New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The player auction for the first edition of PGTI's 72 The League got off to a cracking start in New Delhi with top Indian golfers going under the hammer on Monday. The auction featured a total of six city-based franchises, each with a purse of Rs 1 crore, looking to pick a squad of ten professionals.

The six teams that participated in the auction were Delhi-based Capital Lancers, Hyderabad-based Charminar Champions, Kolkata Classics, Mumbai Aces, Rajasthan Regals, and UP Prometheans, according to a PGTI release.

In-form Honey Baisoya, riding high on his DP World Players Championship win at the Qutub Golf Course recently, was the top draw, closely followed by young prodigy Shubham Jaglan.

Placed in the Platinum cat...