Navi Mumbai, 14-12-2025

Inaugural CIDCO Open presented by Larsen & Toubro gets underway at Kharghar Valley Golf Course from December 16

The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and CIDCO today jointly announced the staging of the inaugural CIDCO Open presented by Larsen & Toubro. PGTI’s first-ever event in Navi Mumbai carries a prize purse of INR 1 crore and is scheduled to be held at the magnificent Kharghar Valley Golf Course in Navi Mumbai from December 16 – 19, 2025.

City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) is the Title Partner for the event. Larsen & Toubro is the Presenting Partner for the event.

The tournament will have a field of 126 professionals. The event will be played in the stroke-play format consisting of four rounds of 18 holes each. The top 50 players and ties will make the cut after two rounds.

The Kharghar Valley Golf Course has been designed by Golf Design India and has a yardage of 7180. The course is designed to have a par of 72 but for this week’s event the course is being played to a par of 71.

The star-studded field at the tournament will feature leading Indian professionals Yuvraj Sandhu (2025 PGTI Order of Merit Champion), Veer Ahlawat, Manu Gandas, Angad Cheema and Om Prakash Chouhan, to name a few.

The prominent foreign players in the tournament include Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, Bangladeshis Md Siddikur Rahman and Badal Hossain, Nepal’s Subash Tamang, Czech Republic’s Stepan Danek, Italians Michele Ortolani and Federico Zucchetti, American Koichiro Sato as well as Uganda’s Joshua Seale.

The local professionals in the field are Manoj Kumar, Mayur Thakur and Pankaj Thakur of Navi Mumbai and Anil Bajrang Mane of Mumbai.

Shri. Vijay Singhal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, CIDCO, said, “CIDCO is proud to host CIDCO Open 2025, an international golf tournament aimed at nurturing the sport in India by enhancing accessibility and creating opportunities for emerging champions. For the first time, the 18-hole Kharghar Valley Golf Course—built to international standards—is hosting a tournament of this scale. I extend my sincere gratitude to the all our partners and sponsors for collaborating with CIDCO to bring this prestigious event to life. This tournament will offer world-class playing conditions and a global stage for the golf stars of tomorrow. The presence of distinguished guests throughout the event will further inspire golfers to pursue their passion with dedication.”

Mr. Kapil Dev, President, PGTI, said, “We are delighted to bring the first-ever PGTI event to the Kharghar Valley Golf Course in Navi Mumbai in partnership with the Government of Maharashtra. This venue represents the exciting growth of golf infrastructure in India, and hosting a tournament here is an important step in taking the sport to new regions and communities. Importantly, we are pleased to bring a PGTI event to the financial capital of India as golf is a sport played at most financial hubs around the world. We look forward to showcasing the talent of India’s finest professionals on this beautiful and challenging course, and we hope it inspires more young golfers in Navi Mumbai and beyond. We thank the Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis, CIDCO and Larsen & Toubro for their support to this event.”

CIDCO is an acronym of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO). Completely owned by the State Government incorporated as a company on 17th march 1970 it is a public sector undertaking of the Government. CIDCO is notified by the State Government as the New Town Development Authority (NTDA). The Government later widened the scope of CIDCO’s activities delegating the responsibility as the Special Development Authority (SPA). Today CIDCO has earned a reputation as the premier town planning and development agency in the country.

Picture Caption:

(L – R) PGTI Order of Merit Champion Yuvraj Sandhu, Shri Vijay Singhal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, CIDCO, Mr. Vijit Nandrajog, Designer of Kharghar Valley Golf Course, Shri Shantanu Goel, Joint Managing Director, CIDCO and Mr. Amandeep Johl, CEO, PGTI, unveil the trophy of the CIDCO Open 2025 presented by Larsen & Toubro at the Kharghar Valley Golf Course in Navi Mumbai on Sunday