2022 Professional Golf Tour of India

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2022 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) – 24 December 2022 (2022-12-24)
Number of official events21
Most wins Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (6)
Order of Merit Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas
2023

The 2022 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2022 Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th 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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European Tour partnership

In December, it was announced by the European Tour that the Professional Golf Tour of India had entered into a partnership with them and the PGA Tour. As part of the partnership, the leading player on the PGTI Order of Merit was given status onto the European Tour for the following season. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season. [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
25 FebGujarat Open Golf ChampionshipGujarat4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Karandeep Kochhar (4)5
4 MarGlade One MastersGujarat4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (2)3
12 MarMujib Borsho Chattogram OpenBangladesh5,000,000 Flag of India.svg Kshitij Naveed Kaul (3)5
18 MarTata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge)West Bengal5,000,000 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (2)5
27 Mar DGC Open DelhiUS$500,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Nitithorn Thippong (n/a)10 ASA
1 AprGurugram ChallengeGujaratUS$75,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dodge Kemmer (n/a)6 ADT
15 AprTata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh)Haryana5,000,000 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (3)5
22 AprDelhi-NCR OpenUttar Pradesh4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (3)5
20 AugTata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Coimbatore)Tamil Nadu5,000,000 Flag of India.svg Khalin Joshi (6)0.43
26 AugChennai Open Golf ChampionshipChennai4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (4)0.47
10 SepJ&K OpenJammu and Kashmir4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (4)0.57
17 SepJaipur OpenRajasthan4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Om Prakash Chouhan (7)0.40
30 SepKapil Dev - Grant Thornton InvitationalGujarat10,000,000 Flag of India.svg Varun Parikh (1)0.52
7 OctTata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula)Haryana5,000,000 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (5)0.64
16 OctJeev Milkha Singh InvitationalHaryana15,000,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (12)0.90
22 OctPune Open Golf InvitationalMaharashtra4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Veer Ahlawat (2)0.65
12 NovTelangana Golconda MastersTelangana4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (5)0.44
19 NovIndianOil Servo Masters GolfAssam7,500,000 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (6)0.44
27 NovVooty MastersTelangana10,000,000 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (6)0.48
17 DecSSP Chawrasia InvitationalWest Bengal10,000,000 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas (7)1.20
24 DecTata Steel Tour ChampionshipJharkhand30,000,000 Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa (17)0.78

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. [3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour). [4] [5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ()Status earned
1 Flag of India.svg Manu Gandas 8,850,688Promoted to European Tour
2 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh Sandhu 7,099,768
3 Flag of India.svg Ajeetesh Sandhu 5,694,880
4 Flag of India.svg Shamim Khan 5,205,766
5 Flag of India.svg Karandeep Kochhar 4,447,688

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. ADT − Asian Development Tour; ASA − Asian Tour.

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References

  1. "Professional Golf Tour of India partners with DP World Tour, PGA Tour". European Tour. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. "2022 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "2022 Order of Merit". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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  5. "Shubhankar looks forward to Gandas joining him on DP World Tour; wants more Indians". ThePrint. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.