6 spots up for grabs at 10th Rd of Mercedes Trophy qualifiers

Six top golfers out of over 350 participants will qualify from the tenth round of India qualifiers of the Mercedes Trophy 2017 which will be held at the DLF Golf and Country club starting here tomorrow.

The three-day leg coming after the ninth Chandigarh leg will see six golfers (two from each day), make it to the National Finals to be held at Pune's Oxford Golf Resort from March 15-17.

The Mercedes Trophy tournament is in its 17th edition in India and will feature 25 days of qualifiers in all engaging about 2500 golfers, making it the largest participative golf tournament in the country.

Globally, Mercedes Trophy 2017 bears witness to participation of approximately 60,000 golfers from across 50 countries battling it out for the top prize, making it one of the world's largest sporting events.

The tournament so far has seen qualification of 27 golfers from the nine legs held in Pune, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Chennai, Kolkata and Chandigarh respectively.

Three Winners from the National Finals will further progress to the Mercedes Trophy World Finals Stuttgart, Germany in September 2017, to compete against country specific edition winners from all over the world.

One winner will travel to the British Open Championship and will get a chance to play the Royal Birkdale Championship course the day following the tournament.

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