India, Feb. 20 -- The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) will change its calendar to align it with the European Tour from this year. The last tournament in 2026 will be the DP World India Championship where, like last year, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood are expected to take part. The PGTI qualifying school will start in October with the new season from November.

"This will ensure that the PGTI Order of Merit winner, who gets a card on the European Tour (which shares in DP World a common title sponsor with PGTI) does not miss out on tournaments," said Amandeep Johl, PGTI's 57-year-old CEO here on Friday.

In 2025, the last PGTI event, the Tata Open, ended on December 28. That meant its Order of Merit winner Yuvraj Sandhu missed Eur...