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After a frustrating Spanish Open where all 4 of our players made the cut but couldn’t push on over the weekend, the Tour moves to India for a new event at an old venue as we take in the inaugural DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club.

With the PGA Tour taking a break this week, that’s left the door open for some of the golfing elite to grace us with their presence – and what a field we have as a result. Rory Mcilroy heads the betting from Tommy Fleetwood at around 4/1 and 6/1 respectively, with Viktor Hovland and Ben Griffin both also single-digit odds. Brian Harman, Shane Lowry and French Open winner Michael Kim follow in an extremely top-heavy betting heat.

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Delhi Golf Club. Designer: HS Wilkinson, 1951 with Peter Thompson re-design, 1977 & Gary Player renovation, 2019; Course Type: Classical, Technical; Par: 72; Length: 6,912 yards; Water Hazards: None in play; Fairways: Bermuda; Rough: Bermuda; Greens: Ultra-Dwarf Bermuda.

Course Overview. The Delhi Golf Club is the oldest and most prestigious club in New Delhi with a membership waiting list reportedly in excess of 30 years.

Originally routed in the early 1950s by H.S. “Bunny” Wilkinson and later reshaped by five-time Open Champion Peter Thomson in 1977, the layout was given a modernisation by Gary Player Design in 2019. The renovation refined green complexes, added new bunkering, and sharpened the strategic angles that define this classical, technical test.

The ‘Lodhi’ is a short, fiddly tree-lined par 72 that’s a test of precision and placement off the tee as opposed to brute force. Green complexes are multi-tiered Ultra-Dwarf Bermuda with mounds and hollows accompanying the greenside bunkers to ensure that anyone missing the putting surfaces will need a razor-sharp short game to avoid dropping shots with regularity.

Four Par-5s measuring 507, 515, 522 and 556 offer opportunities to those who can find the short grass from off the tee, plus a further four sub-400 yard Par-4s also present scoring chances. However the punishment for wayward drives and approach shots is severe, meaning that scoring rarely gets out of control here.

DP World India Championship Tips

Tournament Stats. We’ve published some key player statistics for this week’s DP World India Championship that will help to shape a view on players who traditionally play well on this course.

With the Panasonic Open, Sail SBI Open, Hero Indian Open and some more recent Indian/Asian Tour events having been played regularly here at Delhi GC over the years, this week’s stats summarise those events going back to 2010: Current Form | Course Form | First Round Leader Stats | Combined Stats

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The tournament should enjoy hot (low 90s Fahrenheit) and dry conditions throughout the 4 days with light winds expected, strengthening slightly around noon each day although nothing excessive is forecast.

Tournament Trends & Key Factors. Stats are fairly patchy for the events played here at Delhi GC despite there being a lot of history, however the following data from selected events held here over the past ten years gives us some idea of the challenge facing the players:

  • 2023 DGC Open: Miguel Tabuena (-12). 240.8 Yards (24th), 76.8% fairways (5th), 77.8% greens in regulation (7th), 68.8% scrambling (5th), 1.75 putts per GIR (20th)
  • 2022 DGC Open: Nitithorn Thippong (-7). 259.3 Yards (47th), 62.5% fairways (36th), 76.4% greens in regulation (2nd), 41.2% scrambling (37th), 1.78 putts per GIR (19th)
  • 2018 Panasonic: Khalin H Joshi (-17). 315.5 Yards (4th), 55.4% fairways (35th), 73.6% greens in regulation (14th), 73.7% scrambling (2nd), 1.70 putts per GIR (21st)
  • 2017 Panasonic: Shiv Kapur (-17). 298.8 Yards (13th), 66.1% fairways (37th), 66.7% greens in regulation (39th), 83.3% scrambling (2nd), 1.54 putts per GIR (1st)
  • 2016 Panasonic: Mukesh Kumar (-10). 268.8 Yards (39th), 92.9% fairways (1st), 63.9% greens in regulation (28th), 69.2% scrambling (10th), 1.48 putts per GIR (1st)
  • 2016 Indian Open: SSP Chawrasia (-15). 253.6 Yards (65th), 66.1% fairways (29th), 63.9% greens in regulation (34th), 84.6% scrambling (1st), 1.59 putts per GIR (2nd)
  • 2015 Indian Open: Anirban Lahiri (-7). 278.3 Yards (24th), 58.9% fairways (44th), 63.9% greens in regulation (45th), 53.8% scrambling (31st), 1.61 putts per GIR (1st)

Length has proven to be of little or no advantage around Delhi GC – SSP Chawrasia was regularly the shortest hitter on Tour back in the day, and any track where he’s picked up silverware certainly won’t be a bomber’s paradise. The onus is very much on short game expertise with scrambling and putting stats dominating.

