Murali Vijay and state player Anirudh Srikkanth, son of former captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth, will be among three amateur players from the city at the Chennai Open Golf Championship, starting here on Tuesday. The second amateur is Suman Ranjit. Top-flight golf returns to the city after four years with the tournament, which will be attended by the country’s top golfers. The tournament, which is part of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) tour and will be held at the Tamil Nadu Golf Federation (TNGF) golf course, will see participation of 126 golfers, including 123 professionals and three amateurs, the organizers said in a press meet here on Monday. .
Leading Indian professionals in the field include Khalin Joshi, winner of the PGTI event in Coimbatore last week, defending champion Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka, besides Karandeep Kochhar, Manu Gandas, Aman Raj and Shamim Khan.
The local challenge will come from Chennai-based professionals Sandeep Syal, C Arul, A Charles Ross, L Selvaraj, Pradyuman Prakash and S Prashanth.
In addition, state cricketer Anirudh Srikanth, son of India Test cricketer Murali Vijay and former India captain Krish Srikanth, will be among the three Chennai amateurs apart from Suman Ranjit.
In this event a prize purse of Rs. 40 lakhs. The Pro-Am event will take place on August 27.
publicized
Speaking to reporters, Uttam Singh Mundi, CEO, PGTI said, “PGTI makes its long-awaited return to the city of Chennai, a premier golf hub. The new venue, TNGF Golf Course will certainly present a new set of challenges. For the pros. An exciting week of golf thus lies in possibility.” Karandeep Kochhar, on his part, said that he is looking forward to the challenge of playing at the new venue.
TNGF Honorary Secretary RK Jhaver said he expected players to find the course very challenging and added that “we don’t expect many sub-scores.” Chennai Open is supported by Impiger Technologies, Amrutanjan and Gujarat Tourism.
Topics mentioned in this article