Abhijit Singh Chadha bags PGTIⳠEmerging Player of the Year title for 2012

New Delhi, December 10, 2012: Abhijit Singh Chadha of Chandigarh
bagged the Professional Golf Tour of IndiaⳠ(PGTI) Emerging Player of
the Year title for 2012 after he ended the year with prize money
earnings of Rs. 17,93,478, in his rookie season as a professional.

The tall and lanky Chadha, one of the longest hitters on the tour, had
the highest prize money earnings among all the rookies in the 2012
PGTI season. The 21-year-old Abhijit had 20 starts in the season and
made the cut on 17 occasions. The 2010 Asian Games silver medallist
posted his maiden professional win at the Surya Nepal Masters and had
seven other top-10s during the year that helped him finish a
creditable 14th on the 2012 Rolex Rankings (PGTI Order of Merit).

Pranav Kaul of Delhi finished second in the Emerging Player of the
Year race with earnings of Rs. 1,99,181. DelhiⳠBhanu Pratap Singh
claimed third position on the list while Sameer M Shaikh of Pune and
Aditya Singh of Delhi were placed fourth and fifth respectively.