Gaganjeet Bhullar beats Raghav Chugh in play-off to secure seventh IGPL title

Bhullar, who represents Chennai Lions GC, won a play-off for the second week in a row after he birdied twice in his last three holes at Vooty Golf County. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Gaganjeet Bhullar secured his seventh Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) title after beating Raghav Chugh in a play-off at the Phoenix Invitational Hyderabad on Friday.

Bhullar, who represents Chennai Lions GC, won a play-off for the second week in a row after he birdied twice in his last three holes at Vooty Golf County.

The 38-year-old had twin birdies on the 16th and the 17th to get to 14-under, while Chugh of Phoenix Hyderabad Firebirds GC, who had held the lead minutes earlier, holed a must-hole birdie on his closing hole to force a play-off.

Bhullar once again came out the victor in the shootout played on the Par-4 18th. A little earlier, Bhullar had a shot at a 20-footer for a birdie, which would have given him an outright win, but it was destined to come down to a play-off.

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Sachin Baisoya of Phoenix Hyderabad Firebirds GC was the sole third at 13-under, while Kartik Sharma of Kolkata Tigers GC, who produced the best card of the day at 9-under 63, was tied for 4th alongside Harshjeet Singh Sethie of Chennai Lions GC (70) and Shaurya Binu of Gurugram Tuskers GC (64) at 12-under.

It was the best AM Green IGPL finish of 2026 for both Kartik and Harshjeet.

In the team contest, host Phoenix Hyderabad Firebirds, led by Chugh, Baisoya, Ranjit Singh and Arjun Bhati, took the honours at 27-under, edging aside Kolkata Tigers (Kartik, Syed Saqib Ahmed, Varun Parikh and Sukhman Singh) and Chennai Lions (Bhullar, Sethie, Ravi Kumar and Yashas Chandra), who were tied second at 26-under.