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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Rory McIlroy explain his desire to be world traveler and chase national opens
Rory McIlroy explain his desire to be world traveler and chase national opens Rory McIlroy has won six different national opens eight times, and he'll shoot for a seventh country later this year in India. 'I haven't hidden my sort of aspirations for national Opens and where I would like them to be, what their standing is in the professional game of golf,' McIlroy said. Speaking on Wednesday at a press conference ahead of the 2025 Travelers Championship, McIlroy said he always wanted to go to India and he will make his first appearance there at the Indian Championship, held Oct. 16 -19 at Delhi Golf Club. 'The European Tour and DP World created a new event there. I was asked at the start of the year would I be interested in going, and I said yeah, that sounds amazing,' McIlroy recounted. 'The Hero Indian Open is always when we're – it's like March-April time. I'd love to play DLF and figure out my way around that place, but this one in Delhi in October made more sense.' Bryson DeChambeau played in India for the first time this spring and attracted record crowds, so expect McIlroy to have quite the following, too. That isn't the only national Open that McIlroy has committed to. He also agreed to play the Australian Open for the next two years. McIlroy won the title in 2013, defeating Aussie Adam Scott by one stroke. He also survived qualifying for the Oz Open in 2005. 'Got through like a nine-man playoff to get in,' he recalled. 'I've always had a huge affinity for that part of the world. So to go back to -- especially Royal Melbourne this year, Kingston Heath next year – two of the best golf courses in the world on the Sandbelt, that's awesome, too.' He added: 'I like to travel. I like to play in different parts of the world. I've never been to India. I haven't been to Australia in 10 years. So it's nice to go back to these places." It's also nice to be paid handsomely to play in such events. DP World Tour and the Australasian Tour permit players to be paid appearance fees, and the reigning Masters champion should be able to cash in for being his star power. 'It's that part of the year where we have the ability to travel and to do these things, and if it makes sense for the schedule – especially, look, I'm excited to – there's never been a Green Jacket in India before," he said. "So to bring the green jacket to India is something that's going to be really cool.' Here's a list of the national opens McIlroy has won to date: 2011 U.S. Open 2013 Australian Open 2014 British Open 2016 Irish Open 2019, 2022 RBC Canadian Open 2023 Genesis Scottish Open *He's also won in Dubai, Hong Kong and China
Hans India
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
LIV Golf Virginia: Anirban Lahiri takes 2-shot lead after second round
Anirban Lahiri carded a 7-under-par 64 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club tournament record to jump into the lead by two strokes after the second round of LIV Golf Virginia Lahiri made seven birdies, including three consecutive on holes 6-8, and did not card a bogey. He stands at 11-under for the tournament, two clear of Bubba Watson, Graeme McDowell and day one co-leader Martin Kaymer, who are all at 9-under headed into the final round. None of the four have won a LIV event before. Lahiri has not won a title anywhere since he 2015 Hero Indian Open in his own country, India. He is the only Indian on Liv golf. In LIV's shotgun format, Lahiri played in the first group off of No. 1 with Joaquin Niemann. Niemann had put together a birdie run on holes 5-8, and had just birdied the 10th as he stepped up to 11, playing at 190 yards, with the tournament lead. His tee shot, however, was too short, hitting the front of the hillside green across Lake Manassas before tumbling down into the water. Niemann would take a penalty and card a double bogey, finishing his round at -3, four strokes back and in a four-way tie for fifth with Jon Rahm, Phil Mickelson and the other day one co-leader, Bryson DeChambeau. Rahm, the third member of the group that started at the first with Lahiri and Niemann, could've just as easily been in the lead. He shot 2-under round of 69. DeChambeau and Lahiri's efforts led their Crushers team to the top of the team standings by a stroke over the Brooks Kopeka-led Smash GC.
