Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond, a former Asian Tour Order of Merit winner, is looking to carry on the momentum as he tees up for the $ 500,000 Bharath Classic, an event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the IGPL.
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Jazz, who has had four Top-10s including a runner-up finish at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in Korea, leads a strong international challenge as the As the Asian Tour returns to India for the first time since early 2023, In 2019 Jazz won the Asian Tour Order of Merit and he had four wins that season.
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Currently ranked 14th on the Order of Merit, Jazz was T6 at the Moutai Singapore Open three weeks ago. He has seven titles on the Asian Tour with the most recent one being at the International Series Morocco in 2022.
The field for the $ 500,000 event will have 120 players, including five amateurs and the course at the Kensville Golf Resort, Ahmedabad, will play to a yardage of 7,210 yards.
Another notable challenger will include American James Piot, the 2021 U.S. Amateur champion, who played in the LIV Golf League in 2022 and 2023. Piot was tied for the lead at the recent Moutai Singapore Open after 54 holes, but a ball got stuck in a tree during the final round and derailed his chances for his first Asian Tour title.
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Ekpharit Wu from Thailand won the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open two weeks ago for his first Asian Tour title, and he’s had three other top-20’s in his rookie Asian Tour season.
Korean Wooyoung Cho has posted two top-10’s on the Asian Tour this year, the first placing fifth at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in his home country, and the second a T6 at the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open two weeks ago.
As an amateur he was part of the gold medal-winning South Korean team at the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023), playing alongside professional golfers like Siwoo Kim and Sungjae Im. His has two wins on the Korean PGA Tour, the first one in 2023 while still an amateur, and the second in 2024 after turning pro.
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Yuvraj Sandhu from India has won five times this season on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), his latest victory coming just last week at the Indian Oil Servo Masters. He leads that Order of Merit after those wins and a total of 11 top 10’s this season.
Other notable names include Nitithorn Thippong, former Hero Indian Open winner, Siddikur Rehman of Bangladesh, Steve Lewton of England, Austen Truslow, Justin Quiban, Korean Bio Kim, Kosuke Hamamoto of Thailand.
