And look who was playing golf in Ahmedabad(photos)!

Yes, that’s Amitabh Bachchan who played golf in Kensville golf course near Ahmedabad. If Politics kaa Bachchan Mr. Modi was inaugurating Vibrant Gujarat summit in Gandhinagar, the film world kaa Modi Mr. Bachchan was inaugurating the first-ever European Challenge Tour event in India to be played from January 13 to 16 at the sprawling Kensville Golf and Country Club near Ahmedabad.

The Euro 200,000 Gujarat Kensville Challenge 2011 will make Ahmedabad only the third city in the country to host an international men”s golf tournament after New Delhi and Kolkata.

India”s leading professional golfer Jeev Milkha Singh will be country”s flag bearer in the event. Fir him it will be nothing less than an emotional moment as he is the first Indian golfer to have a signature course.

Kensville is the first 18-hole golf course in the state and has played host to national amateur circuit tournaments but this will be the first international tournament to be held at the Jeev Milkha Singh-signature course.

The tournament, which is co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), will see 114 golfers from across the globe, including top Indian professional golfers, inaction.

Some of the marquee players on view, other than Jeev,will be Ashok Kumar, the leading professional on the PGTI Order of Merit, Asian Tour regular Gaganjeet Bhullar, Asian Tour event winner Mohd Siddikur Rahman from Bangladesh, former six-time India No 1 Mukesh Kumar, former Indian Open winner Vijay Kumar, Alessandro Tadini of Italy amongst others in the professional category.

Former India wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani is amongst thees teemed group of amateurs who will vie for honours in the pro-am which will be played on the “Best Ball” format.

There will also be amateurs from Delhi, Baroda represented by Samarjit Singh Gaekwad who will have the company of Kensville regulars Shervill Parik, Sanjay Desai,Siddharth Naik, Alpesh Parikh, Devang Shah and Manish Chokshi amongst others.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate the winners on the final day of the tournament.