Asian Tour to renew in Phuket from November 25; $5m Saudi occasion up for grabs

Seven Indian golfers determine within the prime 100 of the distinguished Asian Tour. And if one questioned why Shiv Kapur and SSP Chawrasia have joined the trio of Rashid Khan, S Chikkarangappa and Khalin Joshi within the PGTI MP Cup organised by the Delhi Golf Club on Tuesday, it quickly got here to know that Asian Tour will resume in November.
Asian Tour winner Rashid is positioned tenth within the order of benefit adopted by Shiv (thirty fifth), SSP, Chikka (forty third) and Khalin (92nd) in Delhi. From the top-100, solely Rahil Gangjee (forty fourth) and Aman Raj (seventy fifth) are the Indians who’re lacking from the Delhi line-up.
Shiv and SSP who haven’t performed in any of the three PGTI occasions which resumed in September, have gotten much-awaited information from the Asian Tour that it’s going to stage a sequence (together with two a million greenback occasions and one other a document $5 million occasion) of season-ending tournaments to complete its 2020 schedule.
Rashid, who’s at the moment positioned tenth after three occasions, has confirmed he’ll compete within the Phuket occasions. The Delhi golfer, 30, is a two-time winner on the Asian Tour winner in 2014 when he completed eleventh on the benefit checklist.
“I’m so excited to hear that. I love playing more tournaments. I’m more than glad to know that the Asian Tour is back from November. I’ll go out and try my best,” mentioned Rashid, a two-time winner on the Asian Tour and certainly one of his wins additionally got here in Thailand.
“I want to add as many titles as I can. I need to go out and do well. I’ll be playing in both events in Phuket. In Saudi, the top 30 from the order of merit will get the entry. I will try to maintain my placing in the list which is currently at 10. I’m excited as I love playing more tournaments,” Rashid, who has been taking part in in PGTI occasions, informed indianexpress.com on Tuesday after the primary spherical of MP Cup the place he was tied with three others for lead.

The Asian Tour was stopped owing to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and can resume from November 25 with the $1,000,000 Blue Canyon Championship at Canyon Course, adopted by one other $1,000,000 occasion Laguna Phuket Championship each to be performed at famend programs in Phuket, Thailand.
After Christmas and New Year break, the tour will meet at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in Saudi Arabia for a document $5,000,000 Saudi International from February 3 to six, 2022 and can conclude the season at Millbrook Resort in New Zealand for New Zealand Open from March 31 to April 3.
The 4 occasions, which will probably be telecast reside, will make sure the Tour “can complete its Order of Merit, and crown a Merit list champion”.
All 4 tournaments will probably be performed in event bubbles and can carefully adhere to native authorities customary working procedures (SOPs). Moreover, to compete all gamers must be totally vaccinated.
The 4 – Hong Kong Open, Singapore Open, New Zealand Open and Malaysia Open – occasions which have been accomplished in 2020 will probably be added to the Phuket, Saudi and Kiwi tournaments. Australian Wade Ormsby is the present Order of Merit chief after successful the Hong Kong Open in January, 2020 and has pocketed $227,003 so removed from three occasions he competed.
“We’re thrilled to announce the restart in Q4 of 2021, and most importantly expedite the return of our membership to elite competition,” mentioned Cho Minn Thant, commissioner and chief government officer, Asian Tour. “The Asian Tour have been working around the clock to resume competition and crown the Merit list champion ? a challenge made more difficult by our reach across many countries and each of their COVID-related protocols. We are confident of being able to complete our season despite several remaining challenges created by the pandemic,” he informed asiantour.com on Tuesday.
The Tour can also be planning to stage two extra tournaments in Singapore over consecutive weeks in January, following the Christmas and New Year breaks. However, extra particulars have been awaited.