Sharma, Lahiri be part of world area at India Championship

New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Home heroes Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri will as soon as once more lead Indian hopes once they be part of the worldwide area gathering for the second version of the India Championship. The a number of DP World Tour and worldwide winners will be part of a number of stars – together with defending champion Tommy Fleetwood, Career Grand Slam winner Rory McIlroy and newly topped Open Champion Ryan Fox – within the highly-anticipated USD 4,000,000 occasion at Delhi Golf Club from October 15 to October 18. Sharma grew to become the youngest India participant to win on the DP World Tour when he claimed the Joburg Open title in December 2017, aged simply 21. He lifted a second trophy two months later after carding a chic closing spherical of 62 to win the Maybank Championship and capped off the season by claiming the 2018 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award and topping the Asian Tour Order of Merit. The 30-year-old has additionally recorded six wins on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and represented India on the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Sharma mentioned: ‘It was a really particular to play within the inaugural DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club final season, and I’m very a lot wanting ahead to returning this October. ‘Having such an unimaginable area coming again to India for the second version of this event says rather a lot in regards to the continued progress of the sport in our nation, and it supplies an awesome platform for the various gifted Indian gamers competing in the meanwhile.’ Lahiri additionally counts two DP World Tour titles amongst his 18 worldwide victories, with the newest approaching residence soil on the 2015 Hero Indian Open, when he received in dramatic style after coming from seven pictures again to defeat S.S.P Chawrasia in a play-off. He grew to become the primary Indian participant to play within the Presidents Cup – occurring to characterize the International Team in 2015 and 2017 – and is a two-time Olympian, competing for India at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. He topped the PGTI Order of Merit in 2009 and the Asian Tour equal in 2015 and was twice voted Asian Tour Players’ Player of the Year. Lahiri mentioned: ‘It’s all the time gratifying to get the possibility to play in India, so it is nice to be concerned within the second version of the DP World India Championship. Delhi Golf Club is such an iconic venue and confirmed that final season, so we’ll be aiming to placed on a present for our residence followers at this historic course.’ Global good logistics supplier DP World and the DP World Tour launched the DP World India Championship in 2025. Co-sanctioned with the PGTI, the event options the most important prize fund ever provided for a DP World Tour occasion in India and can as soon as once more take its place as a part of the essential Back 9 section of the Race to Dubai. The stellar area gathering for the DP World India Championship this October consists of Major winners McIlroy, Fox, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose, European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald and Ryder Cup stars Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland. Hemant Kumar Ruia, Country Manager Subcontinent (India), DP World, mentioned, ‘Shubhankar and Anirban would be the residence heroes of this Championship, and we all know Indian followers will come out in pressure to look at them tee it up alongside the likes of Rory, Tommy and the remainder of this world-class area. India is considered one of our most vital markets, and one we’re proud to be a part of because it grows, each on and off the course. We cannot wait to see the DP World India Championship return to Delhi Golf Club this October.’ The launch of the second version of the DP World India Championship underscores India’s rising affect as a vacation spot for elite golf and as a strategic marketplace for DP World. The new event follows the success of the long-running Hero Indian Open and additional boosts the Tour’s momentum within the area. As the Tour’s title companion since 2022, and after turning into the Title and Official Umbrella Partner of the PGTI earlier this 12 months, the event enhances DP World’s broader sporting footprint in India, which incorporates partnerships with the Delhi Capitals, and grassroots programmes just like the Second Life Container initiative and ‘Balls for Birdies’ marketing campaign – each of which contain DP World donating golf balls, utilizing its good logistics community, to assist develop the sport and make it extra accessible. The DP World India Championship would be the eighth of 9 occasions within the Back 9 section of the 2026 Race to Dubai, constructing in direction of the season-ending DP World Tour Play-Offs and culminating within the DP World Tour Championship in November at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. (ANI)