Ahmedabad: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), ‘the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India’, will stage the inaugural PGTI Players Championship presented by Kensville Golf & Country Club from April 7 - 10, 2015. The sixth tournament of the 2015 PGTI season, carrying a prize purse of Rs. 30 lakh, will be played at the Kensville Golf & Country Club, Ahmedabad.


The tournament will feature a strong field including the likes of Asian Tour regulars Gaganjeet Bhullar, Rashid Khan, Rahil Gangjee, Chikkarangappa and Himmat Singh Rai as well as other prominent Indian names such as current Rolex Rankings leader Mukesh Kumar, Shamim Khan, Chiragh Kumar, Khalin Joshi, Shubhankar Sharma and Harendra Gupta, to name a few.


The leading foreign players in the field are Sri Lankans Mithun Perera, N Thangaraja, Anura Rohana and K Prabagaran as well as Australian Kunal Bhasin and Bangladesh’s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah.


Sameer Sinha, MD, Kensville Golf & Country Club, said, “We are pleased to host the PGTI players Championship at Kensville. I welcome all the Players and PGTI officials for the Championship. I believe that most of you have played here earlier , during the European Challenge tour, and in addition we will have the opportunity to watch another all-star cast of the bigger names in Indian Golf circuit competing for top honors. Wish you all the best to play good golf. ”


Announcing the event, Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI, said, “We look forward to making our debut at the Kensville Golf & Country Club, one of the leading golfing destinations in the country. With five different winners in the first five events, the stage is set for a highly competitive 2015 PGTI season. We wish the players all the best and look forward to another enthralling week of golf at the magnificent Kensville Golf & Country Club.”