Americans accept the Challenge

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Three of America\'s top up-and-coming golfers are in India this week as they start their campaigns on the European Challenge Tour.
Dodge Kemmer, Scott Pinckney and Peter Uihlein are all in Ahmedabad taking part in the Gujarat Kensville Challenge, the season-opener on the Challenge Tour, perhaps signalling the start of a new trend that will see even more young Americans kickstart their careers in Europe. Titleist 712 AP2 Irons
Peter Uihlein is arguably the most highly regarded of the three, with an incredibly impressive amateur record. He has played in two Walker Cups, enjoying a 100% success record in 2009, won the prestigious US Amateur Championship and reached the number one spot in the World Amateur Ranking. He also made the cut at the Open last year.
Along with Scott Pinckney, a close friend of Rory McIlroy\'s who qualified for The European Tour through the 2011 Qualifying School, and Dodge Kemmer, they are making their professional debuts in India this week, seeing the European circuit as a great place to hone theirTitleist 712 AP2 Irons
and earn ranking points.
\"This is my first time on the Challenge Tour,\" Kemmer told europeantour.com. \"It\'s really good, a good field and a lot of really nice people, so I\'m really happy to be here.
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on the Canadian Tour last season but got a couple of invites on The European Tour in the winter last year. This is definitely different to anything I\'ve done, but it\'s part of pro golf and that\'s one of the things I was looking forward to, getting a bunch of different experiences so I\'m trying to enjoy it as much as I can.
\"I hope to play a few more Challenge Tour tournaments withTitleist 712 AP2 Irons
, I don\'t have a category but I hope to play as many as I can on invites.\"
Asked about the unusually high number of Americans in the field, he said: \"I\'m afraid there might be some kind of invasion going on!
\"I know Scott and Peter, I played with both of them in college and I\'m staying with Scott this week, so it\'s nice to have people who you know and you can understand pretty easily!
\"I decided myself I\'d come here and then found out afterwards that other Americans would be here, so it\'s even better.\"