New Delhi, April 14 -- Calance and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of men's professional golf in India, will be jointly staging the inaugural Calance Open from April 15 to April 18 at the Qutab Golf Course in Delhi.

The tournament offers a total prize purse of Rs 1 crore. The main event will be followed by the Pro-Am event on April 19, a release said.

The tournament beginning on April 15 marks the return of PGTI to Qutab Golf Course, one of the top championship venues in Delhi-NCR, after a gap of 15 years.

The event will have a field of 126 players including 123 professionals and three amateurs. The event will be played in the stroke-play format consisting of four rounds of 18 holes each. The t...