Duration | 28 January 2009 – 19 December 2009 |
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Number of official events | 21 |
Most wins | Gaganjeet Bhullar (5) |
Order of Merit | Anirban Lahiri |
← 2007–08 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.
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]
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season. [2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₹) | Winner [lower-alpha 1] |
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31 Jan | City Bank - Dhaka Bank Bangladesh Open | 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) |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees. [3] [4]
Position | Player | Prize money (₹) |
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1 | Anirban Lahiri | 3,657,853 |
2 | Mukesh Kumar | 3,335,100 |
3 | Ashok Kumar | 3,265,729 |
4 | Shamim Khan | 3,127,280 |
5 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | 3,105,000 |
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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.