Three share the lead at suspended Indian Championship... Partial results / TEE TIMES

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BBC Weather New Delhi : 19*/29*c Sunny with light winds E 3km/h

The driving range was full at 5am under the floodlights at the Delhi GC this morning as the field plays catch up after Thursday's 5 hour delay due to thunder/ lightning/ rain.

Today Mother Nature is smiling with a sunny, hot day, not much wind at all so play resumed at 7am local and the course is very soft after the rain

New Delhi is 10.5 hours ahead of est so it is now 4pm there as I post this at 530 this Friday morning so round 2 is well underway.

The lead is currently -8 by Adrian Meronk who won the Dunhill Links a fortnight ago, and Dutch veteran Joost Luiten.

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FINAL EDIT >>2026/10/16  830AM EST

play was suspended at 1754hrs local, round 2 will resume at 645am Saturday...

Angel Hidalgo, Joost Luiten and Adrian Meronk shared the clubhouse lead at the top of a congested leaderboard after day two of the weather-affected DP World India Championship.

They were playing catch up after nearly five hours were lost to storms on on day one but conditions were perfect as some players faced 36 holes on Friday.

Luiten played the most of the leaders as he tackled 34 holes in -6 in rounds of 68-68 to get to -8, while Meronk and Hidalgo both faced 32 holes.

Dutchman Luiten also got to -9 with a hat-trick of gains from the 13th and further birdies on the 18th and second. He then made a double on the eighth but bounced straight back from 14 feet on the next.

"It was good for 17 holes, and then my 17th, the eighth hole, I double bogey, which normally you would say it's a birdie hole," said Luiten, who finished sixth at the recent BMW PGA Championship and 13th last week.

Meronk was -5 through four at the end of Thursday but added just one more first-round birdie before following up with a 69, while Hidalgo joined Luiten with rounds of 68-68.

Hidalgo : "Pretty good," he said. "Especially in this course. It's pretty tight. Pretty happy with the way I'm playing these two rounds. Looking forward to the weekend.

Meronk: "It was a lot of solid golf," he said. "I'm happy with my position. Obviously a little bit disappointed with the bogey on the last, but it's still a good round and I'm happy with the day of work.

Belgian Thomas Detry birdied three of his first six holes in round two to sit alongside the leaders, a shot clear of English pair Todd Clements and Eddie Pepperell.

Eugenio Chacarra was also at -7 through five holes as he seeks a result which could send him to the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings on Sunday.

Pepperell, who is 100th on the Rankings and needs a good week to boost his chances of having a full card next season, carded rounds of 71-66 in his marathon day, while Clements played 31 holes posting rounds of 69-68.

Kiwi Daniel Hillier was four over after 13 holes in round one but carded the lowest score of the week so far in a second-round 64 to sit at -6 alongside South African pair Thriston Lawrence and JC Ritchie, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and Emirati Adrian Otaegui.

Rory and Tommy were at -2 / -4 through 4 holes. The cut is projected at E

Click on my leaderboard link above for results  ..

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Dane Norgaard leads at weather delayed India Championship...Partial 18 hole results / TEE TIMES

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BBC Weather New Delhi : 19*/25*c Thunder Showers/ Lightning, Gentle breeze ENE 8km/h

****Play suspended due to Thunder/ Lightning 11am New Delhi is 130am est (Toronto)

****Play will resume at 1600hrs which is 530am est..

With round 11 well under way on this short tight Delhi GC the hooter sounded at 11am local due to thunder/lightning rain in the area.

All players are off the course, pictures of Justin Rose practicing chipping in his hotel room. He is -1 thru 15.

Eugenio Chacarra who was T2 last week in Spain continues his fine play -5 thru 15 holes along with Irelands Tom McKibbon -5 thru 16 holes.

Defending champion Tommy Fleetwood is -3 thru 14, Rory McIlroy -2 thru 14.

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FINAL EDIT >>>>>>2026/10/15   745pm est

Niklas Nørgaard produced a birdie-birdie finish to edge into a one-shot lead on a weather-delayed opening day at the DP World India Championship.

Just under five hours of play was lost due to storms in the vicinity at Delhi Golf Club but that was no distraction to Nørgaard, who carded a 66 to get to -6 and lead the way from Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra, Belgian Thomas Detry and Northern Ireland's Tom McKibbin.

Spaniard Chacarra is second in the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and one of four players who could go top this week as the season moves towards a dramatic conclusion.

Rival Rory McIlroy carded an opening 70, while Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed and another contender in Casey Jarvis were yet to complete their rounds, with 12 players unable to tee off in round one due to the delays.

Of those who did complete 18 holes, however, it was Nørgaard who continued his recent run of fine form in the Indian capital.

The Dane was in danger of losing his card in late August but finished second at the Husqvarna British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo and another runner-up finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship now has him heading for the DP World Tour Play-Offs.

The big-hitter carded an eagle, six birdies and two bogeys in round one and revealed he was surprised to score so well on a short and narrow layout that takes the driver out of many players' hands.

"I'm very, very happy," he said. "Bit surprised as well. This should not suit me at all. It pretty much just neutralises my best weapon, which is my driver. But I just managed to make no big mistakes, put the irons in play, and putt pretty well.

"Had a tough year until (August) and it's just I think what happened at Belfry made me regain my confidence. I didn't think that I'd been playing that bad but I just needed something to spark it and that's what the Belfry did.

"I've been playing good since."

Chacarra made a fast start from the tenth with birdies on his opening hole, the 11th, 14th and 15th.

He bounced back from a bogey on the 16th with a gain on the next and added birdies on the second and eighth before dropping a shot on the ninth.

