2012 Professional Golf Tour of India explained

Year:2012
Tour:Professional Golf Tour of India
Regular Season:
No Of Events:23
Most Wins: Shamim Khan (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Shamim Khan
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 Professional Golf Tour of India was the sixth 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 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
20 Jan Bangladesh 2,000,000 Zamal Hossain (2) n/a
29 Jan Gujarat €200,000 Maximilian Kieffer (n/a) 12 CHA
25 Feb Delhi US$300,000 Anirban Lahiri (9) 14 ASA
17 Mar Surya Nepal Masters Nepal 2,500,000 Abhijit Singh Chadha (1) n/a
24 Mar PGTI Players Championship (Noida) Uttar Pradesh 2,000,000 Jyoti Randhawa (8) n/a
1 Apr Delhi US$300,000 Digvijay Singh (2) 14 ASA
20 Apr PGTI Players Championship (Poona I) Maharashtra 2,000,000 Shamim Khan (4) n/a
27 Apr PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) Maharashtra 2,000,000 Om Prakash Chouhan (1) n/a
1 Jun PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) Haryana 2,000,000 Harendra Gupta (2) n/a
8 Jun PGTI Players Championship (Golden Greens I) Haryana 2,000,000 Kunal Bhasin (2) n/a
10 Aug PGTI Players Championship (Prestige) Karnataka 3,000,000 Anura Rohana (2) n/a
18 Aug Standard Chartered Open Sri Lanka 2,700,000 Mithun Perera (2) n/a
25 Aug PGTI Players Championship (Coimbatore) Tamil Nadu 2,000,000 Rashid Khan (2) n/a
14 Sep PGTI Players Championship (Golden Greens II) Haryana 2,000,000 Om Prakash Chouhan (2) n/a
21 Sep PGTI Players Championship (Classic) Haryana 2,000,000 Shamim Khan (5) n/a
29 Sep IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf Assam 2,500,000 Mukesh Kumar (13) n/a
6 Oct CG Open Maharashtra 10,000,000 Harendra Gupta (3) n/a
13 Oct BILT Open Delhi 10,000,000 Shamim Khan (6) n/a
4 Nov DLF Masters Haryana 9,500,000 Ajeetesh Sandhu (1) n/a
10 Nov PGTI Players Championship (Poona II) Maharashtra 3,500,000 Mukesh Kumar (14) n/a
16 Nov PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) Maharashtra 4,000,000 Vinod Kumar (2) n/a
25 Nov Tata Open Jharkhand 5,000,000 Mithun Perera (3) n/a
1 Dec McLeod Russel Tour Championship West Bengal 12,500,000 Shiv Chawrasia (3) 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 5,747,713
2 4,881,910
3 3,917,285
4 3,907,688
5 3,487,593

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Tournament schedule . Professional Golf Tour of India . 3 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 2012 Rolex Rankings . Professional Golf Tour of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20130213025953/http://www.pgtofindia.com/rolexrank.php . 13 February 2013 . 3 January 2023.
  3. News: Chowrasia champion, Shamim clinches order of merit . The Asian Age . 1 December 2012 . 10 October 2023 . Overnight leader Shamim Khan of Delhi finished one stroke behind in second position which was enough to seal the 2012 Rolex Rankings (PGTI Order of Merit) title..