At the recently held Professional Golf Tour of India Annual Rolex Awards 2011, Chiragh Kumar was named Rolex Player of the Year 2011.
Chiragh Kumar topped the Professional Golf Tour of India’s Rolex Rankings for 2011 with total earnings of Rs.3,706,821 for the season. He also received a Rolex custom engraved timepiece.
The Rolex First Time Winners Awards were presented to Indian professionals Sanjay Kumar, Manav Jaini, Anura Rohana, Feroz Ali Mollah, Mithun Perera and Vinod Kumar. These six professionals registered their maiden victories on the PGTI during the 2011 season.
Rashid Khan won the Aircel Emerging Player of the Year award. Rashid took home over Rs 2.7 million in prize money in Rookie year on PGTI and finished in top 5 in the 2011 Rolex Rankings. Rashid had the highest earnings among all those professionals who made their debut as full card holders on the PGTI in the 2011 season.
Arjun Singh Chaudhri won the Order of Merit on PGTI Feeder Tour and received Rs. 224,740 as prize money for the season.
Mr Gautam Thapar, President, PGTI and Chairman and CEO, Avantha Group, Mr Yogesh Shah, Managing Director, Rolex India and Mr. Arnaud Laborde, Rolex Sponsorships, presided over the evening.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Gautam Thapar said, “It is very encouraging to see so many young Indian golfers excel at international and domestic events. They, along with some of the established golfers, have made India an emerging power centre for golf in Asia. I am glad to say that corporate sponsorships have given unprecedented impetus to the growth of the game.”
Held on 20th Feb in New Delhi. the awards ceremony was attended by top Indian professionals and all key stake holders critical to the growth of the sport in the region in the years to come.
The evening featured a performance by famous Indian jazz musician Louis Banks and his band.