Under his leadership, PGTI secured a multi-year partnership early this year with global logistics leader DP World, which became the official Title Partner and Official Umbrella Partner of the tour. Since becoming president of the Professional Golf Tour of India in June 2024, Dev spearheaded a major financial and operational transformation of golf in India.
Cricket legend Kapil Dev’s push to attract major sponsors and raise prize money in Indian golf is helping create better pathways for the country’s players to qualify for the Olympics and compete globally, DP World PGTI CEO Amandeep Johl said.
Johl Highlights Importance of Prize Money for Indian Golfers
Johl emphasized that increasing prize money is crucial for Indian golfers to earn more world ranking points, which are essential for qualifying for prestigious international tournaments. He also noted that under Kapil’s leadership, the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) is expanding its outreach by promoting the sport in smaller cities and schools, aiming to cultivate a broader talent pool.
“We’ve signed up with the International School of Sports organisation. “We have gone to states like Chhattisgarh, we are going to Benares, the Prime Minister’s constituency, where we are having a golf tournament two weeks from now as part of the DP World PGTI Next Gen Series. Our job is to make sure we take the game of golf to schools.
If we can teach 1,000 kids every year, our bench strength will improve and Olympians will emerge from that group. In 10 years, I will have 10,000 more golfers,” he said.
Johl also said the PGTI was looking to strengthen ties with international tours to provide Indian players greater exposure. “The best players from our tour go and compete on the DP World Tour and the best players from the DP World Tour go and compete on the PGA Tour and Japan Tour and Korean Tour and South African Tour,” he said.
