Kolkata, Feb. 12 -- The TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2024 will be played at the Tollygunge Club here from Tuesday offering a prize purse of Rs 1 crore heralds the start of the 2024 TATA Steel PGTI season.

The Pro-Am event will be played on February 17, the organiser announced on Monday. The 4-day tournament will see participation of 124 players including 121 professionals and three amateurs.

Leading Indian professionals including Manu Gandas, Khalin Joshi, defending champion Sachin Baisoya, Aman Raj, Karan Pratap Singh, Rahil Gangjee, Udayan Mane, Angad Cheema, Jairaj Singh Sandhu, Harshjeet Singh Sethie, Sunhit Bishnoi and Gaurav Pratap Singh, to name a few.

The prominent foreign names competing are Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and...