Golf
Saptak Talwar to lead the challenge at the Chennai Open 2026 from September 8
The DP World Professional Golf Tour of India (DP World PGTI) will be staging the 5th Chennai Open 2026, powered by Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), at the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course in Chennai from September 8 to 11, 2026. The event carries a prize purse of Rs 1 crore.
The tournament is set to feature some of the top Indian professionals such as Saptak Talwar, defending champion N Thangaraja of Sri Lanka, Veer Ahlawat, Om Prakash Chouhan, Manu Gandas, Khalin Joshi, Rashid Khan, Honey Baisoya and Akshay Sharma, to name a few.
Besides Sri Lankan N Thangaraja, the prominent foreign players in the field include Sri Lankan Mithun Perera, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain, Thailand’s Tanapat Pichaikool, Japan’s Koichiro Ishika and Taiga Tanaka, Czech Republic’s Stepan Danek, Uganda’s Joshua Seale, Nepal’s Subash Tamang, Americans Koichiro Sato and Dominic Piccirillo and Ireland’s Declan Kenny.
The local challenge will be led by Chennai-based professionals S Prasanth, S John Royan, Ilayaraja C and C Arul.
Defending champion N Thangaraja of Sri Lanka (2nd from left), leading Indian professional Akshay Sharma (2nd from right), H Shankar, MD, CPCL (extreme right) and R K Jhaver, honorary secretary, TNGF (extreme left), pose with the trophy of the Chennai Open 2026 at the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course on Monday
“CPCL is delighted to be associated with the Chennai Open as powered by partner. As an organisation with deep roots in Chennai, we are proud to support a premier professional golf event of the DP World PGTI that brings together some of the finest talent from across the country and provides an inspiring platform for emerging golfers. We look forward to a successful and memorable Chennai Open and to continuing our support for the development of golf in the region,” said H Shankar, MD, CPCL.
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“We are delighted to return to Chennai for the Chennai Open, a tournament that has become an important fixture on the DP World PGTI schedule. We are grateful to Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) for its continued support and to TNGF Cosmo Golf Course for providing a wonderful setting for another week of competitive professional golf. Chennai has a strong golfing culture, and the city has consistently provided an excellent platform for our players to showcase their skills. With the season entering an exciting phase, several new champions emerging and the Race to DP World India Championship gathering momentum, we look forward to another highly competitive week,” said Amandeep Johl, CEO, DP World PGTI.
The Pro-Am event played on Sunday (September 6) was won by the team led by Thai professional Tanapat Pichaikool. The winning team had a nett score of 53.1 and consisted of amateurs Kaushik, Vikram and Nirav Hariharan.
The Race to DP World India Championship is a competition to crown the DP World PGTI’s number one player, and this competition will also determine the top-24 players from the DP World PGTI Order of Merit who will earn their spots at the season-ending DP World India Championship.
Saptak Talwar currently leads the Race to DP World India Championship with season earnings of Rs 89,32,384.