2009 Professional Golf Tour of India explained

Year:2009
Tour:Professional Golf Tour of India
Regular Season:
No Of Events:21
Most Wins: Gaganjeet Bhullar (5)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Anirban Lahiri
Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason:2010

The 2009 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2009 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.

Aircel title sponsorship

It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Aircel, being renamed as the Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner
31 Jan Bangladesh 2,000,000 Zamal Hossain (1)
6 Feb PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) West Bengal 3,000,000 Himmat Rai (1)
13 Feb Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship Haryana 3,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (5)
15 Mar PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) Haryana 3,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (1)
4 Apr SRF All India Matchplay Championship Delhi 2,000,000 Ashok Kumar (6)
2 May PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) Rajasthan 2,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (2)
9 May PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) Maharashtra 2,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)
16 May DDA Open Golf Championship Delhi 2,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (6)
15 Aug PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) Karnataka 3,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)
22 Aug Tamil Nadu Open Tamil Nadu 2,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (7)
5 Sep Global Green Bangalore Open Karnataka 3,000,000 Siddikur Rahman (3)
13 Sep PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) Haryana 3,000,000 Amandeep Johl (1)
20 Sep DLF Masters Haryana 8,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (5)
27 Sep Haryana Open Haryana 3,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (1)
25 Oct IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf Assam 2,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (8)
1 Nov Tata Open Jharkhand 2,000,000 Gurki Shergill (1)
8 Nov BILT Open Karnataka 10,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (2)
14 Nov Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) Maharashtra 3,000,000 Vishal Singh (1)
21 Nov ONGC Masters Karnataka 2,000,000 Gaurav Pratap Singh (1)
28 Nov CG Open Maharashtra 8,000,000 Kunal Bhasin (1)
19 Dec PGTI Tour Championship Haryana 8,000,000 Ashok Kumar (7)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[3] [4]

Position Player Prize money ()
1 3,657,853
2 3,335,100
3 3,265,729
4 3,127,280
5 3,105,000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aircel, the telecom operator . Aircel . 19 March 2009 . 10 October 2023 . It is also the sponsor for Professional Golf Tour of India from 2009 onwards..
  2. Web site: 2009 Tournament schedule . Professional Golf Tour of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010135849/http://pgtofindia.com/tournaments.php?id=2009 . 10 October 2011 . 8 January 2023.
  3. Web site: 2009 Order of Merit . Professional Golf Tour of India . 8 January 2023.
  4. News: Ashok Kumar wins PGTI Tour Championship 2009 . The Times of India . 19 December 2009 . 10 October 2023 . Anirban Lahiri's tied eighth finish helped him win the PGTI Order of Merit title for 2009 with the 22-year-old Bangalore-based pro having a total earnings of Rs 36,57,853 at the end of the season..