India, Feb. 2 -- The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) has decided to cut down tournaments while raising the prize money for each event to ensure the golfers' interests are not hit, its president Kapil Dev said on Monday.

PGTI's full schedule for 2026 is yet to be finalised. The calendar has only been drawn up till March-end and it features six events, two of them new entrants. The tour is looking at no more than 25 tournaments this year after holding 36 events last year, including eight in NextGen, a developmental tour for emerging players. The main tour offered Rs.35 crore in prize money in 2025, up from Rs.24 crore in 2024.

The decision is being taken keeping in mind players' fatigue and recovery. "We received feedback from the ...