The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) has honoured ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh by naming a tournament, Take Open Golf Championship, after him. The Chandigarh leg of the domestic PGTI Tour will henceforth be called the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational Presented by Take Solutions. With this feat, Jeev become the first player in the history of Indian golf to have a tournament named after him.

The tournament will be played at the Chandigarh Golf Club, Jeev's home club, from November 1 to 4 and will offer an enhanced prize purse of Rs 1.5 crores. That's an increase of Rs 50 lakh from last year's prize when Shubhankar Sharma won. "It's just an amazing honour. You have tournaments named after legends like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus on the PGA Tour in the US. I have always thought it was the greatest recognition for players to have the Tour name its events after them. I never thought I'd have the same honour one day. I am truly humbled," the 46-year-old said. Jeev said he didn't have to think twice before accepting the honour.