Navi Mumbai, December 14, 2025: 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.