Khalin Joshi – After winning the 2018 Panasonic Open at DGC
The Delhi GC announced the new US$500,000 Delhi GC Open as part of the Asian Tour which will hopefully return to India after a two-year break from March 24-27. The tournament will be played on the newly renovated Lodhi Course and aims to be one of the standout tournaments in the early part of the 2022 season.
“The DGC Open is a new tournament, on a newly renovated Gary Player Design course and in many respects represents a new start for everyone involved,” said Manjit Singh, President, The Delhi Golf Club. “It is an exciting opportunity for The Delhi Golf Club to play a key role in the return of international tournament golf to India. We feel it is extremely important that we set the wheels in motion to restore tournament golf in India and help the game we are all so passionate about. To commemorate this occasion Mr. Gary Player, himself, is scheduled to be present.”
The last Asian Tour event played in India was the Panasonic Open India in November 2019 at Classic Golf & CC, Gurgaon, won by Korean teenager Joohyung Kim.
The Asian Tour recently resumed play in November and December 2021 with back-to-back events in Phuket following the 20-month break caused by the pandemic
The Tour hopes to release its full 2022 schedule at the end of January. The 2022 season begins with the US$5 million Saudi International powered by SoftBank from February 3-6 and earlier revealed that their Saudi investors, Liv Investments will guarantee 10 tournaments each year with US$1 million purses for the next ten years.
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