PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Dec 19: The Tata Steel Tour Championship organised jointly by Tata Steel Group and PGTI kicked off at the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses in Jamshedpur today.
The four-day golf tourney will conclude on December 22, Sunday.
The tournament offers a prize purse of INR 3 crore, the biggest on the PGTI. The field will feature an elite field of 62 professionals.
The Tata Steel Tour Championship is the season-ending event of the 2024 Tata Steel PGTI season.
Format and tournament schedule
The tournament is a 72-hole stroke-play championship and there will be no cut applied.
There is guaranteed prize money for all participants. The Pro-Am event preceding the tournament was played on December 17.
In all four rounds to be played, half the field will play their first nine holes at Golmuri and second nine at Beldih while the other half will play their first nine at Beldih and second nine at Golmuri.
From round two onwards, the leading/front half of the leaderboard (leading groups as per the scores) will play their first nine holes at Golmuri and second nine at Beldih.
The prize presentation ceremony will be held at Beldih Golf Club on the concluding day on Sunday, December 22.
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Star-studded line-up
The tournament will feature a glittering field including some of the biggest names in Indian golf such as defending champion Gaganjeet Bhullar (2020 & 2023 champion), SSP Chawrasia, 2023 Tata Steel PGTI Ranking champion Om Prakash Chouhan, 2024 Tata Steel PGTI Ranking leader Veer Ahlawat, former champion Udayan Mane (2019 & 2021 champion), Rahil Gangjee, Manu Gandas and Yuvraj Sandhu, to name a few.
The 2024 Tata Steel PGTI Ranking champion will be announced at the end of the event.
The 2024 PGTI No. 1 will earn a full card on the DP World Tour for the 2024 season.
Support from Tata Steel and PGTI
D B Sundara Ramam, Vice President, Raw Materials Division, Tata Steel cum Jamshedpur Golf Captain said, “At Tata Steel, we have always championed sports as a medium to inspire excellence and build communities. Hosting the PGTI tournament in Jamshedpur this year too underscores our commitment to nurturing golf and providing a platform for players to showcase their talent. As the Jamshedpur Golf Captain, it is particularly gratifying to see this championship held on our greens, reflecting our city’s deep connection to the game. We look forward to an exciting weekend of outstanding performance and camaraderie among players and enthusiasts alike.”
Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI, said, “We thank Tata Steel for their unwavering support to the PGTI since its inception. The Tata Steel Tour Championship 2024, the season’s showpiece event featuring the top 60 players in the current Order of Merit along with invitees, promises yet another week of exhilarating golf as a stellar field will descend on the two outstanding venues of Beldih and Golmuri in Jamshedpur to compete for the biggest prize of the season.”
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The two venues, Beldih and Golmuri golf courses are both lush green, beautiful and well-maintained, with the charming Dalma Hills in the background.
While the Beldih Golf Course flaunts long fairways, Golmuri Golf Course is a smaller, greener, boutique course disallowing golfers any room for error.
