Written by - Mansi Phore

 

 

Manu Gandas from Gurugram is the current leader on the 2022 PGTI Order of Merit having posted a record six wins during the season. Gandas is among the players who relatively became the new and emerging faces of the golf circle. He turned pro in 2015. Like most Indian golfers, he also aspires to be a regular golfer on the Asian Tour and above.

 

Statistics-

 

 

• 1st Position- Glade One Masters 2022 , March 1, 2022 - March 4, 2022

            Winning Amount- ₹ 6,46,600

• 1st Position - Delhi-NCR Open 2022, April 19, 2022 - April 22, 2022

            Winning Amount- ₹6,46,600

• 1st Position- Chennai Open Golf Championship 2022 , August 23, 2022 - August 26, 2022

            Winning Amount- ₹ 6,00,000

• 1st Position- Telangana Golconda Masters 2022, November 9, 2022 - November 12, 2022

            Winning Amount- ₹ 6,00,000

• 1st Position- Vooty Masters 2022, November 24, 2022 - November 27, 2022

            Winning Amount- ₹ 15,00,000

• 1st Position-  SSP Chawrasia Invitational 2022 , December 14, 2022 - December 17, 2022

            Winning amount - ₹ 15,00,000

• 2nd Position- Kapil Dev - Grant Thornton Invitational 2022 , September 27, 2022 - September 30, 2022

           Winning Amount- ₹ 10,00,000

• 3rd position- J&K Open 2022 , September 7, 2022 - September 10, 2022

           Winning Amount- ₹ 2,39,920

• 5th Position- Pune Open Golf Championship 2022 , October 19, 2022 - October 22, 2022

           Winning Amount - ₹ 1,49,980

• 6th Position- Gujarat Open Golf Championship 2022 , February 22, 2022 - February 25, 2022

           Winning Amount - ₹ 1,32,600

• 6th Position- Tata Steel Tour Championship 2022 , December 21, 2022 - December 24, 2022

            Winning Amount- ₹ 7,71,750

• 8th Position- TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2022 by KGISL , October 4, 2022 - October 7, 2022

           Winning Amount- ₹ 1,18,125

• 8th Position- TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2022 presented by Tollygunge Club , March 15, 2022 - March 18 , 2022

           Winning Amount - ₹ 1,28,250
 

 

A well-known Indian Professional golfer, Anirban Lahiri joined the Asian Tour in 2008. He is also a Arjuna Awardee. In 2022 he joined LIV Golf and became the first Indian to do so. Lahiri is amongst the top ranked Indian Golfer who has played on Asian Tour , European Tour , PGA Tour and LIV Golf. 

 

 

Statistics-

• 2nd Position- LIV Golf Invitational Boston, Sept 2, 2022 - Sept 4, 2022

           Winning amount- $1,812,500

• 2nd Position- The players championship, March 10, 2022 - March 14, 2022

           Winning Amount - $2,180,000

• Tied 6th Position - Wells Fargo Championship, May 5, 2022 - May 8, 2022

           Winning Amount - $303,750

• Tied 8th Position - Wyndham Championship, August 3, 2022 - August 7, 2022

           Winning Amount- $198,925 

• 10th Position - LIV Golf Jeddah, October 14, 2022 - October 16, 2022

           Winning Amount- $550,000

 

Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian to win on the European Tour - by more than six years - when he claimed the tri-sanctioned Joburg Open title in December 2017 as a 21-year-old. He added another to win the 2018 Maybank championship. In 2018 he was awarded the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

 

Statistics-

 

• 3rd Position- Nedbank Golf Challenge, November 10, 2022 - November 13, 2022

           Winning amount- 372,906 euros.

• Tied 2nd Position - Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship January 20, 2022 – January 23, 2022

           Winning Amount- Euro 610,736

 

Rashid Khan was amoung the team which won the Silver medal in the 2010 Asian Games and later became professional the same year. He played on Professional Golf Tour of India since 2011. He has won four times on the PGTI. Khan started playing on the Asian Tour in 2012 and in 2013 he had two top-10 finishes in five events. 

 

Statistics-

 

• Tied 1st Position- Mercuries Taiwan Masters, September 29, 2022- 2nd October 2022

            Winning amount $120,000

• 2nd position - Mandiri Indonesia Open 2022 , August 4, 2022 - August 7, 2022

            Winning amount- $43,250.00

• 4th Position- TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2022, March 15, 2022 - March 18, 2022

            Winning amount- ₹ 2,28,250

• 5th Position - Pune Open Golf Championship 2022 , October 19, 2022 - October 22, 2023

            Winning amount- ₹ 1,49,980

• Tied 6th position- Royal's Cup 2022 - February 24,  2022 - February 27,  2022 

            Winning amount- $9,616.67

• Tied 8th Position - Yeangder TPC - September 22, 2022 - September 25, 2022

            Winning amount- $15,166.67

• Tied 9th Position- Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2022 , October 13, 2022 - October 16, 2022

            Winning Amount -  ₹ 2,93,588

• Tied 10th- Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup - April 7, 2022 - April 10, 2022

            Winning amount- $12,975.00

 

Karandeep Kochhar is a Chandigarh-based golfer has come into the view of indian golf market as one of the brightest golfer, all thanks his impressive wins and performances of this season. He began his career in golf at an very early age and had an impressive print on the amateur circuit , topping the rankings in each of the junior categories on the IGU circuit. His grandfather was his inspirational who pushed him towards this sport. He edged out former Asian number one Anirban Lahiri to win the third edition of the tournament at the Chandigarh Golf Club course. 

 

Statistics-

 

• 1st position - Gujarat Open Golf Championship 2022 , February 22,2022 - February 25, 2022

            Winning amount-  ₹ 6,46,600

• 2nd position- Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2022 , October 13, 2022 - October 16, 2022

            Winning amount- ₹ 15,00,000

• 3rd Position- TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2022 , April 12, 2022 - April 15, 2022

          Winning amount- ₹ 3,13,250

• Tied 4th position- SSP Chawrasia Invitational 2022 , December 14, 2022 - December 17, 2022

          Winning amount- ₹ 3,59,940

• 5th Position- Chennai Open Golf Championship 2022, August 23, 2022 - August 26, 2022

          Winning amount- ₹ 1,59,960

• 6th position-Tata Steel Tour Championship 2022 , December 21, 2022 - December 24, 2022

           Winning amount - ₹ 7,71,750

• Tied 7th Position - Gurugram Challenge 2022 Tata Steel PGTI , March 29, 2022 - April 1, 2022

           Winning amount- ₹ 1,60,313

 

Gaganjit Bhullar is a professional golfer who was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2013. He became the first Indian to win an event on the PGA Tour of Australasia when he won the Fiji International 2018.

 

Statistics-

 

• 1st Position - Mandiri Indonesia Open , August 4, 2022 - August 7, 2022

         Winning Amount- $90,000.00

• 1st position- Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2022 , October 13, 2022 - October 16, 2022

           Winning Amount- ₹ 22,50,000

• 3rd position - SSP Chawrasia Invitational 2022 , December 14 , 2022 - December 17, 2022

          Winning Amount- ₹ 5,99,800

• 4th position- The DGC Open 2022 , March 24, 2022 - March 27, 2022

          Winning Amount- ₹ 18,75,000