Four-time Major winner, Rory McIlroy is set to make his professional debut in India later this year after the DP World Tour reportedly completed an agreement in principle for Delhi Golf Club to host a $5 million Rolex event.
Per The Hindustan Times, Delhi Golf Club will welcome the most expensive golf tournament in the country’s history – in terms of prize money – for the first time between October 16-19, with an initial three-year deal in place.
An official contract is expected to be signed by the DP World Tour’s Chief Tournament and Operations Officer, Ben Cowen during a visit on January 22, capping off a run of negotiations which are said to have begun back in October 2024.
If verified, the as-yet-unnamed Indian tournament would be the penultimate competition prior to the DP World Tour playoffs, with the Genesis Championship in Korea – which does not currently have a confirmed location – rounding off the regular season just days after (October 23-26).
And speaking to The Hindustan Times, Delhi Golf Club captain, Vikram Seth is confident the current World No.3 will be a part of the field.
The iconic Delhi Golf Club (DGC) is set to host a $5 million @DPWorldTour event in October with former world No.1 and four-time Major winner #RoryMcIlroy in attendance.@htTweets https://t.co/IAkJm5gn2gJanuary 10, 2025
He said: “It’ll be a completely new event on the European calendar. It’s a major coup for the DGC which has been made possible by the efforts of our president Raj Khosla.
“It’s a shot in the arm for the club that has not hosted a major international event for two years. Hero Indian Open, the other DP World Tour event in the country, has a prize purse of $2.25 million. So, with $5 million in prize money, we are expecting the who’s who of international golf to come to India.
“We have placed a special request to get Rory McIlroy to India and we are confident that he’ll show up.”
Speaking about the potential a unified global tour could fulfil back in January 2024, McIlroy pointed to India as an obvious location for a world-class golf tournament to take place in.
He said: “You know, if this global tour somehow comes to fruition in the next few years, could you imagine bringing the best 70 or 80 golfers in the world to India for a tournament or, you know, that – I…
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