Golf Club auction for Chandigarh League on July 12

As many as 224 members of the Chandigarh Golf Club (CGC) will be part of the players’ auction for the upcoming 5th Chandigarh Golf League (CGL) to be held from September 30 to October 31. The auction to allot 144 players to 24 teams will be held on July 12 on the CGC premises.

Each team will have 10 core members and six each will be added from the auction.

The last date for sending entries closed today, with 224 members applying to be part of the CGL teams. “Last year, a team had picked eight players each from the auction in addition to their 10 core group members. However, this year, the number of players inducted through the auction has been reduced to six. Since, the CGL comprises 24 teams, 144 players will be up for grabs through the open auction. Last year, the CGL was played between 21 teams, and 168 players were allotted through the auction,” said Dr GS Kochhar, CGL organising committee member.

The names of the three new teams, which were auctioned this year, have also been decided. Tac Eagle, Capital Golfers and Birdie Brigade will be the three new contenders for the CGL-2026 edition. In June, three teams attracted Rs 65 lakh, Rs 63 lakh and Rs 61 lakh revenue for the CGL organising committee. These teams were owned by Lt Gen IS Singha, Robin Aggarwal and Rakesh Kapur.

While six prospective bidders had deposited the required amount to participate in the auction, several fell short as bidding exceeded their anticipated budgets. The bidders included Lt Gen IS Singha, Robin Aggarwal, GS Jawandha, Vijay Gupta, Rakesh Kapur and Rajinder Singh Pammy. The CGC had awarded a prize money of nearly Rs 34 lakh in the last edition of the event.

Mulligans won the CGL-2025 edition by defeating Punjab Aces, while the Captain’s 18 finished third after beating Sultans of Swing 5-2 in the bronze medal play-off.