Kolkata: Living out of a suitcase can ruin the ability to remember where you were 18 months ago, so Jamal Hussein had to stop for a moment and think. India said. Where was February 12th this year? This was easy. India, he said again.
So, during the uprising and elections, events that had a huge impact on Bangladesh, Hossain was on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) circuit. Hussain was here with three other golfers from Bangladesh. “They are back, having missed the cut,” he said at the Tollygunge Club here on Friday, also the final day of the DP World Players Championship.
With a score of 12-under 268, the 41-year-old Hussein placed fifth and finished in fifth place. $5.62 lakh. This was his third consecutive top-10 finish in his three-tournament season and brought his earnings to that $15.89 thousand. He is sixth on the Tour’s Order of Merit list with Honey Baisoya leading the way $33.95 lakh.
Jamal will now focus on 72 The League, PGTI’s foray into the franchise competition, where he is the only player from Bangladesh. Bought at its base price $Jamal, one of the six teams participating in the competition, for Rs 10,000 from Mumbai Aces, said it would be a new experience “because I have never played in any league before”.
Amandeep Goel, the tour’s chief executive, a former golfer and coach, said prices would have been higher if the maximum player salaries were not at the same level. $Rs 1 crore per team. Each team will have 10 players in the one-match league to be played over three tournaments in Delhi-NCR from Saturday. Each league match will consist of two singles matches, four balls and one four-ball match, Gohl said.
Hussain said he has been coming to India since 2006, his first visit with the Bangladesh national team, and speaks more than just a little Hindi. He turned professional in 2010. Hussain finished sixth after 2025, with three top-10 finishes and a win. $77.81 lakh.
Hussain, who is from Dhaka, said golf was not affected by the political unrest at home. “Bangladesh has 12 tournaments and we didn’t face any problem. Not being a team sport could have something to do with it,” he said. Coming to India or returning home too was not a problem, he said. “I never felt unsafe in India.”
Hossain, however, refused to comment on Bangladesh’s withdrawal from the World T20 Championship after the International Cricket Council did not shift its matches to Colombo. “Please don’t ask me anything about this,” he said.
The golfer said that President Kapil Dev and Goal have improved the PGTI. That is why he would have liked the tour to resume tournaments in Bangladesh. There has not been one since 2022. “We used to hold events in Dhaka and Chattogram where there are 18-hole courses. I hope the tour returns soon.”
