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Eagleton, Bangalore: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and Eagleton \u2013 The Golf Resort have announced the PGTI \u2013 Eagleburg Open, which will be played at the magnificent Eagleton Golf Resort near Bangalore from 2 – 5 July, 2013. The event boasts a prize purse of Rs. 30 lakh.<\/p>\n
The stellar field at Eagleton will include the likes of Anirban Lahiri and C Muniyappa who will be leading the local challenge as well as India\u2019s other top professionals such as Shamim Khan (Reigning Rolex Rankings champion), Himmat Singh Rai, Digvijay Singh, Chiragh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Rahil Gangjee, Harendra Gupta, Shankar Das, Manav Jaini, Rashid Khan, Abhijit Singh Chadha and Vinod Kumar, to name a few.\n<\/p>\n
The top foreigners in the field include Mithun Perera (Sri Lanka), Kunal Bhasin (Australia) and Md Zamal Hossain Mollah (Bangladesh). The other prominent Bangalore golfers in the fray besides Anirban Lahiri and C Muniyappa are Chikkarangappa S, R Murthy, M Dharma, Abhishek Jha, R Srinivas and Khalin Joshi.<\/p>\n
Chetan Meda, Director, Eagleton \u2013 The Golf Resort, said, \u201cThis golf event marks the launch of Eagleburg Golf Resort in Mysore, India, in a spectacular setting on the foothills of the famous Chamundi Hills in Mysore. Eagleburg \u2013 The Golf Resort is a sprawling 18-hole golf masterpiece designed and developed to be one of the finest courses in India. The property offers a stunning palace golf resort and a spacious residential enclave. This world class property is promoted and developed by \u2018Eagleburg India Pvt. Ltd.\u2019, the masterminds behind Eagleton, highly regarded as one of the finest championship courses in India.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe home advantage and the superb form of Anirban Lahiri and Chikkarangappa will give them an edge in this event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI, said, \u201cThe PGTI looks forward to returning to the Eagleton Golf Resort, one of the premier championship courses in the country, after a gap of four years. The city of Bangalore has produced many top professionals in recent years and this tournament will see them go head to head with the other top names in the country on their home turf. We thank the Eagleton Golf Resort for their strong support to professional golf through tournaments such as the PGTI \u2013 Eagleburg Open.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eagleton, Bangalore: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and Eagleton \u2013 The Golf Resort have announced the PGTI \u2013 Eagleburg Open, which will be played at the magnificent Eagleton Golf Resort near Bangalore from 2 – 5 July, 2013. The event boasts a prize purse of Rs. 30 lakh.<\/p>\n
The stellar field at Eagleton will include the likes of Anirban Lahiri and C Muniyappa who will be leading the local challenge as well as India\u2019s other top professionals such as Shamim Khan (Reigning Rolex Rankings champion), Himmat Singh Rai, Digvijay Singh, Chiragh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Rahil Gangjee, Harendra Gupta, Shankar Das, Manav Jaini, Rashid Khan, Abhijit Singh Chadha and Vinod Kumar, to name a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n