2012 Professional Golf Tour of India
| Duration | 17 January 2012 – 1 December 2012 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 23 |
| Most wins | Shamim Khan (3) |
| Order of Merit | Shamim Khan |
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The 2012 Professional Golf Tour of India was the sixth season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₹) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan | American Express Bangladesh Open | Bangladesh | 2,000,000 | Zamal Hossain (2) | n/a | |
| 29 Jan | Gujarat Kensville Challenge | Gujarat | €200,000 | Maximilian Kieffer (n/a) | 12 | CHA |
| 25 Feb | SAIL-SBI Open | Delhi | US$300,000 | Anirban Lahiri (9) | 14 | ASA |
| 17 Mar | Surya Nepal Masters | Nepal | 2,500,000 | Abhijit Singh Chadha (1) | n/a | |
| 24 Mar | PGTI Players Championship (Noida) | Uttar Pradesh | 2,000,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (8) | n/a | |
| 1 Apr | Panasonic Open India | Delhi | US$300,000 | Digvijay Singh (2) | 14 | ASA |
| 20 Apr | PGTI Players Championship (Poona I) | Maharashtra | 2,000,000 | Shamim Khan (4) | n/a | |
| 27 Apr | PGTI Players Championship (Oxford) | Maharashtra | 2,000,000 | Om Prakash Chouhan (1) | n/a | |
| 1 Jun | PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) | Haryana | 2,000,000 | Harendra Gupta (2) | n/a | |
| 8 Jun | PGTI Players Championship (Golden Greens I) | Haryana | 2,000,000 | Kunal Bhasin (2) | n/a | |
| 10 Aug | PGTI Players Championship (Prestige) | Karnataka | 3,000,000 | Anura Rohana (2) | n/a | |
| 18 Aug | Standard Chartered Open | Sri Lanka | 2,700,000 | Mithun Perera (2) | n/a | |
| 25 Aug | PGTI Players Championship (Coimbatore) | Tamil Nadu | 2,000,000 | Rashid Khan (2) | n/a | |
| 14 Sep | PGTI Players Championship (Golden Greens II) | Haryana | 2,000,000 | Om Prakash Chouhan (2) | n/a | |
| 21 Sep | PGTI Players Championship (Classic) | Haryana | 2,000,000 | Shamim Khan (5) | n/a | |
| 29 Sep | IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf | Assam | 2,500,000 | Mukesh Kumar (13) | n/a | |
| 6 Oct | CG Open | Maharashtra | 10,000,000 | Harendra Gupta (3) | n/a | |
| 13 Oct | BILT Open | Delhi | 10,000,000 | Shamim Khan (6) | n/a | |
| 4 Nov | DLF Masters | Haryana | 9,500,000 | Ajeetesh Sandhu (1) | n/a | |
| 10 Nov | PGTI Players Championship (Poona II) | Maharashtra | 3,500,000 | Mukesh Kumar (14) | n/a | |
| 16 Nov | PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) | Maharashtra | 4,000,000 | Vinod Kumar (2) | n/a | |
| 25 Nov | Tata Open | Jharkhand | 5,000,000 | Mithun Perera (3) | n/a | |
| 1 Dec | McLeod Russel Tour Championship | West Bengal | 12,500,000 | Shiv Chawrasia (3) | n/a |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Rolex Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shamim Khan | 5,747,713 |
| 2 | Rashid Khan | 4,881,910 |
| 3 | Harendra Gupta | 3,917,285 |
| 4 | Mithun Perera | 3,907,688 |
| 5 | Mukesh Kumar | 3,487,593 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
References
- ^ "2012 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "2012 Rolex Rankings". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Chowrasia champion, Shamim clinches order of merit". The Asian Age. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
Overnight leader Shamim Khan of Delhi finished one stroke behind in second position which was enough to seal the 2012 Rolex Rankings (PGTI Order of Merit) title.