India to host first Worldwide Collection golf occasion early subsequent 12 months

It will likely be the primary of two high-profile occasions within the house of two months in Gurugram, with the course additionally staging the Hero Indian Open on the DP World Tour within the final week of March.

With a number of LIV Golf stars anticipated to participate, together with US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, the Worldwide Collection India would be the highest field-rated match to be held in India. The occasion is being held independently of the Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI), which is aligned with the DP World Tour as a part of a strategic alliance.

The $2 million occasion is anticipated to have a smaller area of 108 gamers, given the restricted daylight time through the interval.

“I feel we’ll see a tremendous impression on Indian golf due to the match. If all goes down properly, and if Bryson is right here, there are such a lot of individuals who simply wish to get a glimpse of the person for the best way he has reworked our sport,” mentioned India’s Anirban Lahiri, who performs on the LIV Golf sequence.

“I keep in mind watching Arjun (Atwal) win the Indian Open in 1999 at Royal Calcutta Golf Membership. And for us children at the moment, not that uncovered to world golf, it was like a dream come true. All of us needed to change into Arjun again then. With the quantity of social media following Bryson has, every of those children needs to hit the motive force like him and have a persona like him. It will likely be huge.”

The Asian Tour returns to India after nearly two years, with their final match, the DGC Open Introduced by MasterCard, happening in March 2023.

Cho Minn Thant, Asian Tour Commissioner, mentioned: “India has at all times been a large marketplace for us. We have now quite a lot of Indian members inside our membership. We’ve had numerous tournaments there and it’s simply fantastic to have India again on our schedule the place it needs to be. Hopefully, that is considered one of many occasions that we’ve got in India going ahead.”

He mentioned: “In the mean time, the Indian rivals within the match will probably be Asian Tour members and invited gamers. There are a selection of invitations accessible for DLF, the Asian Tour and LIV Golf and we’re assured that we’re going to have illustration of Indian gamers within the area.”