Greater Noida to host ₹2 crore Kapil Dev Invitational golf event

Saptak Talwar will play at his home course when the Kapil Dev Invitational tees off at Jaypee Greens Golf Spa Resort in Greater Noida on October 7.

The four-day tournament, which runs until October 10, carries a ₹2 crore prize purse and marks the fourth edition of the invitational. It will be staged as the DP World PGTI Tour Championship for the first time.

The field of 64 professionals includes Shubhankar Sharma, reigning PGTI Order of Merit champion Yuvraj Sandhu, Khalin Joshi, Veer Ahlawat, Honey Baisoya, Akshay Sharma and Rashid Khan. Greater Noida-based golfers Amardeep Malik and Arjun Sharma are also in the field, along with 10 overseas players representing eight countries.

The tournament is the final opportunity for players to secure a place among the top 24 in the Race to DP World India Championship before the season finale the following week. Each round will include a Pro-Am competition pairing a professional and an amateur, with the professional’s score counting towards both leaderboards.