PGTI launches own professional league, to be held in February 2026

The friction in Indian golf is ready to extend with the PGTI saying the launch of ‘72 The League’ a franchise-based nationwide skilled league on Thursday.

Created in partnership with Sport of Life Sports activities (GOLS), the league is scheduled to be held from February 21 to March 6 subsequent 12 months throughout three Delhi-NCR venues in its inaugural season – Qutab Golf Course (Delhi), Traditional Golf & Nation Membership (Gurugram) and Jaypee Greens (Better Noida). The announcement comes months after the launch of the rival Indian Golf Premier League that includes a few of India’s premier golfers.

Whereas the IGPL is meant to occur in January 2026 and have its public sale by the tip of this 12 months, there is no such thing as a replace on the identical. The public sale for ‘72 The League’ is scheduled to be held subsequent month with a pool of Rs. six crores and the franchises are but to be finalised.

Each leagues are anticipated to characteristic six groups with 10 professional golfers every, however, whereas IGPL could have each women and men, 72 will solely be for males to start with. The previous has additionally been deliberate to be performed each home-and-away throughout the nation. The format for each can be completely different – the IGPL can be a no-cut, three-day strokeplay occasion over 4 weeks whereas the 72 can be performed in matchplay model.

PGTI president Kapil Dev whereas denying the league as a response to IGPL, additionally made it clear that the golfers must select. “We’ve not sanctioned or banned any golfer for taking part in any competitors. We’ve nothing towards any golfer who decides to take part in any league, any likelihood to earn cash is an effective factor. However they can’t be a part of two parallel organisations concurrently. Do ghar me ek sath nahi reh sakte (you can not keep in two houses on the similar time),” Kapil mentioned.

The 72’s league commissioner Amrit Mathur admitted the number of franchises can be important. “We’ve learnt from the completely different leagues within the nation and perceive that every sport has its personal distinctive dynamics and we have to respect that. The principle goal is to get the precise house owners who perceive this isn’t a get-rich fast cash scheme however a long-term dedication,” he mentioned.