Shane Lowry’s smile didn’t fade via the primary spherical and the Irishman had motive to be beaming after a bogey-free spherical that noticed him end with an 8-under 64 for the only real lead on the opening day of the DP World India Championship on the Delhi Golf Membership on Thursday.
Lowry, one of many few abroad golfers within the fray who’ve really performed on the venue – albeit 15 years again – had eight birdies in his spherical to complete one shot forward of Keita Nakajima. The Japanese additionally had eight birdies, together with on the infamous par-4 ninth, the hardest gap by far on the course for the day with 43 bogeys, 58 par scores and simply six birdies, but in addition dropped a shot on the sixth.
South Africa’s Casey Jarvis was on six-under 66 whereas India’s Rahil Gangjee was in a three-way tie for the fourth place with Jorge Campillo and Jannik De Bruyn on 67. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy was additional again at three-under 69 for tied seventeenth.
“Yeah, 64 is a very nice rating. It’s not that arduous in case you play on the market however in case you miss the fairways, it might probably get actually difficult. This kind of course fits me, I wanted to reap the benefits of it at this time and hopefully will proceed to do it via the week,” Lowry mentioned after the spherical.
Rory, who additionally hit into the jungle off the golf green on the sixteenth, admitted to struggling a tricky day. “It’s fairly difficult. You’re simply attempting to be as conservative as potential off the tee after which attempting to select off birdies on the par fives and perhaps decide up a pair extra,” McIlroy admitted.
Gangjee, one of many oldest Indian professionals, performed a secure hand and had an uneventful spherical with 4 birdies and a bogey until the seventeenth gap. He was three over the par rating and a good distance again earlier than sinking in an eagle on the 18th to leapfrog to the highest. He ended the day with 5-under. Among the many different Indians, Anirban Lahiri was at 2-under 70 with a gradual spherical and Shubhankar Sharma scored a two-over-par 74.
High outcomes
64: Shane Lowry (IRE); 65: Keita Nakajima (JPN); 66: Casey Jarvis (RSA); 67: Jorge Campillo (ESP), jannik De Bruyn (GER), Rahil Gangjee (IND).
Printed on Oct 16, 2025