Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic finish, Umed Kumar of Haryana produced back-to-back chip-in birdies, one in the final hole of regulation play and one in the playoff, to win the PGTI NEXGEN’s season finale, the Dilip Tirkey Invitational 2025, an INR 20 lakh event, Which concluded at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club here on Thursday. It was Umed’s second NEXGEN title of the season.

Umed collected the winning cheque worth INR 2,54,000 that helped him finish as No. 1 in the 2025 PGTI NEXGEN Order of Merit with season’s earnings of INR 8,61,140. As a result of emerging NEXGEN Order of Merit champion, Umed has earned himself exemption on the PGTI’s main tour next year.

The 24-year-old Umed Kumar (67-70-71), the overnight leader by three shots, struck a one-under 71 in the third and final round to total eight-under 208 for the week.

The match went into a playoff after Gurugram-based Kushal Singh (70-73-65), who was overnight tied seventh, produced the best round of the tournament, a seven-under 65, to end the regulation 54 holes in tied first place at eight-under 208 along with Umed.

The first ever PGTI event to be played in Odisha was supported by Indian hockey legend Mr. Dilip Tirkey.

Chandarjeet Yadav (66) finished third at seven-under 209. Sanjeev Kumar and Divesh Rana ended the week in tied fourth position at five-under 211.

Lucknow-based Sanjeev Kumar, who was the NEXGEN Order of Merit leader by a margin of over INR 1 lakh over nearest rival Umed Kumar, heading into the season’s last event in Bhubaneswar, earned himself a cheque worth INR 1,02,300 for his tied fourth finish on Thursday. Sanjeev thus ended the season with earnings of INR 8,11,040 to take second place in the Order of Merit.

Ajay Kumar Sahu had the best result among the local professionals after he totalled six-over 222 to take 27th place.