Avantha Masters

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Avantha Masters
Tournament information
Location Greater Noida, India
Established2010
Course(s) Jaypee Greens Golf Club
Par72
Length7,347 yards (6,718 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,800,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2013
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Thomas Aiken (2013)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken
Location Map
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Jaypee Greens GC
Location in India
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Jaypee Greens GC
Location in Uttar Pradesh

The Avantha Masters was a professional golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India. The tournament was played at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Delhi from 2010 to 2012 and moved to Jaypee Greens Golf Club, Greater Noida in 2013. [1]

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The event was tri-sanctioned by the European Tour, the Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI). The 2011 Avantha Masters carried an increased prize fund of €1.8 million. [2]

On 5 September 2013, the tournament's sponsor, Avantha Group, announced it had decided against renewing the contract with the European Tour because of current economic conditions. With the announcement, the Avantha Masters was removed from the 2014 calendar of its three sanctioning Tours. [3]

Winners

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2013 ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken 265−233 strokes Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar
2012 ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger 274−142 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo
Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Siem
2011 ASA, EUR Flag of India.svg Shiv Chawrasia 273−151 stroke Flag of England.svg Robert Coles
2010 ASA, EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Dodt 274−141 stroke Flag of England.svg Richard Finch

See also

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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References

  1. "Avantha Masters finds a new home". Asian Tour. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Avantha Masters Increases Prize Fund For 2011". PGA European Tour. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. "India loses top golf event Avantha Masters due to falling rupee". Times of India. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2013.