Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 29 (ANI): The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning physique {of professional} golf in India, shall be staging the Telangana Golconda Masters 2026 on the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA) from September 1 to 4, 2026.
The prize purse for the occasion is Rs 1 crore.
The event was collectively introduced by Jupally Krishna Rao, Honourable Minister of Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology, Government of Telangana and Kapil Dev, President, PGTI, throughout a press convention held at Hyderabad Golf Association on Saturday, August 29.
The event, which can witness participation by 132 golfers, is supported by Event Partners Telangana Tourism, Hyderabad Golf Association, The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace, The Q Golf Studio by Playroot Golf, Tour Partners DP World, Axis Bank, Amul, Enerlyte, Air India Maharaja Club, Kalyani, Golf Plus Monthly and Golf Design India. The Government of Telangana has supported the occasion from its inception in 2015, as per a press launch.
The prime Indian professionals within the fray embrace PGTI Order of Merit chief Saptak Talwar, Honey Baisoya, Veer Ahlawat, Rashid Khan, Akshay Sharma and Om Prakash Chouhan, to call just a few.
The distinguished overseas gamers within the area are defending champion Jamal Hossain of Bangladesh; Badal Hossain, additionally from Bangladesh, Czech Republic’s Stepan Danek; Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and Mithun Perera; Nepal’s Subash Tamang; Uganda’s Joshua Seale; and the Japanese duo of Koichiro Ishika and Taiga Tanaka.
The native problem shall be led by Hyderabad-based professionals Mohd Azhar, Vishesh Sharma and Rupinder Singh Gill.
The event is a part of the Race to India Championship, which is a contest to crown the PGTI’s primary participant. This competitors will even decide the top-24 gamers from the Order of Merit who will earn their spots on the season-ending India Championship.
Jupally Krishna Rao, Minister of Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology, Government of Telangana, stated, ‘We are delighted to be related to the twelfth version of the Telangana Golconda Masters, a prestigious event that has established itself as an vital occasion on the Indian {golfing} calendar. With the event carrying Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) factors and attracting among the main skilled golfers from India in addition to abroad, it supplies Telangana with a wonderful platform to showcase its wealthy tourism potential to a world viewers.
‘Hyderabad, with its distinctive mix of historical past, heritage, tradition and modernity, provides large alternatives for golf tourism. The magnificent Hyderabad Golf Club, positioned in opposition to the enduring backdrop of the historic Golconda Fort, supplies a very distinctive setting for this championship and highlights the immense potential of Telangana as a golf tourism vacation spot.
‘The Tourism Department, Government of Telangana, is proud to have been related to the International Event – Telangana Golconda Masters for a number of years and appears ahead to persevering with this partnership to additional promote golf tourism and place Telangana as a most well-liked vacation spot for each home and worldwide guests. I prolong a heat welcome to all of the collaborating golfers, officers and guests to Telangana and need all of the gamers an thrilling and profitable event.’
Kapil Dev, President, PGTI, stated, ‘We are extraordinarily excited to return for the twelfth version of the Telangana Golconda Masters, an occasion that has established itself as one of the vital eagerly awaited tournaments on the DP World PGTI schedule. We are grateful to Telangana Tourism for its continued assist and partnership in taking the event from power to power, and we thank the Hyderabad Golf Association for as soon as once more offering us with a wonderful venue. The event will go a good distance in selling Telangana and the town of Hyderabad as a number one vacation spot for golf tourism. With a powerful area and nice enjoying situations supplied by the HGA, we look ahead to one other thrilling and intently fought contest on the Telangana Golconda Masters.’
Jasvinder Singh Birgi, Captain, Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA), stated, ‘We are honoured to host the twelfth version of the distinguished Telangana Golconda Masters on the Hyderabad Golf Association. It is a proud second for us to welcome among the nation’s most interesting {golfing} expertise to our course. This event is a superb alternative for our members to witness top-tier competitors, and it additionally showcases our magnificent golf course to a world viewers by means of the Live Telecast. The gamers will compete to win the magnificent trophy depicting the historic Golconda Fort, which was launched by HGA through the first version of the occasion. We look ahead to an thrilling week of world-class golf.’
Promoted by the Telangana Tourism Development Corporation and the Hyderabad Golf Association (HGA), the 212-acre expanse supplies an 18-hole, 6017-yard, par-70 format that additionally encompasses a floodlit driving vary, a professional store, a golf becoming store, and coaching & observe services. A contemporary clubhouse with a eating corridor, lounge, open deck, change rooms, and skilled employees can be in place.
The ‘Best Tourism-Friendly Golf Course’ award bestowed on it by National Tourism reiterates the nice expertise that HGA supplies. The Hyderabad Golf Club provides 18 difficult holes that deliver gamers up shut with the heritage and great thing about the Deccan hinterland – Golconda Fort and Naya Quila specifically. (ANI)