The highly exciting and nail-biting competition in Indian domestic golf is set to make a second appearance. With a new venue and an addition of a new team, which will add an exciting new flavor and spice things up, the Louis Philippe Cup only promises to get bigger and better.

The Louis Philippe Cup is India’s premier domestic golf tournament where top ranked professionals and amateurs from 8 cities will lock horns for highest honors. The event scheduled to take place from the 11-16 of February 2013, at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort is endorsed and sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI).

This is an important new format innovation in professional golf and has become a game changer in the way fans relate to India’s top golf stars. Professionals would earlier play individually and this tournament now provides an opportunity for them to play in city based format.

The participating cities in this year’s edition are Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and the latest inclusion, Greater Noida.

The inclusion of amateur players is an integral component of the tournament and is a platform for them to play alongside the top pro golfers, giving them a once in a lifetime opportunity to rub shoulders with the proven masters of the greens, in a PGTI sanctioned tournament.

The tournament format is based on the extremely popular Alfred Dunhill Cup that was part of the European Tour from 1985 – 2000. Promoted as the “World Team Championships”, this event saw participation from famous players like Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, and Phil Mickelson among others.

The Louis Philippe Cup, commencing on 11th February 2013, will begin with a practice round on Day 1, followed by Pro-Am on Day 2 where a field of 96 golfers, consisting of 24 pros and 72 invitee golfers, will tee off.

Post the Pro-Am, the tournament will move to the business end of affairs as Day 3 marks the beginning of the Louis Philippe Inter-City  Pro-Am where all 8 participating cities consisting of 3 professionals and 3 amateurs (maximum handicap 15) each, will fight for the inter city pro-am title. The winner will be decided after 2 rounds of 18-hole stroke play format on 13th and 14th of February, 2013.

Based on the results of Louis Philippe Inter-City Pro-Am, the teams will be seeded from 1 to 8 for some scintillating action packed final two rounds of the tournament. Adding to the excitement of passionate golf fans, these rounds will exclusively feature the professionals in a nail-biting competition. The championship will be decided by a 36-hole match play.

Of the 3 professional team members, 2 members will be selected on the basis of the PGTI Order of Merit for 2012 as of December 2012 while the third member of each city team will be a sponsor’s choice.

The selection of the 3 amateur golfers will happen through qualifying rounds at independent golf clubs in the 8 participating cities between 15 November, 2012 and 15 January, 2013. The 24 amateurs thus selected, will play for their respective city teams on the first two days of the main championship.

The aim is to establish the Louis Philippe Cup as the most talked about event in the golf industry. Eventually, the inclusion of more cities in the format will lead to an increase in the number of players and corporate support. With the tournament growing bigger in the years to come, an increase in the fan base will lead to more people being encouraged to learn and develop a passion for golf.

The unique league that will see city based teams gunning for the biggest prize money in domestic golf has got players and fans excited

Inspired by the success of league based tournaments featuring city-centric teams in other sports like cricket, hockey and boxing, the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), Louis Philippe and RNGM have come together to conceive the Louis Philippe Cup. The revolutionary concept features 10 city based that will fight for the total prize fund of Rs. 1.24 crore — the biggest purse on the Indian tour at the Karnataka Golf Association from March 5-10 2012.

The TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge gives Indian corporate teams a unique opportunity to represent their country in the only annual World Golf Championship of corporate teams.

The TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge is the only official Indian qualifying tournament to select the Indian Team for the World Finals. Its regional tournaments are held in Kodaikanal, Mumbai, Bangalore, Lonavala and Delhi with a National Finals contested by the top two teams from each city.

The World Finals have been held annually since 1994 at the exclusive La Manga Club in Spain apart from one edition each in Jamaica, Mauritius, Kuala Lumpur and South Africa. India started participating in it since 1999.

Golden Greens a 18 holes, par 72 & 7100 yards championship golf course designed by Dr Martin Hwatree is nestled in the Aravalli hills as a piece of art. Hawtree has sculpted the championship golf course in the finest Links course tradition. The Course is replete with strategically placed bunkers on the meandering fairways that appears like olive green crumpled blanket. The course spread over 275 acres of land is located in the National Capital Region of Delhi – Gurgaon.

Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival 2011 – Celebrating Karnataka as a World-Class Golfing Destination

The Third Edition of Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival kicked off on 1^st September, 2011. The event that endeavor’s to promote Karnataka as a premier, golfing destination, was a roaring success with participation from a record 454 golfers. The 4 day long Golfing extravaganza saw top Indian amateur Golfers Khalin Joshi, Chikkarangappa, lady golfers Aditi Ashok, Sharmila Nicollet, Nikki Ponappa celebrities Ashwini Nachappa, Syed Kirmani, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi, E. A. S. Prasanna and Sujith Somasundara and VIP’s like Dominique Causse, Consul General De France, tee off at the best Golf course in South Asia – The Karnataka Golf Association.

The 3rd Edition of the Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival (TKGF), will be held from Sept 1st to 4th, 2011 at the Karnataka Golf Association, Bangalore. The TKGF presented by Dept. of Tourism, Government of Karnataka, marks the recognition of Karnataka as a Golf Tourism Destination. This is Karnataka’s largest Amateur Golf Event at a single club where over 450 golfers will participate over 4 days