Manu Gandas, the 2022 PGTI Order of Merit champion, made a terrific start with birdie-eagle-birdie on the first three holes with his eagle being an 18-feet conversion. Manu then had a flurry of six bogeys between the fourth and the 15th, a stretch where he only picked up three birdies in exc
Joost Luiten is a six-time winner on the DP World Tour, but has been winless on the tour since 2018. At the end of the first round, among the co-leaders was the incredible young talent from Japan, Keita Nakajima, who spent a record 87 weeks as the World's No. 1 amateur before turning pro in
Delhi-based Rashid Khan (68-70), a three-time PGTI Order of Merit champion, followed his first round of 68 with a steady 70 on Friday that saw him continue at the top of the leaderboard
Om Prakash Chouhan is currently 11th on the Order of Merit for Challenge Tour, from where the Top-20 go to the DP World Tour. Also, the winner of the Indian PGTI Tour also goes to the main Tour.
Two-time PGTI Order of Merit champion Shamim Khan (31-36), who enjoyed a two-shot lead after round one, totalled five-under 67 at the halfway stage to stay ahead of the rest of the field by one shot.
Delhi-NCR Open 2023 features some of the top Indian professionals such as DP World Tour regular and defending champion Manu Gandas, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Rashid Khan, PGTI Order of Merit leader Om Prakash Chouhan, Aman Raj, Khalin Joshi, Viraj Madappa, as well as former champions Udayan Mane an
Divyanshu Bajaj posted an impressive 65 to be the best-placed Indian in tied second place at the event co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and PGTI. German Philipp Katich and Englishman Alex Fitzpatrick shared the second spot with Bajaj.
Aman Raj and Dharma were four shots behind the leader, Spaniard Manuel Elvira, who had a course record-setting 9-under 63 and was four shots ahead of the Indian duo, while Oliver Farr of Wales carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 to be second.
Arjun, who claimed tied 43rd place at two-under 286 at the season-ending event, secured a creditable 25th position on the PGTI Order of Merit as a result of two top-10s in the season including a third-place finish at the Gurugram Challenge.
Fourteen-time PGTI winner Chikkarangappa S(66-71-62), who has been a runner-up on two previous occasions in Jamshedpur, once at the 17th TATA Open 2018 and then again at the Tour Championship 2020, zoomed 12 spots from his overnight tied 13th following his extraordinary third round effort th
The Tour Championship is the season-ending event of the 2022 PGTI season. 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 19.
Manu Gandas consolidated himself in second position in the PGTI Ranking. Om Prakash Chouhan (66-63-73-66) of Mhow finished runner-up at 20-under 268 following his last round of 66. Delhi's Shamim Khan shot a fine 64 on Sunday to secure third place at 16-under 272.