Karandeep Kochhar, recent from an excellent week in Japan, is happy about attending to Mauritius for the IGPL Invitational 2026 – Mauritius hosted by Leander Paes, which is the beginning of the 3-leg Africa phase of Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) 2026. The 27-year-old Kochhar, who’s flying in straight from Japan, completed Tied-fifth in Japan for his second High-5 end in three begins on the Asian Tour this 12 months. He’s additionally eager so as to add to his tally of IGPL wins after his success on the IGPL Invitational Dubai.
Whilst he received himself prepared for the IGPL Invitational 2026 – Mauritius hosted by Leander Paes, Kochhar mentioned, “I’m enthusiastic about attending to Mauritius. I performed there some years in the past (2019) within the Mauritius Open on the Anahita Course, when it was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, the European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. And now to be getting there for the IGPL on the identical golf course is superior.
The IGPL Invitational 2026 – Mauritius, hosted by Leander Paes, will see India’s prime stars, together with Kochhar, Gaganjeet Bhullar, an 11-time Asian Tour winner, Pukhraj Gill, the IGPL Order of Advantage topper in 2025, and Aman Raj, a a number of winner on IGPL, amongst others.
Kochhar commented, “I’ve mentioned earlier additionally that to place collectively a Tour just like the IGPL, which began not even a 12 months in the past, really six months, and to have associations just like the one with the Worldwide Collection and convey occasions to Mauritius reveals how sturdy the management is. It’s superior and kudos to the management and worldwide Collection, Liv Golf, and everybody concerned.”
About enjoying in Mauritius, he added, “I performed this golf course possibly like six or seven years in the past. So, wanting ahead to going again, and clearly, we’re beginning the crew format now. Trying ahead to that as nicely.
“I had an ideal week in Japan, so I am actually completely happy. I did rather well and discovered so much about myself. on what I did nicely and what I can do higher. So sure, I’m now wanting ahead to Mauritius, which is a really lengthy, good distance from Japan. Additionally, completely different climate circumstances just about day by day, and so I am clearly somewhat drained. Nonetheless, wanting ahead,” he added.
“I wish to have an excellent end within the subsequent few weeks, construct on some momentum, after which go to the Worldwide Collection Singapore Open with some confidence and try to play nicely once more.” Tennis legend Paes has spearheaded the staging of the occasion in Mauritius.
With the crew format additionally kicking in, Paes’ crew Flyingman Ventures (Kolkata), comprising Varun Parikh, Kartik Sharma, Syed Saqib Ahmed, and Sukhman Singh, will even be seen in motion on the occasion.”
Kochhar’s crew, Krishna Auto (Punjab), will comprise Kochhar, Harendra Gupta, Kapil Kumar, and C Muniyappa. Kochhar received the 2025 IGPL Invitational UAE in Dubai, and earlier on, he was the runner-up on the IGPL Invitational Kolkata.
He believes that publicity, plus the brand new tie-in with Liv-backed Worldwide Collection, will help show the depth of Indian expertise and provides youthful gamers a clearer sense of what the following step appears to be like like.
A agency believer in Indian expertise, Kochhar hailed the partnership between the IGPL and the LIV-Golf-backed Worldwide Collection, which provides India’s main gamers a clearer route into world-class fields. “It is nice for our gamers again dwelling to have an opportunity to play Worldwide Collection occasions and hopefully play LIV Golf Promotions and see what can occur from there.”
In brief, as Kochhar mentioned, the IGPL supplies a brand new pathway for Indians to get to world occasions.
Kochhar arrived in Mauritius in red-hot type, as he received the Egypt Golf Collection – Crimson Sea Open on the Asian Improvement Tour in late 2025 and went on to complete within the High 5 on the 2025 ADT Order of Advantage to earn a card into the Asian Tour. He then opened 2026 with a fourth-place end on the Philippine Golf Championship and added a Tied-Fifth place end in Japan.
The Africa leg will see occasions in Mauritius, South Africa, and Congo, apart from one occasion in every of the franchisee’s cities, plus two extra worldwide occasions.
The ten Franchises, every of whom have 4 gamers on their roster are Phoenix (Hyderabad), Atri (Mumbai), Flyingman Ventures (Kolkata), RVR Infra (Delhi), Vimtra Ventures (Chennai), Inexperienced Fuels (Vizag), Auro Realty (Goa), GolfKonnekt (Bengaluru), Krishna Auto (Punjab) and Honer Houses Consortium (Gurugram).
The crew format will see the 2 greatest scores being counted for every spherical, and the factors will accumulate by the season to resolve the highest ending groups.
The person winners, aside from prize cash, additionally play for positions on the IGPL Order of Advantage, which might earn them spots in $2 m Worldwide Collection occasions throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. The season-long Worldwide Collection Rankings, in flip, present a direct pathway to the LIV Golf League.
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