THE PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOUR OF INDIA (PGTI) and ZION Hills Golf County are hosting the inaugural Kolar Open 2025 at the ZION Hills Golf County in Kolar, Karnataka, from 26–29 August.
The event features a total prize purse of Rs.1 crore and marks PGTI’s debut at ZION Hills Golf County. The 18-hole course, designed by architect Ronald Fream, forms the centrepiece of the tournament.
Leading Indian professionals competing include Angad Cheema, Olympian Udayan Mane, Om Prakash Chouhan, Manu Gandas, Arjun Prasad and Shaurya Bhattacharya.
Prominent international players in the field include Sri Lankans N Thangaraja and K Prabagaran, Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain and Badal Hossain, Italians Michele Ortolani and Federico Zucchetti, Czech Republic’s Stepan Danek, American Koichiro Sato, Nepal’s Subash Tamang, and Uganda’s Joshua Seale.
PGTI CEO Amandeep Johl said, “We are delighted to partner with ZION Hills Golf County in launching the inaugural Kolar Open as part of our continued efforts to expand the footprint of professional golf across India. We thank ZION Hills Golf County for their support to our endeavour of growing the sport and creating maximum playing opportunities for Indian professionals. With the recently-constructed back-nine of the course being unveiled for the first time, the golfing skills of India’s top professionals will be tested this week as the length of the course, the huge greens, the numerous penalty areas and the wind factor will pose a stiff challenge.”
ZION Hills Golf County managing director George Menomparampil commented, “We recently completed construction of the back nine holes at the course, and we are delighted to welcome the first Kolar Open PGTI tournament here – that carries Official World Golf Ranking Points. We look forward to an exciting contest and to offering players a memorable experience. It is our hope that this becomes a regular feature on the PGTI calendar and helps attract more golfers and tourists to the region.”