2009 Professional Golf Tour of India

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.

2009 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration28 January 2009 (2009-01-28) – 19 December 2009 (2009-12-19)
Number of official events21
Most winsIndia Gaganjeet Bhullar (5)
Order of MeritIndia Anirban Lahiri
2010

Aircel title sponsorship

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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]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a]
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)

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money ()
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

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "Aircel, the telecom operator". Aircel. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2023. It is also the sponsor for Professional Golf Tour of India from 2009 onwards.
  2. ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "2009 Order of Merit". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Ashok Kumar wins PGTI Tour Championship 2009". The Times of India. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2023. 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.
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