Main champion Justin Rose is determined to construct his professional debut in India with confirmation that the World Amount 5 will tee it up at the DP World India Championship from October 15-18, 2026.
One of the significant most effective players in the realm are situation to bring collectively over again at Delhi Golf Club for the extremely-anticipated $4,000,000 tournament – collectively with defending champion Tommy Fleetwood and encourage-to-encourage Masters winner Rory McIlroy.
Tommy Fleetwood – 2025 DP World India Championship – Getty Photography
Rose has established himself at the tip of the realm sport since claiming his first DP World Tour rep in 2002, occurring to rep the U.S. Open in 2013 and the Olympic Gold Medal three years later. Earlier this season the mature World Amount One secured his Thirteenth victory on the PGA TOUR.
The Englishman made his seventh Ryder Cup examine Bethpage Shaded closing September, lifting the trophy for the fifth time as he helped Europe intention a serious away rep over the United States since 2012.
Global dapper logistics provider DP World and the DP World Tour launched the DP World India Championship in 2025. Co-sanctioned with the DP World Reputable Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the match substances the splendid prize fund ever offered for a DP World Tour tournament in India, and may well per chance per chance per chance over again clutch its reputation as allotment of the mandatory Abet 9 allotment of the High-tail to Dubai.
Rose stated: “I’ve played all around the build internationally the direction of my profession, and I’m inflamed to assemble the chance so as to add India to the checklist this season.
“I’ve heard so significant about the country and the intention in which passionate the golf fans are, so I’m very significant taking a gaze forward to teeing it up in the DP World India Championship for the first time and experiencing what Delhi has to provide.”
Rose joins fellow Englishman Fleetwood, who emerged victorious at the pause of the thrilling inaugural tournament closing season to recount his eighth DP World Tour title, as allotment of an awesome season for the Englishman who moreover won the FedExCup on the PGA TOUR, and made his fourth look in the Ryder Cup as allotment of the historic victory over the United States. McIlroy will moreover return to India in October after recently winning his sixth Main title and 2d Inexperienced Jacket at Augusta National.
Rory McIlroy – The Masters 2026 – Adam Glanzman
The beginning of the 2d edition of the DP World India Championship underscores India’s rising impact as a destination for elite golf and as a strategic marketplace for DP World. The contemporary match follows the success of the lengthy-operating Hero Indian Open, and extra boosts the Tour’s momentum in the placement.
Rory McIlroy Tommy Fleetwood DP World Clubhouse DP World India Championship
As the Tour’s title partner since 2022, and after becoming the Title and Legitimate Umbrella Partner of the PGTI earlier this one year, the match complements DP World’s broader wearing footprint in India, which incorporates partnerships with the Delhi Capitals, and grassroots programmes esteem the Second Life Container initiative and ‘Balls for Birdies’ marketing campaign – each of which grasp DP World donating golf balls, utilizing its dapper logistics network, to wait on develop the sport and build it more accessible.
“Justin Rose has competed at the very splendid phases of the sport worldwide in the end of his profession, making it a proud 2d having India onto his agenda for the first time. At DP World, opening contemporary markets and connecting the realm is what we create, and the DP World India Championship is a sturdy expression of that ambition.” stated Hemant Kumar Ruia, Nation Supervisor, DP World India Subcontinent.
The DP World India Championship may well be the eighth of nine occasions in the Abet 9 allotment of the 2026 High-tail to Dubai, building in direction of the season-ending DP World Tour Play-Offs and culminating in the DP World Tour Championship in November at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
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