Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2019 to get underway from December 17

The race will be on for the top spots in the TATA Steel PGTI Order of Merit at the last full field event of the season. The Bengaluru Open will also determine the players who make it to the elite field of PGTI’s top-60 at next week’s season-ending TATA Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur. The tournament, into its third edition, will feature a stellar field including reputed names such as Bengaluru-based international star Rahil Gangjee, former champions Udayan Mane and Sri Lankan Anura Rohana, as well as other leading golfers such as Honey Baisoya and Karandeep Kochhar.

A total of 121 players will be competing at the event including 118 professionals and three amateurs. There will be a strong local presence as besides Rahil Gangjee, the likes of M Dharma, Syed Saqib Ahmed and C Muniyappa, all Bengaluru-based professionals, will also be part of the field. The prominent foreign names in the field include the Sri Lankan quartet of defending champion Anura Rohana, Mithun Perera, N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, Bangladesh’s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah and Australian Kunal Bhasin.

Mr. Vinod Chinnappa, President, Karnataka Golf Association (KGA), said, “The KGA has over the years produced many players of international repute who have done the country proud. The staging of the Indo-MIM Presents Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2019 Powered by Karnataka Tourism gives us an opportunity to further promote the sport in Bengaluru by showcasing the top names in Indian professional golf at our course. We’ve made our best efforts for providing the perfect playing conditions and we’re confident the professionals will relish the experience of playing at the KGA."

The KGA is a 125-acre oasis which is home to a 7219-yard par-72 course initially designed by the famous Peter Thompson and in 2009 redesigned by Howard Swan. It is the first Championship Course after Independence nominated several times as top few courses in Asia. The world-class fairways and greens complemented by numerous water hazards and the prevailing winds make the KGA one of the most challenging golff courses in India and professionally managed by top Golfing Consultant.