Indorama Ventures and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of men’s professional golf in India, will be jointly staging the inaugural Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship from April 9 – 12, 2025, at the magnificent Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad.

The tournament offers a total prize purse of INR 2 crore. The main event will be followed by the Pro-Am event on April 13.

Indorama Ventures, the title sponsor for the event, is an industry-leading global sustainable chemicals company. Their diversified, international businesses are integrated across the PET and specialty chemicals value chain. Indorama Ventures’ footprint spans manufacturing operations at 117 locations in 31 countries, with market-leading positions in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

The tournament beginning on April 9 at Kalhaar Blues & Greens will have a field of 126 players including 123 professionals and three amateurs. 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 par for the course is 72.

The star-studded field at the tournament will feature leading Indian professionals Ajeetesh Sandhu, Om Prakash Chouhan, Manu Gandas, Yuvraj Sandhu, Shaurya Bhattacharya, Varun Parikh, Rahil Gangjee, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Udayan Mane, Shaurya Binu, Sachin Baisoya, Aman Raj, Karandeep Kochhar and Chikkarangappa S, to name a few.

The foreign challenge will be led by Czech Republic’s Stepan Danek, Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, American Koichiro Sato, Italian Federico Zucchetti, Uganda’s Joshua Seale, Bangladeshis Md Siddikur Rahman, Jamal Hossain, Badal Hossain, Md Akbar Hossain, Md Jakiruzzaman Jakir, Md Somrat Sikdar, Md Muaj and Md Razu as well as Nepal’s Sukra Bahadur Rai and Subash Tamang.

Besides PGTI winner Varun Parikh, the other professionals representing Ahmedabad include Jay Pandya and Dhruv Suri. The amateur from Ahmedabad is Islam Khan.

Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh’s teenage son Harjai Milkha Singh of Chandigarh will be the third amateur playing the tournament.

Mr. Aloke Lohia, Founder & Group CEO at Indorama Ventures, said, “We are proud to begin our association with the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) as the title sponsor of the inaugural Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship. As one of the world’s leading chemical companies, our partnership with the PGTI is an opportunity to promote the growth of professional golf in India while creating meaningful connections with the broader golfing community—and indeed cherish our close ties with India as a whole through my family’s proud heritage. This year’s event at the world-class Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club promises to be a showcase of extraordinary talent, and we look forward to celebrating the achievements of India’s professional golfers. I extend my gratitude to PGTI President Mr. Kapil Dev, and all participants for making this tournament a highlight on the international golfing calendar.”

Mr. Amandeep Johl, CEO, PGTI, said, “We thank Indorama Ventures for coming on board as a title sponsor and supporting our efforts to grow professional golf in India. This new partnership is testament to the continuing upward trajectory of Indian golf. We will strive to jointly work with Indorama in establishing the event as one of the top attractions on the PGTI schedule. An impressive prize purse, a stellar field and immaculate playing conditions at the magnificent Kalhaar Blues & Greens, make for a fascinating week of golfing action. We wish the players all the best.”

Mr. Devang Shah, MD, Navratna Group, said, “We welcome PGTI’s return to Kalhaar Blues & Greens for the staging of the inaugural Indorama Ventures Golf Championship. We look forward to further building on our long association with the PGTI which is now led by the dynamic Mr. Kapil Dev. We thank Indorama Ventures for bringing an INR 2 crore event to Kalhaar Blues & Greens which will provide our members and golf fans in Ahmedabad a great opportunity to witness top-quality golf. We have put in all efforts to provide the best playing conditions for the professionals and we’re confident they will relish the experience of playing at Kalhaar Blues & Greens.”