The DP World Tour returns to India! With Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood, and Shane Lowry set to compete at the iconic Delhi Golf Club, the 2025 DP World India Championship promises four unforgettable days of world-class golf in the heart of New Delhi.
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DP World India Championship 2025. Venue, history, and everything you need to know for the first time since 2008. India will host two DP World Tour events in a single season. A major milestone for Asian golf. Following the Hero Indian Open in March, the DP World India Championship 2025 will tee off from October 16th to 19th, welcoming a worldclass field and marking another historic moment for Indian golf and the stage for this grand return. The legendary Delhi Golf Club, a venue steeped in nearly a century of golfing tradition. A star-studded field heads to New Delhi despite being a debut tournament. The DP World India Championship already carries elite prestige with a $4 million purse and a lineup that reads like a RDER Cup roster. The field is loaded with European powerhouses. Names like Rory Mroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Victor Havland, and Shane Lowry headline the entry list joined by their captain Luke Donald. Their arrival marks a new era for golf in India. One where the world’s biggest names compete on one of Asia’s most iconic courses. Delhi Golf Club where tradition meets challenge tucked along Dr. Zakir Hussein Mark just minutes from India Gate. The Delhi Golf Club DGC has long been India’s golfing heartbeat. The club features two layouts. The renowned 18-hole loy course designed by Gary Player design and the shorter but strategic 9-hole peacock course redesigned by Peter Thompson in the late 1970s. The Loi course measuring 6,912 yd from the back tease plays to a par 72 with a course rating of 73.5 and a slope of 130. It’s a test of precision and strategy, boasting 14 water hazards and 88 bunkers that force players to balance aggression with restraint. Signature holes. Hole 5, par 3, 172 yds, deceptively short but deadly. Its elevated green and false front punish even the slightest misjudgment. Hole 12. Par 4 features another treacherous false front that can send balls 15 yd backward. Hole 18. Par five, 556 yards. A dramatic finisher requiring three well-placed shots to navigate a lake and bunkers guarding the green. A hole built for Sunday drama. The front nine plays tighter, framed by dense trees and water hazards, while the back nine opens up, though holes like the 12th and 18th ensure no one relaxes too soon. Every round at DGC demands both mental and technical excellence. A century of legacy, the Delhi Golf Club story dates back to the 1930s when it was first known as the Lothei Golf Club. Back then it was a municipal course open to the public and operated by the city. A rare move that helped democratize golf in India. I in 1950 the club was incorporated as a corporate entity and by 1951 it underwent its first major redesign. Nearly seven decades later in 2019, Gary Player Design transformed the Loy course once again, modernizing it while preserving its heritage character, the course’s pedigree is unmatched in Indian golf history. It hosted the first ever Indian Open in 1964, won by Australian legend Peter Thompson, a five-time Open. Since then, it has repeatedly served as the epicenter of top tier competition from the Yim RMGF Indian Masters 2008 to the Avanthm Masters 2009 to 2013 and multiple editions of the Hero Indian Open including in 2016, the return of the Global Stage Now in 2025, the DP World India Championship marks the club’s latest chapter in international golf. The return of a major DP World Tour event to Delhi symbolizes not just a renewal of tradition but a bold step forward for Indian golf. With global icons like Mroy, Fleetwood, Havland and Lowry walking its fairways, fans can expect 4 days of worldclass golf set against one of the most historic backdrops in Asia. The Delhi Golf Club where history breathes through every fairway and every bunker tells a story is ready once again to host greatness. Mangolfing key facts at a glance tournament DP World India Championship 2025 dates October 16th to 19th 2025 prize fund for dollars million venue Delhi Golf Club New Delhi course loy course par 72 6,912 yards notable players Rory Mroy Victor Havland Tommy Fleetwood Shane Lowry Luke Donald.
