DP World Tour golfer Ewen Ferguson has revealed “very annoying” issues with his visa have forced him to withdraw from this week’s tournament in India.
A plethora of European Ryder Cup stars have assembled in Delhi for the inaugural DP World India Championship.
Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood and Europe’s winning captain, Luke Donald, are in the field.
Ferguson would have loved to have joined them but the 29-year-old Scot has revealed on his personal Instagram account he was forced to withdraw from the $4m tournament.
“Some visa issues at the airport this morning forcing me to w/d from India, very annoying,” he wrote.
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“But a week off to reset might not be a bad thing.”
Ferguson still has an awful lot to play for this season.
Currently ranked 41st in the Race to Dubai Rankings, Ferguson is almost guaranteed a start in the first leg of the DP World Tour’s play-offs in Abu Dhabi.
Only the top 70 players in the standings will have a tee time at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The top 50 players will then advance to the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
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The aforementioned McIlroy is in pole position to secure the season-long title for the fourth season in a row and seventh overall.
*As of 14 October
Race to Dubai Rankings
Rank
Player name
Events
Points
1
Rory McIlroy
8
4,084.56
2
Marco Penge
24
3,691.24
3
Tyrrell Hatton
8
2,866.08
4
Kristoffer Reitan
29
2,553.05
5
Adrien Saddier
23
2,465.83
6
Robert MacIntyre
9
2,453.59
7
John Parry
29
2,319.33
8
Alex Noren
5
2,302.00
9
Haotong Li
22
2,077.72
10
Daniel Brown
21
1,992.04
11
Jordan Smith
26
1,909.52
12
Laurie Canter
19
1,806.90
13
Matt Fitzpatrick
9
1,769.95
14
Martin Couvra
24
1,764.05
15
Elvis Smylie
21
1,569.67
16
Joakim Lagergren
25
1,560.67
17
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
21
1,541.67
18
Justin Rose
6
1,541.57
19
Patrick Reed
12
1,523.49
20
Daniel Hillier
24
1,398.52
21
Keita Nakajima
20
1,376.50
22
Shaun Norris
12
1,335.37
23
Angel Ayora
27
1,301.63
24
Jayden Schaper
24
1,298.84
25
Thriston Lawrence
15
1,273.56
26
Jacques Kruyswijk
19
1,273.53
27
Rasmus Højgaard
10
1,235.06
28
Viktor Hovland
7
1,226.43
29
Richard Mansell
25
1,169.03
30
Nicolai von Dellingshausen
27
1,130.08
31
Eugenio Chacarra
19
1,128.84
32
Kazuma Kobori
26
1,107.92
33
Nicolai Højgaard
10
1,099.75
34
Oliver Lindell
27
1,093.99
35
Calum Hill
26
1,084.70
36
Joost Luiten
23
1,069.11
37
Michael Kim
7
1,068.30
38
Tom McKibbin
11
1,058.65
39
Marcus Armitage
22
1,057.21
40
Grant Forrest
23
1,032.20
41
Ewen Ferguson
23
1,025.27
42
Johannes Veerman
21
1,013.69
43
Connor Syme
23
982.36
44
Todd Clements
27
960.91
45
Andy Sullivan
25
949.87
46
Jacob Skov Olesen
25
949.64
47
Marcel Schneider
26
930.11
48
Matthew Jordan
23
920.89
49
Dylan Naidoo
22
915.55
50
Brandon Robinson Thompson
27
908.39
51
Aaron Rai
8
891.6
52
Jorge Campillo
27
888.41
53
Ryan Gerard
6
874.91
54
Alejandro Del Rey
21
852.95
55
Darius van Driel
25
852.27
56
Jon Rahm
7
850.71
57
Romain Langasque
24
841.06
58
Francesco Laporta
25
827.37
59
Matt Wallace
9
816.25
60
Joel Girrbach
29
775.03
61
Ugo Coussaud
24
771.91
62
Manuel Elvira
29
755.4
63
Ryggs Johnston
29
752.67
64
Jeong Weon Ko
30
742.93
65
Wenyi Ding
27
728.25
66
Joe Dean
24
700.49
67
Ivan Cantero
27
697.95
68
Ashun Wu
9
696.65
69
Rafa Cabrera Bello
27
692.75
70
Jason Scrivener
24
684.04
Luke Donald on retaining Ryder Cup captaincy 
Luke Donald
Unsurprisingly, Luke Donald was asked whether he had decided to lead the European Ryder Cup team in 2027.
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It is understood Donald has been given a period of time to decide whether he wants to lead the blue and gold for a third time when the matches head to Adare Manor in Ireland.
Only Bernard Gallacher has served three terms as European captain.
Donald said he was still digesting want happened at Bethpage Black last month when he was pressed for an answer.
Viktor Hovland upset over Ryder Cup situation 
Viktor Hovland and Luke Donald
Europe may have won the Ryder Cup by two points but half a point was secured without a ball being struck.
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Viktor Hovland suffered a recurrence of a neck injury on day two of the 45th edition of the Cup.
His condition worsened after having an MRI scan and the Norwegian was ultimately forced to withdraw from the Sunday singles.
Hovland offered his opinion on the topic in his pre-tournament news conference.
The 28-year-old appeared to agree that it may be time to change the envelope rule.
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