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The DP World Professional Golf Tour of India connected Monday announced the motorboat of the inaugural NexGen Vijay Kumar Memorial, a peculiar lawsuit dedicated to celebrating the bonzer bequest of legendary, precocious Indian golfer Vijay Kumar.
The inaugural edition, the 5th lawsuit of the 2026 NexGen season, volition beryllium held astatine Lucknow Golf Club, Vijay’s location course, from June 9 to 11.
The tournament, featuring 72 golfers, is envisioned arsenic an yearly event. A full prize purse of ₹25 lakh volition beryllium connected connection this year. The lawsuit volition beryllium contested implicit 3 rounds (54 holes), with the chopped applied aft 2 rounds (36 holes). The apical 36 players and ties volition beforehand to the 3rd and last round.
“The inaugural variation is simply a heartfelt tribute to a legendary golfer whose publication to Indian play volition ever beryllium remembered with large respect and admiration. Vijay Kumar was not conscionable a champion golfer but a existent ambassador for Indian golf. He inspired countless golfers done his passionateness for the crippled and his singular travel that began astatine Lucknow Golf Club,” said Amandeep Johl, CEO, DP World PGTI.
The starring players successful this year’s tract see Bipin Mukhiya, the existent person of the 2026 Order of Merit, on with Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Abhishek Kumar, Vinay Kumar Yadav, and Sunit Chowrasia, each of whom person registered victories connected the NexGen Tour this season.
