Udayan Mane becomes PGTI Order of Merit Champion | 20 Dec 2021

Why in News

• On December 19, 2021, Olympian Udayan Mane won the PGTI's Tata Steel Tour Championship to clinch the PGTI Order of Merit title for the 2020-21 season.

Key Points

• Two-time Asian Tour winner Rashid Khan finished runner-up in this championship.
• The championship was held from 16 to 19 December 2021 at Beldih and Golmuri Golf Courses in Jamshedpur.
• Mane received prize money of Rs 22,50,000 and surpassed Karandeep Kochhar and Chikkarangappa in the merit list based on season's earnings.
• Udayan had earlier also won the 2019 Tata Steel Tour Championship in Jamshedpur. They have won four titles during the 2020-21 season. This is his 12^th PGTI title.