Khalin Joshi wins Andhra Open title; focus turns to golf tourism in A.P.

“Andhra Pradesh tin go a golfing capital,” said Amandeep Johl, main enforcement serviceman of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), pointing astatine the State’s imaginable to leverage play tourism pursuing the palmy staging of the Andhra Open Golf Championship 2026 successful Visakhapatnam connected Friday.

Bengaluru-based Khalin Joshi won the tourney that was held astatine the East Point Golf Club (EPGC). The 33-year-old returned a two-under 69 to decorativeness astatine nine-under 275 for the week, sealing a four-shot triumph and ending a three-year rubric drought. The win, his seventh nonrecreational title, earned him ₹15 lakh.