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Mr. Mahesh Kumar Bhandangkar and Mr. Shil Bhargava qualify for the BMW Golf Cup 2026 National Final.

BMW Group India kick-started the much-awaited BMW Golf Cup 2026, marking the return of the country’s premier amateur golf tournament for its 16^th edition. The Pune leg was hosted at Poona Golf Club.

The competition in Pune saw talented amateur golfers demonstrate exceptional skill, sportsmanship, and precision. Emerging victorious, Mr. Mahesh Kumar Bhandangkar and Mr. Shil Bhargava have earned their well-deserved places in the BMW Golf Cup National Final, scheduled to take place later this year.

BMW Golf Cup 2026 will be hosted at spectacular golf courses across Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Vadodara, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Patna, Kolkata and Gurugram. Prestigious brand partnerships with Omega, Etihad, TaylorMade, Ballantine’s, and HSBC further adds to excitement.

BMW Golf Cup, one of the world's largest amateur golf tournament series can trace its roots back a quarter of a century to a British-based initiative that ran on its own for five years before going international. The tournament started as the BMW Invitation Tournament in UK. It has now developed into a global series with 1,000 qualifying tournaments involving 100,000 players in up to 40 countries. The best players from each nation qualify for the highlight, the BMW Golf Cup World Final, where the individual titles are contested in three categories.

The BMW Golf Cup 2026 has two categories, A (for handicaps up to 12) and B (for handicaps 13 - 28). The winners of the individual handicap categories qualify for the National Final. The winners in each of the two handicap categories in the National Final qualify to take part in the World Final of BMW Golf Cup.