Kapil Dev, the former Indian cricket team captain, has launched a golf team for the upcoming Louis Philippe cup. His team include top-ranked players like Siddikur and Om Prakash Chouhan for his team Dev-Ellora Pune. The fourth edition of the tournament returns to Bengaluru for the second time between June 11 to 13. The prize money of the tournament is Rs 1.2 crore. It is the second-highest of any domestic tournament. In this tournament the price is to be divided among 21 players instead of 50-60 players like any other Asian event.
Totally seven teams are participate in the tournament. They are
- Take Chennai
- DLF Gurgao
- Jaypee Green Greater Noida
- Dev-Ellora Pune
- Laqshya Mumbai
- Zion Hills Bengaluru
- Navratna Ahmedabad
Tidbits
- Arjun Atwal, Jeev Milkha Singh, Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa are some of the prominent golf players of India.
- The modern game of golf was originated in 15th-century in Scotland.
- The headquarters of the International Golf Federation, the governing body of golf, is located by the shores of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland.
