The Asian Tour returns to India this week for the inaugural Bharath Classic 2025 Gujarat– an exciting new event on the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) Tour, which was launched earlier this year.

The tournament is being held at Kensville Golf Resort, Ahmedabad, allowing for a popular return to a country that has a strong affinity with the Asian Tour.

Boasting prizemoney of US$500,000, it will be jointly-sanctioned with the IGPL Tour – a new and innovative circuit boasting 11 events that will act as forerunner for next year’s Indian Golf Premier League, the country’s first-ever franchise-based golf league.

The introduction of a brand-new event in a country that has been so important to the Asian Tour is a welcome addition. It is the penultimate event of the season on the Asian Tour.

Kensville Golf Resort is an idyllic 900-acre golf resort located 40 kms from Ahmedabad, in Gujarat.

It boasts an 18-hole championship-standard course designed by one of India’s greatest golfers Jeev Milkha Singh.

Ekpharit Wu.

Tournament Information

• Tournament: Bharath Classic 2025 Gujarat
• Date: 27th – 30th November 2025
• Venue: Kensville Golf Resort, Ahmedabad, India
• Par/Yards: 73/7,210 yards
• Purse: US$500,000
• Asian Tour leg: 20^th
• Edition of tournament: First
• Total number of players: 120
• Format: Stroke play tournament over four rounds of 18 holes with a cut after 36 holes to leading 65 pros plus ties.
• Social media hashtags: #TimeToRise

Steve Lewton.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: Jazz Janewattananond (2019)
• Nationalities: 17
• Top contenders: Jazz Janewattananond (THA), Yuvraj Sandhu (IND), James Piot (USA), Ekpharit Wu (THA), Wooyoung Cho (KOR)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Jazz Janewattananond (THA) #474
• Highest ranked player on 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Jazz Janewattananond (THA) #14
• Number of amateurs in the field: 5
• Number of Indian players in the field: 60

James Piot.

Tournament Notes

• Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond has had a solid season and ranks 14^th on the Order of Merit after a T2 at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in May and three other top-10s, the latest one a T6 at the Moutai Singapore Open three weeks ago. Jazz won the Asian Tour Order of Merit in 2019 after winning four events that season. During his career he has won seven titles on the Asian Tour, the most recent one at the International Series Morocco in 2022.
• Yuvraj Sandhu from India has won five times this season on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), his latest victory coming just last week at the Indian Oil Servo Masters. He leads that Order of Merit after those wins and a total of 11 top 10’s this season.
• American James Piot is a former U.S. Amateur champion having won the 2021 edition at Oakmont Country Club. After turning pro, he played on the LIV Golf League in 2022 and 2023 with a T6 at the 2022 Bangkok event as his best finish. Piot was tied for the lead at the recent Moutai Singapore Open after 54 holes, but a ball stuck in a tree during the final round derailed his chances for his first Asian Tour title. Piot has also been playing on the PGA Tour Americas this year with a third-place and T4 as his best showings.
• Ekpharit Wu from Thailand won the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open two weeks ago for his first Asian Tour title, and he’s had three other top-20’s in his rookie Asian Tour season. Prior to securing his card at Q-School last December Wu posted two victories on the All Thailand Golf Tour in 2024.
• Korean Wooyoung Cho has posted two top-10’s on the Asian Tour this year, the first placing fifth at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in his home country, and the second a T6 at the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open two weeks ago. As an amateur he was part of the gold medal-winning South Korean team at the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023), playing alongside professional golfers like Siwoo Kim and Sungjae Im. His has two wins on the Korean PGA Tour, the first one in 2023 while still an amateur, and the second in 2024 after turning pro.

Pictures by Jaydeep/Asian Tour.