The season-ending Rs 1.5 crore prize money Tata Steel Tour Championship will be held at the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses in Jamshedpur from December 16 to 19.
The tournament, hosted by the Tata Steel Group and PGTI (professional Golf Tour of India), will feature some top professionals from across the country. It will be a 72-hole stroke-play championship and there will be a cut applied after 36 holes.
The Pro-Am event will precede the tournament which last year made a comeback at Beldih course after a gap of 6 years.
In Round One, one half of the field will play its 18 holes at Beldih Golf Club while the other half of the field will play its 18 holes at the Golmuri Golf Club. In round two, both halves of the field will switch venues. In rounds Three and Four, after the cut has been applied, all players will tee off from Golmuri and play their first nine holes at Golmuri before moving to Beldih to play their second nine holes.
"Our country has seen the most unprecedented and difficult times over the last few months. Fortunately, with the Covid situation having improved and life slowly coming back to normal after the devastating second wave of Covid-19, we at PGTI plan to restart the tour in September. The PGTI will continue to follow strict regulations in order to take all precautions against Covid-19 and ensure the smooth functioning of tournaments, said PGTI CEO Uttam Singh Mundy.
According to him, the PGTI season resumes with the Rs 40 lakh prize money Golconda Masters Telangana Open 2021 at the Hyderabad Golf Club from September 2 – 5.
The following week is the Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship 2021 to be played at the Panchkula Golf Club from September 8 –11. The prize purse for the event is Rs. 50 lakh.
The inaugural J&K Open 2021 will be launched in September. The tournament will be staged at the Royal Springs Golf Course in Srinagar from September 15 –18. The event offers a prize purse of Rs 40 lakh and marks the return of men’s professional golf to the Kashmir valley after seven years. The PGTI staged its last two events in the region in Pahalgam and Srinagar in July 2014.
October will see the launch of yet another new event with the inaugural Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship 2021 presented by Delhi Golf Club being staged from 5 –8. The prize purse for the event is Rs. 50 lakh.
The fourth edition of the Rs 40 lakh prize money Jaipur Open will be held at the Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur from October 12–15.
The Indian Oil Servo Masters Golf returns for its 21st edition. The tournament will be staged between October 25–31 at the Digboi Golf Links in Digboi, Assam. The prize purse for the event is Rs. 60 lakh.
The fourth edition of the Rs 1.5 crore prize money Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational will be held at the Chandigarh Golf Club from November 11–14.
The ICC-RCGC Open Golf Championship returns for its second edition at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Calcutta from November 25–28. The prize purse for the event is Rs. 40 lakh.
The fifth edition of the Rs 40 lakh prize money Pune Open Golf Championship will be staged at the Poona Club Golf Course from December 1– 4.
