2010 Professional Golf Tour of India explained

Year:2010
Tour:Professional Golf Tour of India
Regular Season:
No Of Events:22
Most Wins: Ashok Kumar (4)
Mukesh Kumar (4)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Ashok Kumar
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2010 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner
28 Jan Bangladesh 2,000,000 Siddikur Rahman (4)
5 Feb Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) West Bengal 4,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (9)
7 Mar Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) Haryana 4,000,000 Sujjan Singh (1)
13 Mar Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship Haryana 4,000,000 Shiv Chawrasia (2)
11 Apr SRF All India Matchplay Championship Delhi 2,500,000 Shamim Khan (3)
7 May PGTI Players Championship (Bombay Presidency) Maharashtra 3,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (6)
14 May PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) Maharashtra 3,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (3)
25 Jun Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Poona) Maharashtra 4,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (10)
2 Jul Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) Maharashtra 4,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (4)
3 Sep PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) Haryana 2,500,000 Mukesh Kumar (11)
10 Sep PGTI Players Championship (Golden Greens) Haryana 2,500,000 Chiragh Kumar (1)
19 Sep DLF Masters Haryana 9,500,000 Ashok Kumar (8)
9 Oct Global Green Bangalore Open Karnataka 4,000,000 Ashok Kumar (9)
15 Oct Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) Maharashtra 4,000,000 Raju Ali Mollah (1)
23 Oct Haryana Open Haryana 4,000,000 Vijay Kumar (1)
30 Oct BILT Open Karnataka 10,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (5)
7 Nov LG Race to Ireland Uttar Pradesh 3,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (12)
13 Nov IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf Assam 2,500,000 Shankar Das (1)
21 Nov Tata Open Jharkhand 5,000,000 Ashok Kumar (10)
27 Nov DDA Open Golf Championship Delhi 3,000,000 Ashok Kumar (11)
11 Dec CG Open Maharashtra 8,000,000 Mandeo Singh Pathania (1)
18 Dec LG Masters of PGTI Delhi 10,000,000 Chiragh Kumar (2)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Rolex Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[2] [3]

Position Player Prize money ()
1 5,394,125
2 4,319,917
3 3,736,208
4 3,696,125
5 3,647,075

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Tournament schedule . Professional Golf Tour of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010144145/http://pgtofindia.com/tournaments.php?id=2010 . 10 October 2011 . 4 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 2010 Order of Merit . Professional Golf Tour of India . 4 January 2023.
  3. News: Chiragh Kumar bags the LG Masters of PGTI in style . The Times of India . 18 December 2010 . 10 October 2023 . Ashok Kumar finished tied 12th to end the year as the number one on the Rolex Rankings with total earnings of Rs. 5,394,125..