2018 Professional Golf Tour of India

The 2018 Professional Golf Tour of India was the 12th season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.

2018 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration24 January 2018 (2018-01-24) – 23 December 2018 (2018-12-23)
Number of official events19
Most winsIndia Honey Baisoya (2)
Order of MeritIndia Khalin Joshi
2017
2019

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
27 Jan City Bank American Express Dhaka Open Bangladesh ৳5,000,000   Siddikur Rahman (7) n/a ADT
3 Feb Cochin Masters Kerala 4,000,000   Syed Saqib Ahmed (1) n/a
25 Feb Golconda Masters Telangana 3,000,000   Udayan Mane (6) n/a
4 Mar Chennai Open Golf Championship Tamil Nadu 3,000,000   Mithun Perera (6) n/a
24 Mar City Bank American Express Chittagong Open Bangladesh 4,000,000   Nadaraja Thangaraja (3) n/a
13 Apr Pune Open Golf Championship Maharashtra 3,000,000   Honey Baisoya (5) n/a
20 Apr Delhi-NCR Open Golf Championship Uttar Pradesh 3,000,000   Honey Baisoya (6) n/a
27 Apr BTI Open Bangladesh US$60,000   Kazuki Higa (n/a) 6 ADT
3 Aug Louis Philippe Cup Karnataka US$75,000   Rahil Gangjee (3) 6 ADT
12 Aug TAKE Solutions Masters Karnataka US$350,000   Viraj Madappa (1) 14 ASA
7 Sep Jaipur Open Rajasthan 3,000,000   Aman Raj (1) n/a
14 Sep QA InfoTech Open Uttar Pradesh 5,000,000   Akshay Sharma (1) n/a
5 Oct Kensville Open Gujarat 4,000,000   Tapy Ghai (1) n/a
28 Oct Panasonic Open India Delhi US$400,000   Khalin Joshi (4) 14 ASA
4 Nov Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational Haryana 15,000,000   S. Chikkarangappa (12) n/a
24 Nov IndianOil Servo Masters Golf Assam 4,500,000   Shamim Khan (14) n/a
9 Dec Bengaluru Open Golf Championship Karnataka 6,000,000   Anura Rohana (6) n/a
15 Dec CG Open Maharashtra 10,000,000   Rashid Khan (9) n/a
23 Dec Tata Open Jharkhand 10,000,000   Om Prakash Chouhan (5) n/a

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money ()
1   Khalin Joshi 6,281,340
2   Viraj Madappa 4,617,097
3   S. Chikkarangappa 4,401,435
4   Om Prakash Chouhan 4,069,844
5   Shamim Khan 3,672,798

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

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ "2018 Order of Merit". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Khalin Joshi emerges 2018 PGTI Order of Merit champion". Professional Golf Tour of India. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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