The 2009 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2009 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.
| Duration | 28 January 2009 – 19 December 2009 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 21 |
| Most wins |  Gaganjeet Bhullar (5) |
| Order of Merit | Anirban Lahiri |
← 2007–08 2010 → | |
Aircel title sponsorship
editIt was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Aircel, being renamed as the Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India.[1]
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₹) |
Winner[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan | City Bank - Dhaka Bank Bangladesh Open | Bangladesh | 2,000,000 |  Zamal Hossain (1)
|
| 6 Feb | PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) | West Bengal | 3,000,000 | Himmat Rai (1)
|
| 13 Feb | Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship | Haryana | 3,000,000 | Mukesh Kumar (5)
|
| 15 Mar | PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) | Haryana | 3,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (1)
|
| 4 Apr | SRF All India Matchplay Championship | Delhi | 2,000,000 | Ashok Kumar (6)
|
| 2 May | PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) | Rajasthan | 2,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (2)
|
| 9 May | PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) | Maharashtra | 2,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)
|
| 16 May | DDA Open Golf Championship | Delhi | 2,000,000 | Mukesh Kumar (6)
|
| 15 Aug | PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) | Karnataka | 3,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)
|
| 22 Aug | Tamil Nadu Open | Tamil Nadu | 2,000,000 | Mukesh Kumar (7)
|
| 5 Sep | Global Green Bangalore Open | Karnataka | 3,000,000 | Siddikur Rahman (3)
|
| 13 Sep | PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) | Haryana | 3,000,000 | Amandeep Johl (1)
|
| 20 Sep | DLF Masters | Haryana | 8,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (5)
|
| 27 Sep | Haryana Open | Haryana | 3,000,000 | Anirban Lahiri (1)
|
| 25 Oct | IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf | Assam | 2,000,000 | Mukesh Kumar (8)
|
| 1 Nov | Tata Open | Jharkhand | 2,000,000 | Gurki Shergill (1)
|
| 8 Nov | BILT Open | Karnataka | 10,000,000 | Anirban Lahiri (2)
|
| 14 Nov | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) | Maharashtra | 3,000,000 | Vishal Singh (1)
|
| 21 Nov | ONGC Masters | Karnataka | 2,000,000 | Gaurav Pratap Singh (1)
|
| 28 Nov | CG Open | Maharashtra | 8,000,000 |  Kunal Bhasin (1)
|
| 19 Dec | PGTI Tour Championship | Haryana | 8,000,000 | Ashok Kumar (7)
|
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anirban Lahiri |
3,657,853 |
| 2 | Mukesh Kumar |
3,335,100 |
| 3 | Ashok Kumar |
3,265,729 |
| 4 | Shamim Khan |
3,127,280 |
| 5 | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
3,105,000 |
Notes
edit- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Professional Golf Tour of India events they had won up to and including that tournament.
References
edit- ^ "Aircel, the telecom operator". Aircel. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
It is also the sponsor for Professional Golf Tour of India from 2009 onwards.
- ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "2009 Order of Merit". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Ashok Kumar wins PGTI Tour Championship 2009". The Times of India. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
Anirban Lahiri's tied eighth finish helped him win the PGTI Order of Merit title for 2009 with the 22-year-old Bangalore-based pro having a total earnings of Rs 36,57,853 at the end of the season.