2011 Professional Golf Tour of India explained

Year:2011
Tour:Professional Golf Tour of India
Regular Season:
No Of Events:21
Most Wins: Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Chiragh Kumar
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2011 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth 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 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
16 Jan Gujarat €200,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) 12 CHA
29 Jan Bangladesh 2,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (8) n/a
5 Feb PGTI Players Championship (Royal Calcutta) West Bengal 3,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (9) n/a
11 Feb Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) West Bengal 4,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (6) n/a
26 Feb PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) Rajasthan 3,000,000 Sanjay Kumar (1) n/a
5 Mar Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) Haryana 4,000,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (10) n/a
2 Apr Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) Haryana 4,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (7) n/a
9 Apr Delhi US$300,000 Anirban Lahiri (8) 14 ASA
17 Apr Surya Nepal Masters Nepal 2,500,000 Rashid Khan (1) n/a
21 May SRF All India Matchplay Championship Delhi 2,500,000 Manav Jaini (1) n/a
4 Jun PGTI Players Championship (Poona) Maharashtra 2,500,000 Shankar Das (2) n/a
10 Jun PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) Maharashtra 2,500,000 Sujjan Singh (2) n/a
26 Aug PGTI Players Championship (Classic) Haryana 2,500,000 Jyoti Randhawa (6) n/a
17 Sep Global Green Bangalore Open Karnataka 4,000,000 Anura Rohana (1) n/a
23 Sep Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) Maharashtra 4,000,000 Feroz Ali Mollah (1) n/a
1 Oct DLF Masters Haryana 9,500,000 Himmat Rai (2) n/a
8 Oct Haryana Open Haryana 5,000,000 Mithun Perera (1) n/a
5 Nov BILT Open Uttar Pradesh 10,000,000 Chiragh Kumar (3) n/a
27 Nov Tata Open Jharkhand 5,000,000 Vinod Kumar (1) n/a
3 Dec IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf Assam 2,500,000 Shankar Das (3) n/a
10 Dec CG Open Maharashtra 10,000,000 Jyoti Randhawa (7) n/a

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 3,706,821
2 3,360,817
3 2,842,592
4 2,713,800
5 2,697,825

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Tournament schedule . Professional Golf Tour of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20111201235201/http://www.pgtofindia.com/tournaments.php . 1 December 2011 . 3 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011 Rolex Rankings . Professional Golf Tour of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120130172435/http://www.pgtofindia.com:80/stats.php . 30 January 2012 . 3 January 2023.
  3. News: Jyoti Randhawa captures CG Open title . Firstpost . 10 December 2011 . 10 October 2023 . As the 2011 Aircel PGTI season came to an end today, Chiragh Kumar of Delhi, who finished tied ninth with a total of six under 274, ended the year as the number one on the Rolex Rankings with total earnings of Rs 3,706,821 to seal the Rolex Player of the Year Award for 2011..