Q School winner Shubham Jaglan (second from left) receives his trophy and cheque from PGTI CEO Amandeep Johl, Savvy Group MD Sameer Sinha (centre), tournament director Sampath Chari (second from right) and Kensville GCC general manager Lokinder Malik. Image courtesy PGTI.
By Rahul Banerji
Shubham Jaglan won the DP World PGTI Qualifying School by a convincing five-shot margin at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad on Friday.
Jaglan returned a bogey-free 2 under par 70 to close out the 72-hole Final Stage and total 6 under 282 for the week, ahead of USA’s Jhared Hack (70-70-73-74), the DP World PGTI said.
The Gurgaon-based Jaglan, an impressive two-time runner-up on the Tour last season, was making his Qualifying School debut this year.
Hack, on his first visit to India, clinched the runner-up spot at 1 under 287 with his closing 74, while Ajay Baisoya fired the week’s lowest score of 65 to finish third on 2 over 290.
Seventeen-year-old Pritish Singh Karayat (68) was the highest-finising amateur, ending the week fourth on 3 over 291.
Sixteen-year-old Kartik Singh took a share of seventh place on 6 over 294.
The cut in the final round came at 17-over 305 with the top 47 players earning their cards for the 2026 DP World PGTI season.
International feel
The qualifiers included seven amateurs and 10 overseas players (two Americans, two Japanese, two Sri Lankans, one Zambian, one Ugandan, one Irishman and one from Nepal).
Jaglan, leading by a stroke overnight, played steady golf through the final day and extended his lead with birdies on holes six and seven.
He then hung on to the advantage on by staying consistent and making most greens and with Hack dropping shots at the end, was a comfortable five-stroke winner in the end.
“I’m really excited to have won the Qualifying School, playing great golf all week long,” Jaglan said.
“I went bogey-free today which was one of my goals for the day and played consistently throughout the 18 holes today.
“The birdies on six and seven where I produced a couple of great shots put me in a comfortable position. I stayed patient thereafter and didn’t make any mistakes.”
Also read: Jaglan forges into PGTI Q School Final Stage lead at Kensville
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