Kuala Lumpur, May 8, 2026: India’s Pukhraj Singh Gill stayed on the top of the leaderboard despite a mid-round wobble when he dropped three shots in a space of three holes at the ADT Players Championship presented by R&A. The Indian ace, who plays on the Indian Premier Golf League, carded 2-under 70 and moved to 13-under and held a one-shot lead over Filipino Sean Ramos (67), who is 12-under.
Thanawin Lee of Thailand (73) was third at 9-under. Of the other Indians, Khalin Joshi (71) was T-33, while young Kartik Singh, who played on the IGPL in 2025, slipped from inside Top-10 to T-56 with a disappointing round of 81.
Aman Raj, Aryan Roopa Anand and Varun Parikh, all of whom play on the IGPL missed the cut.
Gill, a long hitter of the tee, won once on the IGPL last year and this season he plays for Honer Homes Gurugram in the team competition which was introduced alongside the tour.
Gill started superbly with an eagle two on Par-4 fourth and added birdies on the sixth and the eighth to move to 15-under and held a three-shot lead at one stage. Then he bogeyed the ninth and double bogeyed the 11th. He recovered with a string of pars and birdied the 17th to shoot 70 and reached 13-under.
Last year apart from one win Gill contended multiple times and his consistency saw him take the Order of Merit. He earned a spot in the International Series Singapore, where he was Tied-26th.
“That Singapore experience helped me a lot and I am very confident as the season gets along,” said Gill, who hails from Ludhiana in Punjab.
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