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David D’Souza, who delivered a sensational performance with a two-day total of 144, claimed the AVT Champions Tour Ahmedabad Leg at Kalhaar Blues & Greens. On the final day, David D’Souza also got a hole-in-one on the 11th hole. His victory secured him back-to-back wins for the AVT Champions Tour 2026–27 season.

Just four shots back was Rajiv Vasa, who finished as the runner-up in the Overall Gross category with a total score of 148, 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 – Harmeet Sahney (157)
Runner-up – Amod Joshi (159)

Category B (55–59 years):
Winner – Parthiv Mehta (155)
Runner-up – Monish Bindra (156)

Category C (60–64 years):
Winner – Sandeep Singh Sandhu (152)
Runner-up – Pushpendra Rathore (156)

Category D (65–69 years):
Winner – Pulkeshin Sharma (161)
Runner-up – Viney Singh (170)

Category E (70 Years & Above):
Winner – Vinay Kumar (163)
Runner-up – Gangesh Khaitan (166)

Ladies’ Category
Winner: Paromita Mukherjee (165)
Runner-up: Neetu Bansal (186)

Individual Nett Winners

Handicap 0–9:
Winner – Virendra Sangwan (145)
Runner-up – Manav Prakash (148)

Handicap 10–18:
Winner – K Dhananjaya Das (153) (won on back nine count back)
Runner-up – Gurpreet Bakshi (153)

There were over 20 teams from various cities across the country and they fiercely contested and added further excitement to the tournament.

Team Gross Category:
Winners – Ahmedabad, consisting of Rajiv Vasa, Parthiv Mehta, Yash Shah, and Amit Shah.

Runner-up – Noida, consisting of Manav Prakash, Monish Bindra, Kim Sanggun, and Ashish Kapoor.

Team Nett Category:
Winners – Chandigarh Bandits, consisting of Sandeep Singh Sandhu, Jaspreet Bakshi, Kush Sama, and Gurpreet Bakshi.

Runner-up – Bengaluru, consisting of Paromita Mukherjee, Viney Singh, Jehangir Tankariwala, and David D’Souza.

The tour is sponsored by AVT Thomas Group. Event sponsors include Curapod and JM Financial. Titleist is the Equipment Partner of the tour. SING (Senior Indian National Golf) is the official tour managing association, with event management executed by Protouch Sports and India Golf News (IGN) as the Tour’s Media Partner.

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