Prize money reduced for SAIL Open in India

March 4, 2009

Organizers have reduced the prize money for this year’s SAIL Open by 25 percent.

The schedule on the Asian Tour’s Web site confirms that the March 18-21 SAIL Open will offer $300,000 as prize money, reduced from last year’s $400,000.

The SAIL Open is jointly sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India and the Asian Tour. It will be played at the Classic Golf Resort on the outskirts of the Indian capital.

The country’s premier tournament is the $1 million Indian Open, which will be played Oct. 8-11 at the Delhi Golf Club.

In recent months, the Indian Masters and the Ladies Indian Masters - both part of the European tours - were canceled due to the global economic downturn.