The TATA STEEl Group and PGTI have announced the 15th TATA Open Golf which will be held in Jamshedpur from December 15. The four-day tournament will be hosted at the Golmuri Golf Course in Jamshedpur. The Pro-Am will be played on 14th December, 2016. The event offers a rich prize purse of Rs75 lakhs.The tournament will feature some of the top Indian professionals such as defending champion Mukesh Kumar, Chikkarangappa, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Shamim Khan, Shubhankar Sharma, Shankar Das, Honey Baisoya and Ajeetesh Sandhu, to name a few. The top foreign players in the field are Sri lankans Mithun Perera, Anura Rohana, K Prabagaran and N Thangaraja, Kunal Bhasin of Australia, Bangladesh's Md Zamal Hossain Mollah and Nepal's Toran Bikram Shahi.
The local challenge will be led by professional Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur. The field also features six promising amateurs from Jamshedpur - Aditya Panchamiya, Arush Sabharwal, Dheer Dutta, Kurush Heerjee, Pawan Marwa and Shivam Kamani.
Speaking about the initiative Sunil Bhaskaran, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel said ‘Come winter and Jamshedpur looks forward to hosting India's top golfing talent on the occasion of the Tata Open Golf tournament. The event has grown in popularity over the years and the Steel city is delighted with the presence of the golfing stalwarts. Watching them in action, at the new and improved Golmuri Golf Course is a treat. With its commitment to furthering sporting activities, Tata Steel is proud to be associated with this event'