NEW DELHI, Dec 28: The prestigious Asian Tour is set to return to India after nearly two-and-a-half-years with the inaugural DGC Open to be held at the Delhi Golf Club here from March 24 to 27 next year.
To be staged on the newly renovated Lodhi Course and boasting off a lucrative purse of USD 500,000, the exciting new event will be one of the standout tournaments in the early part of the season on the 2022 Asian Tour calender.
“The DGC Open is a new tournament, on a newly renovated Gary Player Design course and in many respects represents a new start for everyone involved,” President of the Delhi Golf Club Manjit Singh said.
“It is an exciting opportunity for the Delhi Golf Club to play a key role in the return of international tournament golf to India. We feel it is extremely important that we set the wheels in motion to restore tournament golf in India and help the game we are all so passionate about. To commemorate this occasion Gary Player, himself, is scheduled to be present.”
In the last Asian Tour event in India, Korean teenager Joohyung Kim claimed the Panasonic Open India in November 2019.
While the same tournament in October of 2018 was the most recent occasion the Delhi Golf Club hosted an Asian Tour event.
“The addition of The DGC Open to our 2022 schedule is a massive boost for the Asian Tour and something we have been working very hard on behind the scenes to facilitate,” Commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour Cho Minn Thant said. (PTI)
