The Asian Tour will return to India for the first time in more than two years in March, with The DGC Open taking place at The Delhi Golf Club. To be staged on the newly renovated Lodhi Course and boasting a lucrative purse of US$500,000 (HK$3.9 million), the new event is epected to be one of the highlights of the early part of tour’s 2022 schedule. The last time there was a tour event in India, Korean teenager Joohyung Kim won the Panasonic Open in November 2019. Next year’s event will be played between March 24 and 27. “The addition of The DGC Open to our 2022 schedule is a massive boost for the Asian Tour and something we have been working very hard on behind the scenes to facilitate,” Cho Minn Thant, commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour, said. Having undergone a major overhaul in 2019, the Lodhi course should pose a different challenge, with revamped greens and reshaped bunkers. The tour expects to release its 2022 schedule later next month, before the season-opening US$5 million Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers ‒ which will be played at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club from February 3 to 6. Dec 24 (Reuters) - The Ladies European Tour (LET) is set to offer players a record prize fund of 24.5 million euros ($27.76 million) in 2022 after it announced https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/let-announces-record-breaking-2022-… 31 events across 21 countries, the biggest number of tournaments in its 44-year history. The prize money has increased by 4.5 million euros over last season and is 19 million euros more than in 2019, the LET said. Two new tournaments have been added while eight events will return to the calendar next year, including the Women’s Irish Open, which will feature after a decade-long absence. “On the back of a strong 2021 season, which featured 23 tournaments, 2022 is going to be a record-breaking year for the LET with the largest total purse and number of events in history,” LET chief executive Alexandra Armas said. “We will be launching new events in Asia and South Africa and returning to various territories across Europe and further afield, so it’s looking very exciting for our international membership.” The 2022 season will get underway at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open from Feb. 10-13. ($1 = 0.8825 euros) (Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )
