Gaganjeet Bhullar (67-67-65-68), a 12-time international winner who was playing at his home course this week, bagged his 25th career title and 13th win on the PGTI after posting a gritty last round of four-under 68 to ease to a comfortable four-shot victory with a week's tally of 21-under 26
Playing at their home course, Bhullar and Cheema were tied for the lead at 17-under 199, having shot rounds of seven-under 65 and six-under 66 respectively
Joost Luiten is a six-time winner on the DP World Tour, but has been winless on the tour since 2018. At the end of the first round, among the co-leaders was the incredible young talent from Japan, Keita Nakajima, who spent a record 87 weeks as the World's No. 1 amateur before turning pro in
Anirban Lahiri's last global win came at this very event back in 2015 and a year later he was second. Since then he has had countless second places, none more memorable than the runner-up finish at the PLAYERS Championship in 2022
Delhi-NCR Open 2023 features some of the top Indian professionals such as DP World Tour regular and defending champion Manu Gandas, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Rashid Khan, PGTI Order of Merit leader Om Prakash Chouhan, Aman Raj, Khalin Joshi, Viraj Madappa, as well as former champions Udayan Mane an
Overall though, it was a strong display by Indian golfers with three of them in the Top-10. Veer Ahlawat was tied fourth while Angad Cheema (4-under 212) was tied seventh and Honey Baisoya (3-under 213) was tied 10th.
Angad Cheema followed his opening day's four-under 68 with a 71 to sit alongside Finland's Mikko Korhonen (72), Iceland's Gudmundur Kristjansson (71) and Germany's Marcel Siem (70), who were all on five-under 139 with Cheema at the end of the second day as scoring grew progressively tougher.
Paul, who turns 29 next Sunday and will be looking for an early birthday present, came close to equalling the course record of 8-under held by Shubhankar Sharma on the first day. He started the second day early and negotiated the difficult pins very well. A fast start from the tenth saw him
SSP Chawrasia, a four-time winner on the DP World Tour, will be leading the Indian charge along with Manu Gandas, who earned a card on the DP World Tour this season as a result of finishing number one in the PGTI Rankings last year.
Nitithorn Thippong won twice more after the success in The DGC Open. Following his win in India, Thippong won the International Series Singapore and the Bangkok Open, on the local Thai Golf Tour, which helped him finish fourth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.