Greater NOIDA, March 2: Three-time Asian Tour Order of Merit winner
Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand will be looking to reignite his winning ambitions
when he tees up at the €1.8million Avantha Masters at the Jaypee Greens Golf
Course from March 14-17.
The Thai star,
currently ranked 58th in the world, has enjoyed a flying start to his 2013
campaign with three successive top-10s in South Africa and the Middle East.
The local charge
will be spearheaded by Jeev Milkha Singh, Asia’s number one in 2006 and 2008 as
well as Anirban Lahiri and Gaganjeet Bhullar who have a combined total of six
Asian Tour victories.
The 43-year-old
Thongchai also enjoyed a memorable 2012 campaign when he notched his first
victory on European soil with his triumph at the ISPS Handa Wales Open.
A second win in
India could be timely for Thongchai as his last win in the subcontinent came in
2001 at the Indian Open.
“I’m looking forward to going back to India to
compete at the Avantha Masters. I’ve been playing well since the start of the
year and hoping my good form will translate into a win for me,” said Thongchai
who holds an unprecedented three Merit crowns and 13 titles in Asia.
Thongchai
suffered a setback when he was knocked out by Spain’s Sergio Garcia in the
first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play championship last month.
But he is
expected to bounce back and shoot for more glory when the Avantha Masters,
which is tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and the Professional
Golf Tour of India (PGTI), gets underway.
“That’s golf.
You cannot expect to win all the time but the most important is to bounce back
and get ready for your next tournament,” said Thongchai.
Other Asian Tour
stars expected to vie for top honours include Singapore’s Mardan Mamat, a
three-time Asian Tour winner, Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg, Australia’s Scott Hend
and Korean-American David Lipsky.
The Avantha
Masters will be played at a new venue this year with the event being staged at
the Greg Norman-designed Jaypee Greens Golf Course, in Greater Noida near
Delhi, India.
The course
features 14 water hazards and 88 bunkers and, at 7,347 yards, is India’s
longest golf course.
For further
information, please contact:-
The European Tour
Communications Department
Tel: +44 1344
840400
Email:
Media@europeantour.com
Mrs. Shravani
Dang
VP & Group
Head - Corporate Communications, Avantha
Tel: +91 9811261080
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com
Mr. Nikhil
Kalaan
Assistant
Manager - Media, PGTI
Tel: +91 99109
74846
Email: media@pgtofindia.com
About
Avantha:
The US$4 billion Avantha Group is one of India’s leading business
conglomerates. Its successful entities include BILT, Crompton Greaves, The
Global Green Company, Avantha Power & Infrastructure, Biltech Building
Elements, Salient Business Solutions, and Avantha Technologies. With an
impressive global footprint, Avantha operates in more than 20 countries,
employing 22,000 people worldwide. The Group has business interests in diverse
areas including power transmission and distribution equipment and services,
paper and pulp, energy and infrastructure, food processing, farm forestry,
chemicals, IT and ITES. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong
leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its
knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders
and investors. For more information on Avantha group, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
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