The Gujarat Kensville Challenge was a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament on the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History
The ...
and the
Professional Golf Tour of India
The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Tata Steel Professional Golf Tour of India, is a professional golf tour for men based in India. The tour was formed in 2006, as the successor to the Indian ...
, played in India. It was held for the first time in January 2011 at Kensville Golf and Country Club in
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
,
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, and was the season opening event on the tour. It was last played in 2013.
Gaganjeet Bhullar
Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar (born 27 April 1988) is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 2013.
Amateur career
Bhullar was born to Sikh parents in Kapurthala, India. He was India's number one a ...
won the inaugural tournament to become the first Indian player to win on the Challenge Tour.
Winners
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Former Challenge Tour events
Golf tournaments in India
Sports competitions in Ahmedabad
Recurring sporting events established in 2011
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2013
Defunct sports competitions in India
2011 establishments in Gujarat
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