New Delhi News, 05 Oct 2021: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, will be staging the TATA Steel PGTI MP Cup 2021 Presented by Delhi Golf Club (DGC) Supported by Just In Time Sports Foundation at the DGC from October 5 – 8, 2021. The tournament carried a prize purse of Rs. 70 lakh. This is the 14th event of the 2020-21 TATA Steel PGTI season.
The tournament was inaugurated on Tuesday, October 5 at 6:30 am with the national anthem being played in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi.
Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi, said, “I’m delighted to be associated with the TATA Steel PGTI MP Cup 2021 Presented by Delhi Golf Club Supported by Just In Time Sports Foundation which serves as a great platform to promote the sport of golf. The promotion of golf in turn helps us in supporting the livelihoods of many who constitute the economically weaker sections such as the golf caddies and maalis who take care of the Greens and environment. We look forward to an enthralling week of golfi
The top Indian professionals in the fray included Olympians Udayan Mane and SSP Chawrasia, as well as other leading players Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa and PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar, to name a few.