2011 Professional Golf Tour of India

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.

2011 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration13 January 2011 (2011-01-13) – 10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
Number of official events21
Most winsIndia Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)
Order of MeritIndia Chiragh Kumar
2010
2012

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
16 Jan Gujarat Kensville Challenge Gujarat €200,000   Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) 12 CHA
29 Jan American Express Bangladesh Open Bangladesh 2,000,000   Gaganjeet Bhullar (8) n/a
5 Feb PGTI Players Championship (Royal Calcutta) West Bengal 3,000,000   Gaganjeet Bhullar (9) n/a
11 Feb Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) West Bengal 4,000,000   Anirban Lahiri (6) n/a
26 Feb PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) Rajasthan 3,000,000   Sanjay Kumar (1) n/a
5 Mar Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) Haryana 4,000,000   Gaganjeet Bhullar (10) n/a
2 Apr Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) Haryana 4,000,000   Anirban Lahiri (7) n/a
9 Apr Panasonic Open (India) Delhi US$300,000   Anirban Lahiri (8) 14 ASA
17 Apr Surya Nepal Masters Nepal 2,500,000   Rashid Khan (1) n/a
21 May SRF All India Matchplay Championship Delhi 2,500,000   Manav Jaini (1) n/a
4 Jun PGTI Players Championship (Poona) Maharashtra 2,500,000   Shankar Das (2) n/a
10 Jun PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) Maharashtra 2,500,000   Sujjan Singh (2) n/a
26 Aug PGTI Players Championship (Classic) Haryana 2,500,000   Jyoti Randhawa (6) n/a
17 Sep Global Green Bangalore Open Karnataka 4,000,000   Anura Rohana (1) n/a
23 Sep Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) Maharashtra 4,000,000   Feroz Ali Mollah (1) n/a
1 Oct DLF Masters Haryana 9,500,000   Himmat Rai (2) n/a
8 Oct Haryana Open Haryana 5,000,000   Mithun Perera (1) n/a
5 Nov BILT Open Uttar Pradesh 10,000,000   Chiragh Kumar (3) n/a
27 Nov Tata Open Jharkhand 5,000,000   Vinod Kumar (1) n/a
3 Dec IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf Assam 2,500,000   Shankar Das (3) n/a
10 Dec CG Open Maharashtra 10,000,000   Jyoti Randhawa (7) n/a

Order of Merit

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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]

Position Player Prize money ()
1   Chiragh Kumar 3,706,821
2   Jyoti Randhawa 3,360,817
3   Mukesh Kumar 2,842,592
4   Anirban Lahiri 2,713,800
5   Shamim Khan 2,697,825

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.
  2. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

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  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.
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