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HYDERABAD: The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of professional golf in India, announced Tuesday that the fifth edition of the Golconda Masters Golf Championship in the Telangana capital city will be the first instance of an Indian golf event aligning itself with the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) system.

The break-up of OWGR points for all PGTI events from now will be as follows: Winner – 5 points, Runner-up – 3 points, Third Place – 2 points, Fourth Place – 1.6 points, Fifth Place – 1.2 points.