2022 Professional Golf Tour of India
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Manu Gandas (6) Manu Gandas| Duration | 22 February 2022 – 24 December 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 21 |
| Most wins | Manu Gandas (6) |
| Order of Merit | Manu Gandas |
← 2020–21 2023 → | |
The 2022 Professional Golf Tour of India, titled as the 2022 Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.
In December, it was announced by the European Tour that the Professional Golf Tour of India had entered into a partnership with them and the PGA Tour. As part of the partnership, the leading player on the PGTI Order of Merit was given status onto the European Tour for the following season.[1]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₹) | Winner[a] | OWGR points | Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb | Gujarat Open Golf Championship | Gujarat | 4,000,000 | Karandeep Kochhar (4) | 5 | |
| 4 Mar | Glade One Masters | Gujarat | 4,000,000 | Manu Gandas (2) | 3 | |
| 12 Mar | Mujib Borsho Chattogram Open | Bangladesh | 5,000,000 | Kshitij Naveed Kaul (3) | 5 | |
| 18 Mar | Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) | West Bengal | 5,000,000 | Yuvraj Sandhu (2) | 5 | |
| 27 Mar | DGC Open | Delhi | US$500,000 |  Nitithorn Thippong (n/a) | 10 | ASA |
| 1 Apr | Gurugram Challenge | Gujarat | US$75,000 |  Dodge Kemmer (n/a) | 6 | ADT |
| 15 Apr | Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) | Haryana | 5,000,000 | Yuvraj Sandhu (3) | 5 | |
| 22 Apr | Delhi-NCR Open | Uttar Pradesh | 4,000,000 | Manu Gandas (3) | 5 | |
| 20 Aug | Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Coimbatore) | Tamil Nadu | 5,000,000 | Khalin Joshi (6) | 0.43 | |
| 26 Aug | Chennai Open Golf Championship | Chennai | 4,000,000 | Manu Gandas (4) | 0.47 | |
| 10 Sep | J&K Open | Jammu and Kashmir | 4,000,000 | Yuvraj Sandhu (4) | 0.57 | |
| 17 Sep | Jaipur Open | Rajasthan | 4,000,000 | Om Prakash Chouhan (7) | 0.40 | |
| 30 Sep | Kapil Dev - Grant Thornton Invitational | Gujarat | 10,000,000 | Varun Parikh (1) | 0.52 | |
| 7 Oct | Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) | Haryana | 5,000,000 | Yuvraj Sandhu (5) | 0.64 | |
| 16 Oct | Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational | Haryana | 15,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (12) | 0.90 | |
| 22 Oct | Pune Open Golf Invitational | Maharashtra | 4,000,000 | Veer Ahlawat (2) | 0.65 | |
| 12 Nov | Telangana Golconda Masters | Telangana | 4,000,000 | Manu Gandas (5) | 0.44 | |
| 19 Nov | IndianOil Servo Masters Golf | Assam | 7,500,000 | Yuvraj Sandhu (6) | 0.44 | |
| 27 Nov | Vooty Masters | Telangana | 10,000,000 | Manu Gandas (6) | 0.48 | |
| 17 Dec | SSP Chawrasia Invitational | West Bengal | 10,000,000 | Manu Gandas (7) | 1.20 | |
| 24 Dec | Tata Steel Tour Championship | Jharkhand | 30,000,000 | S. Chikkarangappa (17) | 0.78 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Tata Steel PGTI Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (₹) | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu Gandas | 8,850,688 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 2 | Yuvraj Sandhu | 7,099,768 | |
| 3 | Ajeetesh Sandhu | 5,694,880 | |
| 4 | Shamim Khan | 5,205,766 | |
| 5 | Karandeep Kochhar | 4,447,688 |