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{{short description|Golf tour season}}
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{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2009
| tour = Professional Golf Tour of India
| regular_season = {{Start date|2009|1|28|df=y}} – {{end date|2009|12|19|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 21
| most_wins = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] (5)
| honor1 = Order of Merit
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anirban Lahiri]]
| honor2 =
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| prevseason = [[2007–08 Professional Golf Tour of India|2007–08]]
| nextseason = [[2010 Professional Golf Tour of India|2010]]
}}
The '''2009 Professional Golf Tour of India''', titled as the '''2009 Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India''' for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the [[Professional Golf Tour of India]], the main [[professional golf tour]] in India since it was formed in 2006.

==Aircel title sponsorship==
It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with [[Aircel]], being renamed as the '''Aircel Professional Golf Tour of India'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aircel-telecom.blogspot.com/ |title=Aircel, the telecom operator |publisher=Aircel |date=19 March 2009 |access-date=10 October 2023 |quote=It is also the sponsor for Professional Golf Tour of India from 2009 onwards.}}</ref>

==Schedule==
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pgtofindia.com/tournaments.php?id=2009 |title=2009 Tournament schedule |publisher=Professional Golf Tour of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010135849/http://pgtofindia.com/tournaments.php?id=2009 |archive-date=10 October 2011 |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse<br>([[Indian rupee|₹]]) !! Winner{{efn|The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Professional Golf Tour of India events they had won up to and including that tournament.}}
|-
| 31 Jan || [[City Bank - Dhaka Bank Bangladesh Open]] || Bangladesh || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Zamal Hossain]] (1)
|-
| 6 Feb || PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) || West Bengal || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Himmat Rai]] (1)
|-
| 13 Feb || Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship || Haryana || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] (5)
|-
| 15 Mar || PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) || Haryana || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] (1)
|-
| 4 Apr || SRF All India Matchplay Championship || Delhi || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Kumar (golfer)|Ashok Kumar]] (6)
|-
| 2 May || PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) || Rajasthan || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] (2)
|-
| 9 May || PGTI Players Championship (Aamby Valley) || Maharashtra || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] (3)
|-
| 16 May || DDA Open Golf Championship || Delhi || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] (6)
|-
| 15 Aug || PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) || Karnataka || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] (4)
|-
| 22 Aug || Tamil Nadu Open || Tamil Nadu || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] (7)
|-
| 5 Sep || Global Green Bangalore Open || Karnataka || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Siddikur Rahman]] (3)
|-
| 13 Sep || PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) || Haryana || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Amandeep Johl]] (1)
|-
| 20 Sep || DLF Masters || Haryana || align=right|8,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] (5)
|-
| 27 Sep || Haryana Open || Haryana || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anirban Lahiri]] (1)
|-
| 25 Oct || IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf || Assam || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] (8)
|-
| 1 Nov || Tata Open || Jharkhand || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurki Shergill]] (1)
|-
| 8 Nov || BILT Open || Karnataka || align=right|10,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anirban Lahiri]] (2)
|-
| 14 Nov || Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Willingdon) || Maharashtra || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vishal Singh (golfer)|Vishal Singh]] (1)
|-
| 21 Nov || ONGC Masters || Karnataka || align=right|2,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaurav Pratap Singh]] (1)
|-
| 28 Nov || CG Open || Maharashtra || align=right|8,000,000 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kunal Bhasin]] (1)
|-
| 19 Dec || PGTI Tour Championship || Haryana || align=right|8,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Kumar (golfer)|Ashok Kumar]] (7)
|}

==Order of Merit==
The [[Professional Golf Tour of India#Order of Merit winners|Order of Merit]] was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in [[Indian rupee]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pgtofindia.com/stat/season/03 |title=2009 Order of Merit |publisher=Professional Golf Tour of India |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/golf/top-stories/Ashok-Kumar-wins-PGTI-Tour-Championship-2009/articleshow/5356863.cms |title=Ashok Kumar wins PGTI Tour Championship 2009 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=10 October 2023 |quote=Anirban Lahiri's tied eighth finish helped him win the PGTI Order of Merit title for 2009 with the 22-year-old Bangalore-based pro having a total earnings of Rs 36,57,853 at the end of the season.}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
! Position !! Player !! Prize money ([[Indian rupee|₹]])
|-
| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anirban Lahiri]] || align=center|3,657,853
|-
| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] || align=center|3,335,100
|-
| align=center|3 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Kumar (golfer)|Ashok Kumar]] || align=center|3,265,729
|-
| align=center|4 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shamim Khan]] || align=center|3,127,280
|-
| align=center|5 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] || align=center|3,105,000
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official site|https://www.pgtofindia.com/}}

{{PGTI seasons}}

[[Category:Professional Golf Tour of India seasons]]
[[Category:2009 in golf|India, Professional Golf Tour of]]
[[Category:2009 in Indian sport|Professional Golf Tour of India]]

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GayeKirkpatrick at 18:48, 24 December 2024