L-R Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO – PGTI, Mr. Kapil Dev, Board Member – PGTI, Mr. S Sambhu Prasad, Chairman & Managing Director – Amrutanjan Health Care Limited
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The Indian men’s professional tour, Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) has announced new partners American Express & Amrutanjan Health Care’s Fruitnik Electro+ as its Official Rehydration Partner.
The PGTI is set to re-start its season in September after a forced break since March with ten events in a span of four months, starting with the Golconda Masters Telangana Open 2021 at Hyderabad Golf Club from September 2-5.
The inaugural J&K Open 2021 is scheduled for September 15-18 at Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar, marking the tour’s return to Kashmir for the first time since 2014.
Seven PGTI events were staged between November 2020 and March 2021, after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
PGTI Schedule
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Prize Money | Defending Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 5-8 | PGTI Players Championship 2021 | Delhi GC | ₹50 lacs | New Event |
| Oct. 12-15 | Jaipur Open 2021 | Rambagh GC | ₹40 lacs | Priyanshu Singh |
| Oct. 25-31 | IndianOil Servo Masters | Digboi Golf Links, Digboi | ₹60 lacs | Veer Ahlawat |
| Nov 11-14 | Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2021 | Chandigarh GC | ₹1.5 crores | Karandeep Kochhar |
| Nov 25-28 | ICC-RCGC Open Golf Championship 2021 | Royal Calcutta GC | ₹40 lacs | Mithun Pereira |
| Dec 1-4 | Pune Open Golf Championship 2021 | Poona GC | ₹40 lacs | Kshitij Naveed Kaul |
| Dec 16-19 | Tata Steel Tour Championship 2021 | Golmuri & Beldih Golf Courses, Jamshedpur | ₹1.5 crores | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI, said, “Our country has seen the most unprecedented and difficult times over the last few months. Fortunately, with the Covid situation having improved and life slowly coming back to normal after the devastating second wave of Covid-19, we at PGTI plan to restart the tour in September 2021. The PGTI will continue to follow strict regulations in order to take all precautions against Covid-19 and ensure the smooth functioning of tournaments. We thank PGTI members, our sponsors, tour partners and the host venues of the forthcoming events for their support and cooperation.
“We’re also proud to announce the beginning of our association with global brand ‘American Express’ as well as leading Indian health care company ‘Amrutanjan Health Care Limited’, both over a century old brands, as our Tour Partners. Both these partnerships are a major boost to PGTI’s efforts in getting the tour back on track in these testing times.”
Mr. Kapil Dev, Board Member, PGTI, said, “We at the PGTI are delighted to announce a healthy schedule with a number of tournaments lined up between September to December. We thank all our partners, tournament sponsors and host clubs for supporting our efforts despite the challenges posed by the Pandemic and the tough circumstances that we find ourselves in.
“We’re happy to announce the beginning of our association with a global brand ‘American Express’ as our Tour Partner. American Express has seen great value in this partnership and we at PGTI would like to ensure that this is a long-term relationship. I want to personally thank American Express for this partnership. We’re also proud to announce our partnership with ‘Amrutanjan Health Care Limited’, one of the oldest and most reputed Indian health care companies, as our Tour Partner. These two new associations will help us further raise the profile of PGTI and Indian men’s professional golf. The PGTI is also currently in talks for signing a Banking Partner and Insurance Partner in the days ahead.
“I want to urge more Corporates to join the PGTI. There is tremendous potential in the game as has been seen at the Olympics with the fabulous performance of Aditi Ashok. If we come forward and support our golf players they can easily become world champions and medal winners.”
“We have a long and proud history of creating exclusive experiences for our Cardmembers. In sports, we have been keenly associated with golf, which is also one of the top choices for our customers. Currently, we are offering golf benefits including complimentary access to leading golf courses in India, golf lessons from professionals and access to golf tournaments,” said Mr. Manoj Adlakha, SVP and CEO, American Express Banking Corp., India. “We are happy to partner with PGTI for its upcoming golf events where our Cardmembers will get to play with professional golfers and learn golfing nuggets from some of the best. I also wish the very best to all the teams for the tournaments.”
Mr. S Sambhu Prasad, Chairman & Managing Director, Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd, said, “Amrutanjan Healthcare Ltd is honoured to partner with PGTI in promoting the great game of Golf in India. As a 128 year old organisation we are guided by values, ethics and excellence and no other sport other than Golf best reflects these values. We wish to have a very long partnership with PGTI that is mutually rewarding.”
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