I suspect a very high GIR player who has a strong week in that respect could also succeed here provided they kept out of the worst of the trouble when mistakes are made, however the focus for me is more on and around the greens.

Current Form: Despite this course having hosted events at various levels in the past decade, each of our winners had at least one top-20 finish in their last five starts, and for eight of the ten it was actually a top-10:

  • 2024: Ajeetesh Sandhu: WD/MC/MC/32/MC/29/MC/MC/MC/16/26/MC
  • 2023: Miguel Tabuena: 52/64/MC/67/35/51/51/19/17/13/8/22
  • 2022: Nitithorn Thippong: 15/MC/MC/2/36/36/MC/48/4/MC/4/MC
  • 2021: Viraj Madappa: MC/3/6/10/11/15/2/34/29/6/MC/7
  • 2018: Khalin H. Joshi: MC/32/13/43/13/42/6/6/28/56/MC/41
  • 2017: Shiv Kapur: MC/MC/1/2/41/48/34/MC/20/20/23/29
  • 2016: Mukesh Kumar: 35/9/16/31
  • 2016: S.S.P. Chawrasia: 17/59/73/46/20/14/7/38/5/MC/MC/MC
  • 2015: Chiragh Kumar: 55/MC/39/55/28/28/15/42/42/MC/2/MC
  • 2015: Anirban Lahiri: 3/33/MC/1/52/28/2/15/6/50/1/21

Course Form: Looking at the same 10 winners here since 2015 all had played the course at least once before, and in the case of some of the home-grown players on many occasions. SSP Chawrasia has won here 3 times and Anirban Lahiri 4 times, with the most recent winner Ajeetesh Sandhu also boasting a strong record on this course:

  • 2024: Ajeetesh Sandhu: 3/62/27/MC/MC/15/38/MC/MC/44/45/23/2/3/2
  • 2023: Miguel Tabuena: 30/MC/MC/48/MC/WD/63/58
  • 2022: Nitithorn Thippong: MC
  • 2021: Viraj Madappa: 39
  • 2018: Khalin H. Joshi: 70/MC/11/MC/61/MC/MC/16/MC/7/56
  • 2017: Shiv Kapur: 45/35/8/21/38/2/3/MC/34/4/4/13/68/10/MC
  • 2016: Mukesh Kumar: 27/26/6/MC/10/5/6/5/29/MC/6/12/5/42/14/34/19/43/MC/MC/31/48/35/16/31
  • 2016: S.S.P. Chawrasia: 43/22/23/2/9/1/MC/4/12/7/MC/27/32/5/2/4/1/2
  • 2015: Chiragh Kumar: MC/10/38/29/MC/27/47/MC/2/MC/21/38/4/12/15/39
  • 2015: Anirban Lahiri: MC/MC/MC/MC/6/1/15/1/8/1/23/2/8

A short, quirky course where driver is seldom used may not appeal to some of the more modern golfers here this week, and with many making their course debut it remains to be seen how some of the superstars fare.

My final DP World India Championship tips are as follows:

Anirban Lahiri 2pts EW 40/1 (6EW, 1/5) with BetMGM

As attractive as this event is in terms of the field that’s been assembled, from a betting perspective it has all the hallmarks of a punting minefield with the leading 4 players all seriously short prices.

McIlroy makes his debut here this week on a course where one of his biggest weapons, the driver, will be not quite redundant but certainly not the go-to club. Rory has reason to look over his shoulder now with Marco Penge making serious inroads into his Race to Dubai lead, and although Tommy Fleetwood has no such issues at 94th in the rankings, he’ll nevertheless need to put in a shift this week with the Tour’s business end of the season fast approaching.

Tommy has 4 rounds here in Delhi under his belt from a solitary start in 2016, however 67th that year hardly leaps off the page, yet it’s more experience here than the likes of Hovland, Lowry, Griffin and Harman. The reality of the situation for me is that at the prices available, none of those at the top of the market offer any real appeal yet any of them could win.

Delhi Golf Club is a short, quirky, specialised test which has seen the same players perform well here on multiple occasions, one of whom is Anirban Lahiri who’s a 4-time winner around these parts, and I’m happy to take on the favourites with the home-grown hero this week.

