.165 % of total
prize money), Rs. 16,74,750 (11.165 %) for the Professional in second place,
the third spot will earn Rs.9,39,750 (6.265 %), fourth Rs. 7,59,750 (5.065 %)
and fifth Rs. 6,09,750 (4.065 %).
The Chandigarh Golf
Club provides the ideal setting for the tournament as it is the place where
Jeev began his golfing life and gave shape to his dreams.
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