Second edition of Coal India Open to kick off on Friday
Kolkata, Aug 10
Coal India Limited and the Professional Golf Tour of India, the official sanctioning body of men's professional golf in India, will be jointly staging the second edition of the Coal India Open from August 11 to 14, 2026, at the Tollygunge Club in Kolkata.
The tournament offers a total prize purse of Rs 1 crore.
The event will have a field of 132 players, including 131 professionals and one amateur. The impressive field at the tournament will feature leading Indian professionals including PGTI Order of Merit leader Saptak Talwar, Veer Ahlawat, Om Prakash Chouhan, Manu Gandas, Khalin Joshi, Shaurya Bhattacharya and defending champion Angad Cheema, to name a few.
The leading foreign professionals in the field are Sri Lankans N. Thangaraja and Mithun Perera, Thailand's Tanapat Pichaikool, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain, Nepal's Sukra Bahadur Rai and Subash Tamang, Czech Republic's Stepan Danek, Americans Dominic Piccirillo and Koichiro Sato, Japan's Koichiro Ishika and Taiga Tanaka and Ugandan Joshua Seale, to name a few.
The field includes some prominent names from the host city of Kolkata, including Shankar Das (former PGTI Order of Merit champion), Rahil Gangjee, Viraj Madappa, Mohammad Sanju, Divyanshu Bajaj, 2026 DP World PGTI NexGen Order of Merit Champion Sunit Chowrasia, Feroz Ali Mollah, Indrajit Bhalotia, and Karan Verma.
Amandeep Johl, CEO, DP World PGTI, said, "The staging of the second edition of the Coal India Open bears testament to Coal India's strong commitment to Indian professional golf and its belief in the growth and development of the sport. We thank Coal India for providing our professionals with a valuable, competitive platform at the revered Tollygunge Club, further enhancing the stature of the current DP World PGTI season. We are confident that this year's edition will build on the success of the inaugural event and showcase the very best of Indian professional golf in the sports-loving city of Kolkata."
The first edition of the Coal India Open was staged in Ahmedabad last year.
— IANS
Reader Comments
Tollygunge Club is such a historic venue in Kolkata! 🔥 The local talent list looks strong too - Shankar Das, Rahil Gangjee, Viraj Madappa... all names that can light up the tournament. Exciting times for Bengal golf.
PGTI is doing a commendable job, but we need more such events across India, not just in metros. Golf is still seen as a niche sport here. Coal India deserves credit, but the government should also step up to promote grassroots development. Just saying what many feel.
International players from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and even Uganda and Czech Republic - this is truly global! 🌏 A great showcase for Indian golf and also boosts sports tourism in Kolkata. Hoping for excellent weather and packed galleries at Tollygunge!
Nice to see PSUs like Coal India supporting sports beyond cricket. But why did they move it from Ahmedabad to Kolkata? Just curious. Hope the infrastructure at Tollygunge matches the standard of the tournament. All the best to all the players! 👍
Angad Cheema defending his title, Saptak Talwar leading the Order of Merit... the field looks stacked! 🏆 Also noticed Sunit Chowrasia - hope he continues his NexGen form at the senior level. This is going to be a week of quality golf in the City of Joy.
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