England’s John Parry and New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier, each in excellent type, have confirmed their participation within the 2025 Hero Indian Open, scheduled to be held on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership in Gurguram from March 27 to 30. The match, sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the Indian Golf Union, will function 138 gamers from almost 30 nations competing for a prize purse of USD 2.25 million. Each Parry and Hillier are presently in Prime-5 of the Race to Dubai rankings on the DP World Tour.
Parry, ranked third within the Race to Dubai, is not any stranger to success in India, having gained the Delhi Problem on the Hotelplanner Tour final 12 months. He adopted up this victory with two extra wins on the Hotelplanner Tour and secured his first DPWT win in 14 years on the AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open.
Parry has continued his robust type in 2025, ending T-8 on the Australian PGA, T-2 on the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, and clinched a win at Mauritius, adopted by a runner-up end in Kenya.
Hillier, 25, can also be in spectacular type, having completed runner-up on the 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Traditional. He has posted constant Prime-20 finishes throughout Australia, South Africa, Bahrain, and Qatar and is presently ranked fifth within the Race to Dubai standings.
Amongst different prime gamers within the Race to Dubai standings, three winners from the continued season may even be competing. They’re Johannes Veerman (No. 8), winner of the Nedbank Golf Problem; Callum Hill (No. 11), winner of the Joburg Open; and Ryggs Johnston (No. 14), winner of the ISPS Handa Australian Open. Moreover, Jayden Schaper, ranked fifteenth, may even participate.
The match is a part of the Asian Swing, which started in Singapore and can conclude with two occasions in China. The winner of the ‘Asian Swing’ will earn an exemption into the subsequent Rolex occasion, the Genesis Scottish Open, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour.
One other main incentive for all DPWT gamers is the chance to earn factors in the direction of the Race to Dubai. On the finish of the season, the Prime-10 gamers who are usually not already exempt from the PGA Tour will earn twin PGA Tour membership for the next 12 months.
As many as 16 winners from each the present and former DP World Tour seasons are set to compete. This contains 12 champions from the 2024 season and 4 winners from the 2025 schedule, all of whom will probably be severe contenders to raise the trophy on March 30.
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