Last year’s champion golfer David D’Souza, who delivered a sensational performance with a two-day total of 140, claimed the AVT Bengaluru Leg championship at KGA. His victory also secured him the opening honours for the AVT Champions Tour 2026–27 season.

Hot on his heels was Sandeep Singh Sandhu, who finished as the runner-up in the Overall category with a total score of 151, after an impressive performance throughout the event.

Competition across the age categories was fiercely contested and the prize winners for the different age categories were as follows:

Category A (50–54 years):

Winner – Anil Shivanna Hosour (154)
Runner-up – Raju Gowda (156)

Category B (55–59 years):

Winner – Ashish Kapoor (152)
Runner-up – Vivek Varma (154)

Category C (60–64 years):

Winner – Pushpendra Rathore (151)
Runner-up – Jehangir Tankariwala (157)

Category D (65–69 years):

Winner – Alok Gole (161)
Runner-up – Viney Singh (162)

Category E (70 Years & Above):

Winner – Gangesh Khaitan (161)
Runner-up – Ashit Luthra (162)

Ladies’ Category

Winner: Roopa Pratap (178)

Runner-up: Deepa Singal (182)

Individual Nett Winners

Handicap 0–9:

Winner – Naveen Wahi (140)
Runner-up – Nirupam Dhar (141)

Handicap 10–18:

Winner – Brig. HPS Dhillon (139)
Runner-up – Karthikeyan Krishnaraj (142)

There were over 20 teams from various cities across the countries

The team events were fiercely contested and added further excitement to the tournament.

Team Gross Category:

Winners – David D’Souza, Jehangir Tankariwala, Arjun Anekar, Vivek Verma (451)
Runner-up – John Wilcox, Parthive Sanghrajka, Rohit Philip, Harmeet Sahney (465)

Team Nett Category:

Winners – Utpal Desai, Loy Halder, Naveen Wahi, Balasubramanya Ramakrishna (430)
Runner-up – Arun Murugappan, Ishwar Achanta, Nandakumar Natarajan, Venkatesh Sundaravadhanam (436)

This event marked a special feat of the A.V Thomas group as the company celebrated its 100 years of establishment.

The tour is sponsored by AVT Thomas Group. This event in KGA is sponsored by Atrimed Plant Science, Curapod, Marqland, and HDFC Bank. Titleist is the Equipment Partner of the tour. SING (Senior Indian National Golf) is the official tour managing association, and the event is being managed by Protouch Sports