Sanjeev Mehra winner Vredestein AVT Champions Tour Kolkata leg
The AVT Champions Tour, the tour that sees the best Indian amateurs over 50 years compete, after successfully staging the Vredestein Tyres Champions event at RCGC with 100 players, Kolkata in November, announced their next two legs at Oxford Golf Resort, Pune on January 6-7th 2022 followed by the season ending round at Classic Golf & CC, Gurgaon on March 10-11th. Each event allows a maximum field of 100 players who need to have handicaps of 14 or below to enter.
The AVT Champions Tour, now in its 3rd season, is a series of four annual tournaments that attracts the best veteran players in the country, including the likes of Asian Games gold medalists Lakshman Singh, Rishi Narain & Amit Luthra, former All India Senior’s Champions Ashok Malik, Alan Singh, Gangesh Khaitan & Vijay Kumar, 1983 cricket world cup team winning captain Kapil Dev, senior internationals Jaspreet Bakshi, Anil Jule, Ajai Sirohi, Capt Cheema & GC Sharma among the 100 players who make up the field at each event.
Winners of past AVT Champions Tour events –
2019 –
Rishi Narain – Classic Golf & CC, Gurugram (March)
David D’Souza – Eagleton Golf Resort, Bengaluru (July)
PS Rathore – Oxford Golf Resort, Pune ( September)
PS Rathore – Tollygunge Golf Club, Kolkata (January 2020)
Overall 2019 AVT Champions Tour Winner– PS Rathore
Overall 2019 AVT Champions Tour runner-up – David D’Souza
2020 –
Ajai Sirohi – Classic Golf & CC, Gurugram (November)
2021 – 2022 season
David D’Souza – Eagleton Golf Resort, Bengaluru (January)
Sanjeev Mehra – Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata (November)
Upcoming 2021-22 AVT Champions Tour schedule –
Vredestein Tyres Champions Golf Tournament
Oxford Golf Resort, Pune (Jan. 6-7, 2022)
Classic Golf & CC, Gurugram (March 10-11, 2022)