At Delhi Golf Club, narrow fairways make accuracy off the tee more valuable than raw length. That test awaits the 132 players entered in the DP World India Championship, which runs from 15 to 18 October.
Rory McIlroy arrives as the world number two and the highest-ranked player in the field. Defending champion Tommy Fleetwood is ranked seventh, after a top-four finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Thirty Indian players are in the 2026 field, including Gaganjeet Bhullar, Karandeep Kochhar and Shiv Kapur.
Recent results put McIlroy and Fleetwood in focus
McIlroy finished T2 at the BMW PGA Championship after placing T41 at the Irish Open. Before Wentworth, he was T4 at the TOUR Championship and third at the BMW Championship.
Fleetwood's run was less smooth. He missed the cut at Wentworth, then withdrew from the Open de France. On 4 October, he finished T4 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Shubhankar Sharma says he hopes to rediscover winning form on home ground. He grew as a player at Delhi Golf Club and trained there from his junior years.
Delhi Golf Club rewards accuracy
The par-72 course sits in central New Delhi and is one of Asian golf's traditional venues. It has hosted the Indian Open many times. Tree-lined fairways leave little room off the tee, while Mughal-era monuments stand around the property.
Justin Rose needs a change in form after missing the cut at the Open de España and the Dunhill Links. Grant Forrest arrives as the Open de España champion, having won in Madrid on 11 October. The victory ended a run of four missed cuts.
Broadcast details for viewers outside India are due after the official schedule is confirmed. Tee times will be published separately.
