Published: October 5, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Ribhav Verma and Ranveer Mitroo will be in the focus as most of the country’s top amateurs, including a few promising juniors, have arrived in the Garden City for the IGU Rotary Southern India Bio-Gen Sansera Amateur Golf Championships, which tees off at the picturesque KGA course in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
In all, 77 golfers will vie for the winner’s purse of Rs 75,000 in the eighth leg of the IGU circuit. Ribhav, third in the Order of Merit, and Ranveer, who have both won once this season, will be the cynosure in probably the only amateur event that offers prize money.
Ranveer Mitroo had won the IGU Telangana Amateur Championship earlier this year
Junior boys’ Order of Merit leader Harjai Milkha Singh, Arin Ahuja, Chaitanya Pandey, Krish Chawla, and a host of local golfers will look to write their own scripts at the course where players must be solid from tee to green. Although the greens are not as lightning-fast as they were during the PGTI event two weeks ago, the player who putts well could be the last one standing.
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Like in the amateur event, many promising KGA golfers are in the fray in the three-day Ladies and Junior Girls event, which begins on Wednesday. While the Ladies winner will also get a cheque for Rs 75,000, the organisers have decided to offer nominal prize money in the other three categories – ‘A’ (15-17 years), ‘B’ (13-14) and ‘C’ (11-12) – as well.
Shashank looks to end drought
Winless so far this season, Shashank Sachin Gadre will look to end his drought and retain his title at the IGU Western India Junior Boys Golf Championship that gets underway at the Oxford Golf Resort in Pune on Tuesday.
Shashank Sachin Gadre will look to end his drought and retain his title at the IGU Western India Junior Boys Golf Championship
Besides Gadre, in-form Vihaan Jain, who has won twice this year, and Jaibir Singh Kang will be watched with interest. Competition will be held in three categories.
