Sandeep Sandhu (centre) was crowned the overall winner for season 4
The 5th season of the increasingly popular AVT Champions Tour is all set to tee off at KGA on May 30-31st with over 115 players confirmed to participate in the unique 36 hole strokeplay event for golfers over the age of 50.
The tournament will again see over 80 outstation players travelling to compete with around 35 entries from Delhi NCR, 10 each from Pune and Chennai, 8 each from Punjab and Kolkata and two from UAE.
Cricket legend Kapil Dev who finished 2nd at the one AVT Tour event he played last season is expected to participate at KGA.
The tournament features individual categories in various age groups and for ladies as well as four member city team prizes which keeps the competitive levels high.
The 4th season ( 2022-23) of the AVT Tour which concluded at Chandigarh GC last March saw Chandigarh’s Sandeep Sandhu emerge the clear season long champion with a dominant performance featuring 3 wins and a 2nd place in four events. In 2nd place for the 2022-23 season was the 2021 AVT Tour season champion Ankur Prakash of Noida.
The top two finishers from the 2021-22 season won all expense paid entries to the 2022 Asia Pacific Seniors Championship in Kuala Lumpur last November.
The challenging KGA course which recently held two European Challenge Tour pro events is reputed to be in immaculate condition. Next up for the AVT Tour will be the November event at Royal Calcutta Golf Club followed by two more events in Western India ( January 2024) and the final in North India in March 2024.
The AVT Champions Tour has been a welcome shot in the arm for competitive golf for amateur players over 50 years in age, an extremely active category worldwide and now, since the AVT Tour began in 2019, in India.