Chandigarh, October 30: Sultans of Swing won the GB Realty Chandigarh Golf League 2026 title on their first final appearance, edging Hunting Hawks 4–3 in a contest shaped by comebacks and tense finishes at The Chandigarh Golf Club on Friday. Jitendra Singh and Somveer Singh Anand won the final two holes for a crucial 1-up victory, while two other games finished all square as Sultans denied the highest-ranked qualifiers at the final hurdle.

Pirates of the Greens claimed third place with a 4.5–2.5 victory over outgoing champions The Mulligans.

The final brought together the top two teams after the round robin, and the margins were fittingly small. Hunting Hawks collected 1.5 points from the singles, but Sultans answered with three pairs victories and a half to secure the trophy.

Arav Singh Dagar and Sampat Singh supplied an early taste of the contest’s twists. Sampat won three of the opening four holes and was two ahead after seven, before Arav took the eighth and ninth to bring the game level. Six successive halved holes followed, leaving everything to play for over the closing stretch.

Arav won the 16th, Sampat answered on the 17th, and the Hawks player took the last to finish 1 Up. In the other singles game, Shalini Sheoran won the 14th before the final four holes were halved, sharing the point with Amrinder Singh.

Rohit Singh Dagar and Kulwaran Singh delivered the Hawks’ most emphatic performance in the pairs. They won the final six holes of their game to close out a commanding 7&6 victory.

Sultans had to work much harder for their points. Dilsher Sukhija and Dhruv Gupta lost the opening three holes against Ravibir Singh and Lt. Col. G M S Bindra but recovered to win 3&1, turning a difficult start into a valuable contribution. Feroz Singh Garewal and Surinder Jit Singh added another 3&1 victory against Krishna Kaila and Col. A S Sekhon.

The tightest Sultans win came through Jitendra Singh and Somveer Singh Anand against Vinay S Bhan and Gursimrat Singh Jawandha. The Hawks pair won the 16th to move 1 Up, putting themselves within touching distance of a full point. Jitendra and Somveer responded by taking both the 17th and 18th, turning that deficit into a 1-up victory.

That late swing proved crucial to the overall result. A game that had been leaning towards the Hawks instead supplied one of Sultans’ three outright pairs points.

There was more pressure in Kulvinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Sidhu’s encounter with Rabbin Saini and Col. P S Mangat. The Sultans pair won the 16th and 17th, but the Hawks took the last to rescue a half. With Shalini and Amrinder’s singles game also finishing all square, those shared points left Sultans with the narrowest possible team victory.

The title completed a strong knockout run for Sultans. After beating Golf Masters in the quarter-finals, they turned around last year’s semi-final result against The Mulligans before overcoming the Hawks in the final. Hunting Hawks, who had led the round-robin field with 26.5 points, finished runners-up after coming through a quarter-final playoff and a semi-final victory over Pirates.

In the third/fourth-place classification match, Pirates built their success on another singles sweep. K Raghav Bhandari beat Jaspreet Singh Sokhi 2 Up, while Amarinder Brar added a convincing 5&4 victory over Sunder Singh.

Manistha Rao and Bhupinder Singh contributed a 2&1 pairs win against Angad Singh Matharoo and Air Marshal T S Randhawa. Amandeep Bath and Paramjit Singh added a 4&3 result against Gauhar Singh Pruthi and Gurpreet Singh.

M P Singh and Col. Gurbir Singh Gill shared their game with Dr. Angad Sangha and A P S Kahai, completing Pirates’ 4.5-point tally.

The Mulligans collected their two outright wins through brothers Himmat Singh and Shamsher Singh’s 6&5 result, and a commanding 7&6 victory for captain Bismad Singh and Jaskeerat Kaur Matharoo. Pirates nevertheless had enough across the other games to finish third, leaving the defending champions fourth.

Results:

Final: Hunting Hawks 3–4 Sultans of Swing

Third/fourth-place classification:

The Mulligans 2.5–4.5 Pirates of the Greens

Final positions:

1. Sultans of Swing

2. Hunting Hawks

3. Pirates of the Greens4. The Mulligans