Archive · 24 Aug 2026
DP World and PGTI Launch Race to India Championship
DP World and India’s professional golf tour have created a new competition for the 2026 season.
Golfers will collect results across nine tournaments in the Race to DP World India Championship.
The best 24 players will earn places in the big championship in New Delhi.
That championship will take place from October 15 to 18.
It will have a prize fund of US$4 million.
The final tournament before it will be the Kapil Dev Invitational Tour Championship.
The golf season will now finish in October instead of December.
Organizers say this timing will help Indian golfers move more easily toward playing on the DP World Tour.
DP World and DP World PGTI launched the season-long Race to DP World India Championship for the 2026 season.
The top 24 players in the race standings will qualify for the DP World India Championship, scheduled for October 15–18 at Delhi Golf Club.
The nine qualifying events offer a combined INR 10 crore prize purse, taking the season total to INR 41 crore.
The race concludes with the inaugural Kapil Dev Invitational Tour Championship at Jaypee Greens from September 30 to October 3.
The 2026 DP World PGTI Order of Merit champion will be decided after the India Championship, while the top 60 players retain 2027 playing rights.
- Who
- DP World and the DP World Professional Golf Tour of India launched the new competition, involving the tour’s professional golfers.
- What
- They launched the Race to DP World India Championship, which will determine qualification for the 2026 DP World India Championship and influence the season Order of Merit.
- When
- The announcement was made on August 24, 2026; the India Championship is scheduled for October 15–18, 2026.
- Where
- The India Championship will be held at Delhi Golf Club, while the nine race events will take place at venues across India.
- Why
- The format is intended to reward consistency, align the DP World PGTI season with the DP World Tour calendar, and create more international playing opportunities for Indian golfers.
- Race events
- Nine DP World PGTI tournaments make up the Race to DP World India Championship 2026.
- Race prize purse
- The nine events offer a combined prize purse of INR 10 crore.
- Season prize purse
- The total DP World PGTI season prize purse will be INR 41 crore.
- India Championship
- The US$4 million DP World India Championship is scheduled for October 15–18 at Delhi Golf Club.
- Qualification
- The top 24 players in the race standings after the Kapil Dev Invitational Tour Championship will qualify for the India Championship.
- 2027 playing rights
- The top 60 players on the DP World PGTI Order of Merit will retain their playing rights for the 2027 season.
- Season schedule
- Beginning in 2026, the DP World PGTI season will conclude in October rather than December.