The 38 year-old didn’t have it all his own way here in Delhi in his early career, missing his first 4 cuts on this track, however since then he’s won the Panasonic Open, the SAIL Open twice, and the Indian Open in 2015. He’s twice finished runner-up here at the Indian Open too, most recently in 2016 when he went off the 8/1 favourite in that co-sanctioned European Tour event, and perhaps he can reignite his love affair with this track nearly a decade later.

Although the wins have dried up for the Indian star in the last 10 years, he’s come mighty close to adding more silverware with a runner-up finish at the 2022 Players Championship his highest profile near miss. 2nd at LIV Boston on his debut on that circuit has been followed by another 5 runner-up finishes at that level, most notably at Valderrama last year and more recently at LIV Virginia in June.

A tidy player from tee-to-green who’s shown some promise with the putter of late from the LIV stats that we can glean, perhaps he’s got the tools and the course experience necessary to take on and beat the favourites here this week.

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Adrien Saddier 1.5pts EW 55/1 (6EW, 1/5) with Betfred

Jayden Schaper was tempting given that he topped scrambling last week in Madrid, however I’m backing up Lahiri with a trio of 2025 winners who could be inspired by Marco Penge’s third win of the season last week as they look to double up their tally this year, starting with Adrien Saddier.

The 33 year-old finally broke his maiden at this year’s Italian Open at the end of June, holding firm on his 200th start at this level to come home in 30 strokes and win by 2 strokes on the short, tree-lined Argentario track used for this year’s renewal.

Rather than dining out on his victory, the Frenchman has continued to push as the summer has progressed through to autumn, although Sundays haven’t all been so productive as his Italian effort. 4th to halfway in Denmark and leading after 36 in the Swiss Alps were both let down by poor weekends, before a closing 74 in Ireland saw him slip from 1st to 5th at the K-Club.

A play-off defeat to Alex Noren at Wentworth is notable form for this given the tree-lined challenge that both courses present, and for me there’s been an over-reaction from the bookies to a tailed-off finish at the weather-affected Dunhill Links.

5th in India at the DLF Golf & Country Club the last time we visited this part of the world, Saddier’s 21st for SG Around the Green this season and 11th for Putting Average are two stats that should set him in good stead here this week.

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Thriston Lawrence 1.5pts EW 66/1 (6EW, 1/5) with BetMGM

Sitting behind Jayden Schaper’s field-leading scrambling effort last week was Thriston Lawrence who got up-and-down 85.2% of the time at Club de Campo, and with confidence coursing through his short game he could be a feature here this week.

Short, tree-lined tests seem to be the South African’s best fit – whether that’s genuinely short or altitude-reduced yardage – and he’s proven now with 5 DP World Tour victories in the past 4 years that he’s quite capable of taking an opportunity when it arises.

Two of those wins came in the Swiss Alps at Crans-sur-Sierre, the archetypal short, fiddly course that we see every year, with his win this August coming after dropping back down to this level from the PGA Tour after a largely disappointing season. At 154th in the FedEx Cup Fall points list and entered both this week and next in South Korea ahead of the DP World Tour Play-Offs, it’s safe to say that improving on his current ranking of 25th on the European points list is his best route to stateside golf in 2026.

Never the most consistent, Thriston’s missed cuts in Ireland and at Wentworth following his last victory were almost to be expected, however 48th at the Sanderson Farms Championship prior to last week’s 23rd in Spain shows progression once again, and for me he’s the calibre of player who could compete with the big names at the top of the market.

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Calum Hill 1pt EW 90/1 (6EW, 1/5) with BetMGM

Finally, talking of inconsistency in relation to Thriston Lawrence, we can take that to the next level with Calum Hill.

I distinctly remember dismissing the Scot’s chances at this year’s Joburg Open despite him shining like a beacon on my analysis from prior performances on compatible courses, and I won’t make the same mistake again here this week.

Alongside victory on that altitude-shortened Houghton GC parkland test, 3rd at the aforementioned Italian Open is also notable given the topography of that course and he arrives here with his stock seemingly on the rise once again after failing to make the weekend on his next seven starts following that effort in Tuscany.

A fast-finishing 22nd in Paris, 32nd at the Dunhill Links and then 9th last week in Madrid shows progress, with rankings of 8th, 7th and 3rd for Scrambling over that stretch to suggest he’s got the kind of confidence in his short game right now that could see him seriously compete here.

8th for SG Putting last week was his best putting performance since Italy, with his season’s-best flat stick effort coming on the Bermuda greens at the Dubai Desert Classic to suggest he won’t be bothered by this week’s agronomy. 1st for Putting Average in India earlier this year also adds encouragement and I can see Calum challenging for an each-way place or maybe even the win this week.

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