Kolkata, 10-08-2026

Coal India Open returns for its second edition on the DP World PGTI

Coal India Limited and the DP World Professional Golf Tour of India (DP World PGTI), 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 – 14, 2026, at the Tollygunge Club in Kolkata. The tournament offers a total prize purse of INR 1 crore.

The event is supported by Event Title Sponsor Coal India Limited (CIL), the state-owned coal mining corporate in India and single largest coal producing company in the world. The tournament is also supported by DP World PGTI’s Umbrella Partner DP World, alongside Tour Partners Axis Bank, Amul, Amrutanjan Enerlyte, Air India Maharaja Club, Campa and Kalyani.

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 DP World 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 has some prominent names from the host city of Kolkata including Shankar Das (former DP World 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.

Shri B. Sairam, Chairman, Coal India Limited, said, “Coal India is delighted to be associated with the second edition of the Coal India Open on the DP World Professional Golf Tour of India. The successful first edition laid a strong foundation, and we are pleased to see the tournament staged at the iconic Tollygunge Club in Kolkata this time around. At Coal India, we believe that sport has the power to inspire excellence, nurture talent and bring communities together. Through our association with the DP World PGTI, we are proud to contribute to the growth of professional golf in India and provide a platform for our country’s finest golfing talent to showcase their skills. We look forward to another exciting edition of the Coal India Open and to strengthening our commitment to sporting excellence and the development of golf in the country.”

Mr. 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 while 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.

Picture: Defending champion Angad Cheema in action during the Pro-Am event on Sunday