Hindustan Times
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Golf: Ahlawat and Sharma struggle in Netherlands
Amsterdam, Indian golfers Veer Ahlawat and Shubhankar Sharma opened their campaign at the KLM Open with disappointing rounds of seven-over 78 each and looked in danger of missing the cut here. The Indian pair has struggled since the Hero Indian Open in March this year. However, Ahlawat had shown signs of finding form with a tied 13th finish at the Austrian Alpine Open last week. Both the players are now placed at tied 141 in the standings with a lot of ground to make up if they hope to make the cut this week. The first day leader was Ricardo Gouveia of Portugal with an outstanding round of seven-under 64. He started his day on the back nine and made seven birdies on the 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th holes. In the front nine, he picked one shot on the third hole before his sole bogey for the day on the ninth hole to somewhat diminish an otherwise great start to the week. It was the best round of his life. Ahlawat started his round on the 10th tee and dropped four shots on the 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th holes before bogeying the sixth, seventh and ninth holes. Sharma began his round on the front nine and dropped two shots with a double bogey on the third hole and had two more bogeys on the seventh and ninth. On the back nine, Sharma stumbled to another double bogey on the 11th followed by bogeys on the 12th, 15th and 16th holes. However, an eagle on the 18th and last hole of the round reduced the impact. Leader Gouveia is followed closely by Connor Syme, who returned a six-under 65 to stay within one shot of the leader.
Hindustan Times
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Ahlawat struggles in third round but stays within top 30 in Austria
Salzburg , Veer Ahlawat played a round of even par with three birdies and as many bogeys to finish the third day of the Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand tied 28th in the standings. Marcel Schneider of Germany continued to lead the field, heading into the fourth and final day at 15-under after a third round of 66. Ahlawat began his round on the front nine making consecutive bogeys on the third and fourth hole before gaining back a shot on the fifth hole and then claimed back the second lost stroke on the ninth hole. It was his third birdie in as many days on the ninth. On the back nine he dropped a shot on the 10th hole before making birdie on the 14th hole to close the day with a score of even par 70. His total score is now five under par. The 29-year-old Gurugram golfer, has made the cut this week for the first time since his top 20 finish at the Hero Indian Open held in March earlier this year. Schneider's closest rival at the event is Nicolai Von Dellingshausen of Germany, who trails the leader by one stroke. Schneider began the round in a tame manner having played even par for the first eight holes before he made his first birdie on the ninth hole. On the back nine he picked up a string of birdies on the 11th, 12th and 13th holes and this would prove to be enough to hold onto the lead with a score of four under 66 for the day and a total of 15 under for the tournament. Nicolai Von Dellingshausen had a strong start to the third round and looked set to take the lead away from Schneider, with four birdies on the front nine before he lost momentum with a bogey on the 12th hole. Nicolai did manage to reduce the gap to the leader to a single stroke with an eagle on the 118th hole. Jeff Winther of Denmark produced a round of eight under 62 to move up into third place and is two strokes behind the leader.
Hindustan Times
23-04-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
DP World India Championship to debut at DGC
New Delhi: The iconic Delhi Golf Club (DGC) will host DP World Tour's latest offering later this year with a record prize purse of $4 million, making DP World India Championship the most expensive golf tournament ever played in India. HT reported the development in January along with the likelihood of five-time Major winner Rory McIlroy making his India debut in the said competition. That possibility hasn't been ruled out yet. 'DP World Tour is in touch with many top players, including Rory, and we are hopeful that he will turn up,' a senior DGC member told HT. The competition, to be played from October 16-19 on the Gary Player-designed course, is co-sanctioned with the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI). It will be eighth of the nine events on the Back 9 phase of the 2025 Race to Dubai, building towards the season-ending DP World Tour Play-Offs and culminating in the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. The tournament also marks the Tour's return to DGC for the first time since 2016 and ends club's two-year wait for an international event. Post its facelift by Gary Player in 2019, the club hosted the first two editions of DGC Open (2022 and 2023) but the Asian Tour co-sanctioned tournament has since failed to return. The club signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DP World Tour in January when the latter's Chief Tournament Business Officer Ben Cowen flew down to Delhi. Along with McIlroy, who won the 2025 Masters in a playoff with Justin Rose, Hero Indian Open winners Eugenio Chacarra (2025) and Keita Nakajima (2024) are expected to tee off at the European Tour competition. The DP World India Championship will be the third high-profile men's golf event in India this year, followed by the maiden Asian Tour and LIV Golf-funded $2 million International Series and DP World Tour's Hero Indian Open last month that offered a purse of $2.25 million. 'We are delighted to extend our commitment to golf in India by establishing the new DP World India Championship and we look forward to building on our shared vision to grow the game in the country. Our thanks also go to Delhi Golf Club for giving us the opportunity to return to such an iconic venue this October.' Cowen said.
