Hyderabad, Aug 31 (Representative) The Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, on Tuesday announced the Golconda Masters Telangana Open 2021 Presented by Vooty and Haldi which will be held at the Hyderabad Golf Club (HGC) here from Sept 2 – 5. It will carry a prize purse of Rs. 40 lakh, PGTI said in a release here. The Pro-Am event will be held on September 1 and the tournament will witness participation by 129 golfers including 123 professionals and six amateurs. The event was supported by Host Venue Hyderabad Golf Association, Presenting Partners Vooty Golf County and Haldi Golf County, Principal Partner Telangana Tourism, Associate Partners Incredible India and Skoda and Medical Partner Apollo Hospitals.
The top Indian professionals in the fray include Olympian and defending champion Udayan Mane (2018 and 2020 winner), PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Viraj Madappa and Aman Raj as well as other leading players such as former champions Chikkarangappa S (2019 winner) and Harendra Gupta (2015 winner), to name a few. The foreign challenge will be led by the Bangladeshi duo of Md Zamal Hossain Mollah and Badal Hossain. The local challenge will be led by Hyderabad-based players including professionals such as Haider Hussain, Mohd Azhar, Venkkat Gautham, Rupinder Singh Gill and Sanjay Kumar Singh as well as amateurs such as Hardik S Chawda, Tarun Ajay, Tej Gangavarapu, Sankeerth Nidadavolu and Milind Soni.