Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out that this success was possible earlier but sports in India was marred by corruption and nepotism, instead of the required professionalism. "We cleaned that and raised confidence in the youth for their dreams.
The five golfers bunched in tied second place were Deepinder Singh Kullar and Sunhit Bishnoi, both of whom also hail from the DLF Golf & Country Club and Bengaluru's Trishul Chinnappa and the Mhow-based duo of Om Prakash Chouhan and Mukesh Kumar.
The field features Indian golfing greats Gaganjeet Bhullar (11 International Wins) and Jyoti Randhawa (9 International Wins) as well as other leading Indian names including Himmat Rai (a winner on the Asian Tour), Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (4 PGTI Wins), Manu Gandas (4 PGTI Wins), Shamim Khan (15 PGTI Wins) and Abhijit Singh Chadha (3 PGTI Wins), to name a few.