Apart from the winner Larrazabal and runner-up Kapur, the other competitors were Pawan Munjal, Executive Chairman Hero MotoCorp; defending champion Keita Nakajima; 2024 HIO runner-up Veer Ahlawat; the 2023 Indian Open winner, Marcel Siem; Daniel Hillier and Rafa Cabrera-Bello
SSP Chawrasia has an amazing record at this tournament, having finished runner-up on four occasions (2015, 2013, 2006, and 1999) at HIO, apart from his two wins in 2016 and 2017. Notably, he was second or better each time between 2013 and 2017--the HIO was not held in 2014 because of schedul
The players were given 60 seconds to hit nine balls each at a target created on the 18th green of the DLF Golf and Country Club. All eight players were miked up to make it an interactive and fun event