PGTI 2020

[prajgolf]

The 2020 season has begun and Udayan Mane has won the first two events

3 Feb - 8-Feb 2020 Golconda Masters (INR 40 Lacs) Winner: Udayan Mane (IND) 267 (-17)

11 Feb - 14 Feb, 2020 Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship 2020 (INR 30 Lacs) Winner: Udayan Mane (IND) 268 (-20)

Udayan Mane will replace Shubhankar Sharma as second highest ranked Indian as per OWGR rankings.

[PKBasu]

It seems true to say that Udayan Mane has had a meteoric rise in the past 6-7 weeks. First he won last year's PGTI Tour championship (last tournament of the year) in early January, and now he has started with two consecutive titles at the start of 2020.

He is only ranked 303 in the world. Does that make him the top-ranked Indian? What a fall for Indian golf. Udayan Mane seems to perform exclusively in the PGTI tournaments in India. He missed the cut in the SMBC Singapore Open, for instance.

[Sin Hombre]

Previously the golf section used to get bumped for performances on the US PGA and European tour.

Leave alone the Asian tour, all we now see is the PGTI tour. That puts the fall of Indian golf in perspective.

[prajgolf]

12 Mar - 15 Mar, 2020 Bengal Open Championship 2020 (INR 30 Lacs) Winner: Aadil Bedi (IND) 266 (-14) {runner up Udayan Mane lost in playoff}

Aadil Bedi has won the event via playoff.

This was the last OWGR ranked event before the shutdown.

[prajgolf]

Latest rankings

Top 10 Indians:

185 Rashid Khan
223 Udayan Mane
283 Shubhankar Sharma
287 Shiv Kapur
354 Ajeetesh Sandhu
383 Chikkarangappa S
408 Aman Raj
418 Gaganjeet Bhullar
448 Veer Ahlawat
497 Anirban Lahiri

[prajgolf]

Rs. 30 Lakhs Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship 2020 presented by Panchkula Golf Club

Final Scores:

1 Akshay Sharma -24
2 Karandeep Kochhar -19
T3 Udayan Mane -14
T3 Chikka S -14
5 Yuvraj Singh Sandhu -11

PGTI resumed after 8 months.

[suresh]

The winner, Akshay Sharma is a caddie turned golfer! Hope he is good enough to go on to the higher tours.

[prajgolf]

30 Lacs TATA STEEL PGTI PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 presented by CHANDIGARH GOLF CLUB

Final Scores:

1 Karandeep Kochhar -18
2 Sunit Chawrasia -16
3 Akshay Sharma -14
T4 Yuvraj Singh Sandhu -11
T4 Veer Ahlawat -13

[prajgolf]

1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2020 presented by TAKE

Final scores:

1 KARANDEEP KOCHHAR -11
2 ANIRBAN LAHIRI -11
T3 MANU GANDAS -10
T3 AMAN RAJ -10
T5 VEER AHLAWAT -8
T5 AKSHAY SHARMA -8

Back to back victories for Karandeep.

However, there was a controversy on the last day where Karandeep was awarded a one stroke penalty which resulted in a playoff.

https://indianexpress.com/article/sport ... y-7094980/

[prajgolf]

17 Dec - 20 Dec, 2020 Tata Steel Tour Championship 2020 (INR 1.5 crore) Winner: Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 264 (-24)

Final Scores:

1 Gaganjeet Bhullar -24
2 Chikka S -22
3 Khalin Joshi -21
T4 SSP Chawrasia -20
T4 Rahil Gangjee

PGT of India 2020 season comes to an end with just 7 events played this season.

[prajgolf]

PGTI 2020 Order of Merit

1 Karandeep Kochhar Rs. 35,91,430
2 Gaganjeet Bhullar Rs. 25,60,500
3 Chikka S Rs. 23.44,980
4 Anirban Lahiri Rs. 19,62,000
5 Udayan Mane Rs. 19,24,150

World Rankings

1 'Rashid Khan 287
2 Udayan Mane 294
3 Karandeep Kochhar 349
4 Shubhankar Sharma 370
5 Chikka S 411