The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, along with J-K Tourism, on Tuesday announced the J-K Open 2021 presented by J-K Tourism which will be held at Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC) in Srinagar, from September 15 to 18 and will carry a prize purse of Rs 40 lakh.
The Pro-Am event will be held on September 19.
The tournament will witness participation by 125 golfers (118 professionals and seven amateurs). The tournament is part of J&K Tourism’s great initiative of promoting golf tourism in the region. There are a few gold courses in Jammu and Kashmir such as Royal Springs Golf Course (Srinagar), Pahalgam Golf Course (Lidder Valley), Gulmarg Golf Club and Jammu Tawi Golf Course.
The top Indian professionals in the fray include Olympian Udayan Mane, Indian star Jyoti Randhawa, PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar, as well as international winners such as Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Viraj Madappa and…