2011 Professional Golf Tour of India

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2011 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration13 January 2011 (2011-01-13) – 10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
Number of official events21
Most wins Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)
Order of Merit Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar
2010
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.

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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
16 Jan Gujarat Kensville Challenge Gujarat€200,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (7)12 CHA
29 Jan American Express Bangladesh Open Bangladesh2,000,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (8)n/a
5 FebPGTI Players Championship (Royal Calcutta)West Bengal3,000,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (9)n/a
11 FebAircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge)West Bengal4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri (6)n/a
26 FebPGTI Players Championship (Rambagh)Rajasthan3,000,000 Flag of India.svg Sanjay Kumar (1)n/a
5 MarAircel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh)Haryana4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (10)n/a
2 AprAircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula)Haryana4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri (7)n/a
9 Apr Panasonic Open (India) DelhiUS$300,000 Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri (8)14 ASA
17 AprSurya Nepal MastersNepal2,500,000 Flag of India.svg Rashid Khan (1)n/a
21 MaySRF All India Matchplay ChampionshipDelhi2,500,000 Flag of India.svg Manav Jaini (1)n/a
4 JunPGTI Players Championship (Poona)Maharashtra2,500,000 Flag of India.svg Shankar Das (2)n/a
10 JunPGTI Players Championship (Oxford)Maharashtra2,500,000 Flag of India.svg Sujjan Singh (2)n/a
26 AugPGTI Players Championship (Classic)Haryana2,500,000 Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa (6)n/a
17 SepGlobal Green Bangalore OpenKarnataka4,000,000 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Anura Rohana (1)n/a
23 SepAircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon)Maharashtra4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Feroz Ali Mollah (1)n/a
1 OctDLF MastersHaryana9,500,000 Flag of India.svg Himmat Rai (2)n/a
8 OctHaryana OpenHaryana5,000,000 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Mithun Perera (1)n/a
5 NovBILT OpenUttar Pradesh10,000,000 Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar (3)n/a
27 NovTata OpenJharkhand5,000,000 Flag of India.svg Vinod Kumar (1)n/a
3 DecIndianOil XtraPremium Masters GolfAssam2,500,000 Flag of India.svg Shankar Das (3)n/a
10 DecCG OpenMaharashtra10,000,000 Flag of India.svg 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money ()
1 Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar 3,706,821
2 Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa 3,360,817
3 Flag of India.svg Mukesh Kumar 2,842,592
4 Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri 2,713,800
5 Flag of India.svg Shamim Khan 2,697,825

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; CHA − Challenge Tour.

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References

  1. "2011 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "2011 Rolex Rankings". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. "Jyoti Randhawa captures CG Open title". Firstpost. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 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.