2019 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) – 29 December 2019 (2019-12-29)
Number of official events17
Most winsIndia S. Chikkarangappa (2)
India Rashid Khan (2)
India Udayan Mane (2)
Order of MeritIndia Rashid Khan
2018

The 2019 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2019 Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.

OWGR inclusion

In July 2018, it was announced that all Professional Golf Tour of India events, beginning in 2019, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 5 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

Tata Steel title sponsorship

In February, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Tata Steel, being renamed as the Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India.[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
9 FebGolconda MastersTelangana4,000,000India S. Chikkarangappa (13)5
15 FebPGTI Players Championship (Classic)Haryana3,000,000India Udayan Mane (7)7
9 MarCity Bank American Express Chittagong OpenBangladesh4,000,000India Rashid Khan (10)5
15 MarBengal OpenWest Bengal3,000,000Bangladesh Zamal Hossain (3)5
5 AprPune Open Golf ChampionshipMaharashtra3,000,000India Kshitij Naveed Kaul (1)5
19 AprDelhi-NCR Open Golf ChampionshipUttar Pradesh3,000,000India S. Chikkarangappa (14)5
10 MayTata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula)Haryana3,000,000India Mukesh Kumar (21)5
17 MayTata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh)Haryana3,000,000India Rashid Khan (11)5
15 SepClassic Golf and Country Club International ChampionshipHaryanaUS$300,000Indonesia Rory Hie (n/a)10ASA
27 SepJaipur OpenRajasthan3,000,000India Priyanshu Singh (1)5
20 OctJeev Milkha Singh InvitationalHaryana15,000,000India Ajeetesh Sandhu (4)5
17 NovPanasonic Open IndiaHaryanaUS$400,000South Korea Tom Kim (n/a)10ASA
23 NovIndianOil Servo Masters GolfAssam6,000,000India Veer Ahlawat (1)5
1 DecKensville OpenGujarat4,000,000India Shamim Khan (15)5
15 DecICC RCGC Open Golf ChampionshipWest Bengal4,000,000Sri Lanka Mithun Perera (7)5
20 DecBengaluru Open Golf ChampionshipKarnataka4,000,000India Abhinav Lohan (1)5
29 DecTata Steel Tour ChampionshipJharkhand15,000,000India Udayan Mane (8)5

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Tata Steel PGTI Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[4][5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ()
1India Rashid Khan6,627,650
2India S. Chikkarangappa5,027,778
3India Udayan Mane3,970,300
4India Karandeep Kochhar3,049,222
5India Veer Ahlawat2,980,057

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Professional Golf Tour of India events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. ASA − Asian Tour.

References

  1. "OWGR Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2023. The All Thailand Golf Tour and Professional Golf Tour of India will be introduced to the OWGR at a minimum level of 5 first place points for their tournaments that are played over 72 holes.
  2. "Tata Steel to sponsor the Professional Golf Tour of India". Tata Steel. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. "2019 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. "2019 Order of Merit". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. "Rashid Khan emerges Order of Merit champion". The Avenue Mail. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2023. Rashid, who had earlier won the title in 2013 and 2016, closed the 2019 season with earnings of Rs. 66,27,650, the highest ever for a PGTI season, to finish number one in the money list by a fair distance.
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