5 gamers from the world’s top-100 and several other World Tour champions will line up on the Hero Indian Open, making the 2026 version one of many strongest fields on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership from March 26-29. The world class subject shall be starred by Akshay Bhatia, presently ranked 22 on this planet and a current winner on the PGA Tour, and Italy’s Francesco Molinari, the 2018 Open champion and a three-time Ryder Cup winner. Moreover Bhatia, the opposite gamers within the top-100 embrace Casey Jarvis (69), Elvis Smylie (74), David Puig (85) and Thriston Lawrence (89).
Jarvis has been in red-hot kind, clinching back-to-back titles earlier this season — the Investec South African Open and the Magical Kenya Open in successive weeks.
Defending champion Eugenio Chacarra, presently ranked 143, leads a bunch of eight gamers positioned between 101 and 150.
The others are Angel Ayora, Andy Sullivan, Nacho Elvira, Dan Bradbury, Calum Hill, Martin Couvra and Julien Guerrier.
The house problem shall be spearheaded by Shubhankar Sharma, a two-time DP World Tour winner, together with Yuvraj Sandhu, winner of the 2025 PGTI Order of Advantage, earlier PGTI OOM winners, Manu Gandas, Om Prakash Chouhan and Veer Ahlawat, who in 2024 completed runner-up on the Hero Indian Open and Rayhan Thomas.
The native contingent will even embrace a number of winners on the PGTI like Shaurya Bhattacharya, Sri Lankan N Thangaraja, Honey Baisoya, Khalin Joshi and Saptak Talwar, amongst others.
The sector will even see two rising stars of Indian golf — 16-year outdated Kartik Singh and 21-year outdated Shubham Jaglan, who’ve been given sponsor invites for the match.
A number of different gamers arrive in sturdy kind. Other than Jarvis, Bradbury, Freddy Schott, Elvira and Puig, who’ve received within the present 2026 season.
One other seven gamers received in 2025 and as many as a dozen gamers have been profitable in 2024, making the present gathering as one of the crucial embellished fields.
Moreover, there are quite a few skilled DPWT winners like Rafa Cabrera Bello, Matteo Manassero, Joost Luiten, Jorge Campillo, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Ross Fisher, Bernd Wiesberger, and others.
With the cut-off to retain a full card by means of the Race to Dubai rankings decreased from the High 110 to High 100, the battle for factors and the Tour playing cards has grow to be shut.
Therefore, the match will see intense competitors because the gamers battle it out for cash and factors.
Co-sanctioned by the Indian Golf Union and a part of the DP World Tour, the match will supply a file prize purse of USD 2.55 million.
Started in 1964, the Hero Indian Open is the nation’s oldest worldwide skilled golf occasion and has been co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour since 2015. Entry for spectators shall be free throughout all 4 days.
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