Aman Raj, the current leader on the IGPL Tour leads the home challenge as the Asian Tour makes a welcome return to Indian soil for the Bharath Classic 2025 Gujarat. This is the first Asian Tour event in India since the last one in March 2023.
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Ahmedabad’s Kensville Golf Resort hosts the much-awaited inaugural Bharath Classic 2025 Gujarat, an event co-sanctioned by the IGPL Tour. The Bharath Classic is the crown jewel in the IGPL schedule.
Winning the Bharath Classic will assure the champion the Asian Tour playing privileges through 2026 and 2027 and open pathways to the highly lucrative International Series and LIV Golf League.
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Aman leads the challenge of the Top-4 from the IGPL Money List. Aman, a two-time winner in Jaipur and Kolkata, is followed by the long-hitting Pukhraj Singh Gill, winner of the IGPL Jamshedpur and Sachin Baisoya and teen prodigy Kartik Singh. Another IGPL winner, Kapil Kumar, is also in the field. Sachin and Kartik have delivered consistent results but are still looking for their maiden IGPL wins.
Aman, who has made it clear that his goal is to get back to the Asian Tour next season, sees this as the big goal. He said, “My aim is to top the IGPL Order of Merit and get to the Asian Tour Q-School, but I can short cut the route to Asian Tour by winning this week,” said Aman Raj after a practice round. “The course is looking great, and the roughs are up, and the greens are rolling well. It will be a good challenge.
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“The field is strong with a lot of internationals including a big group from Thailand like Jazz (Janewattananond) and the recent winner, Ekpharit Wu, who won in Taiwan. But our home challenge is also very strong, so there is four good days of golf coming up and this event is a big chance for all of us.” he added.
Ajeetesh Sandhu, a one-time Asian Tour winner, also welcomed the return of Asian Tour and said, “It’s good to play an Asian Tour event in India after a long time and I hope to more tournaments are added to the schedule. This gives our boys a big chance.”
Yuvraj Sandhu, a prolific winner on the PGTI, is also hoping to keep his Asian Tour card as the season comes towards the end.
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Yuvraj said, “Playing an Asian Tour event at home is always a big thing and this being our home it is good.” Yuvraj has been prolific on the Indian Tour this season with five wins.
Earlier this year when Kensville hosted a domestic event, IGPL star Yashas Chandra of Mysore was second and he would be looking to go one better.
