Golf stars Lahiri, Chawrasia, Randhawa coming to steel city

Tata Steel Tour Championship will be held at the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses from Thursday, December 17 to 20 with a prize purse of Rs 1.5 crore.

The tournament, hosted by the Tata Steel Group and PGTI, will feature a field of 125 professionals. It will be the seventh event of the 2020-21 Tata Steel PGTI season. It will be a 72-hole stroke-play championship and there will be a cut applied after 36 holes.

The Pro-Am event preceding the tournament will be played on Wednesday. It will be for the first time in six years that a PGTI event in Jamshedpur will be jointly staged at both Beldih and Golmuri golf courses.

In round one, one half of the field will play its 18 holes at Beldih Golf Club while the other half of the field will play its 18 holes at the Golmuri Golf Club. In round two, both halves of the field will switch venues. In rounds three and four, after the cut has been applied, all players will tee off from Golmuri and play their first nine holes at Golmuri before moving to Beldih to play their second nine holes.

The tournament will feature a star-studded field, including Indian golfing greats such as Anirban Lahiri (7 international wins), SSP Chawrasia (6 international wins), Gaganjeet Bhullar (10 international wins), Jyoti Randhawa (9 international wins), Shiv Kapur (6 international wins) and Rahil Gangjee (3 international wins).