"Need to play here more often I guess," said Chacarra, who has a win and a runner-up finish in New Delhi at the Hero Indian Open.

"I just love the greens. I can see the breaks better than in other places. I know the lie and what it is. I've been having good greens, like reading and good putts made when I play here, and today was kind of the same.

"I'm feeling good, mentally fresh and excited for what's ahead."

Also starting on the tenth, McKibbin rattled off four birdies in a row from the 12th and had a single dropped shot in his 71, while Detry overcame a double-bogey on the 15th and blemish on the sixth with eight birdies.

There was a trio of Scots in Ewen Ferguson, Scott Jamieson and Robert MacIntyre at -4  alongside local favourite Om Prakash Chouhan and England's Marcus Armitage.

Pole Adrian Meronk was -4 after five holes to also sit in that group, one clear of England's Brandon Robinson Thompson and Swede Hugo Townsend who had both finished their rounds -3..

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Rory and Ryder Cup team mates headline India Championship TEE Times

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Rory McIlroy will have defending champion Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre for company when the second edition of the DP World India Championship gets under way on Thursday.

There were emotional scenes 12 months ago at Delhi Golf Club as Fleetwood's son Frankie was able to share a win with dad for the first time, with McIlroy back in a tie for 26th.

MacIntyre, meanwhile, is making his debut in the event and the trio of Ryder Cup team-mates will tee off the tenth at 7.15am local time.

McIlroy is one of four players who could be top of the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World by the end of the week and fellow challenger Eugenio Chacarra goes off ten minutes before the Northern Irishman alongside Justin Rose and Min Woo Lee.

Rankings leader Patrick Reed plays with two reigning Major champions in Aaron Rai and Ryan Fox and they get started on the first at 12pm. 

Casey Jarvis is the other man who could lead the way come Sunday and he will tee off the first at 11.50, joined by home hero Anirban Lahiri and recent winner Adrian Meronk.

The DP World Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit will be decided on Sunday, with the winner securing a Category 17 DP World Tour card for next season.

Saptak Talwar currently leads the way and he goes off the tenth at 6.45 alongside last week's winner Grant Forrest and Tom McKibbin, ten minutes before Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald, Major winner Shane Lowry and Belgium's Thomas Detry.

Elsehwere, history will be made on Thursday as Subash Tamang becomes the first player from Nepal to tee up in a DP World Tour event and he gets started on the first at 7.55.

For a full list of tee times, click here.

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Rory returns, Inside the India Championship this week...TEE TIMES

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The Back 9 heads east this week to for the second edition of the DP World India Championship.

McIlroy among Major winners on show

Two-time Masters champion Rory McIIroy returns to Delhi Golf Club for the second successive season as one of three reigning Major winners teeing it up in India.

The Northern Irishman completed the career Grand Slam in winning his first Green Jacket in 2025 and went on to become just the fourth player to successfully defend the title back in April.

 A month later Aaron Rai won his maiden Major at the US PGA Championship and he also tees it up this week alongside Ryan Fox, who joined him in winning a first Major at July's Open Championship.

Justin Rose, winner of the 2013 U.S. Open, 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett, 2018 Green Jacket recipient Patrick Reed and 2019 Open winner Shane Lowry are also in action to make it seven victors from golf's four biggest events.

Reed's fellow two-time winners in 2026 Jayden Schaper, Casey Jarvis and Eugenio Chacarra are also in action along with defending champion Tommy Fleetwood, fellow Ryder Cup star Robert MacIntyre and Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald.

EDIT>>>> It is worth noting that this is another example of Rory and his Ryder Cup mates playing an event they don't really need, however growing the game that have all benefitted greatly from, is at the root cause of their attendance.

Fleetwood defends

Tommy Fleetwood became the inaugural DP World India Championship winner 12 months ago as he competed a fairytale year.

Having ended his long wait for a first PGA TOUR title at the Tour Championship to capture the FedExCup in August, the Englishman then played a key role in Europe's historic away Ryder Cup victory at Bethpage Black. 

Fleetwood soon moved into the top five on the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career and then became an eight-time DP World Tour winner after producing a brilliant burst of scoring around the turn at Delhi Golf Club on his way to a closing 65.

That left him at -22, two shots clear of Keita Nakajima and able to celebrate on the final green with son Frankie for the first time.

"There's going to be many more times where I hopefully get the chance to do that," he said. "But all day today, I had in my mind could I put myself in a position where I can actually make that moment happen? It's just one of those little things, it means a lot to me. It means so much to me. That was really cool. That's what I wanted to do all day."

All to Play For with finish line in site

This week represents the penultimate event of the regular season before we head to Korea and there is much to be played for in the battle to win the Race to Dubai, claim places in the DP World Tour Play-Offs, secure playing privileges for 2027 and earn dual membership with the PGA Tour.

At the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings Patrick Reed leads the way with an exciting run-in to the campaign in store. 

At the end of the Back 9 later this month, the top 70 qualifying players on the Race to Dubai will head to the Play-Offs and battle it out in Abu Dhabi to secure enough points to be among the top 50 available players who advance to Dubai for the season finale, the DP World Tour Championship.

*The Genesis Championship in Korea will be the last chance for players to get into the top 100 on the Rankings and secure Category 10 status for 2027 and the ability to play an almost full schedule.

*The top ten players not otherwise exempt from the season-long standings after Dubai will earn playing rights stateside next year.

With the battle to be crowned Europe's number one set to go to the wire, any of Reed, Chacarra, McIlroy or Jarvis could end the week on top of the Rankings.

And with a $4 million prize fund at play, valuable Race to Dubai points and Team Europe Ryder Cup qualifying points on offer, it is All to Play For in Delhi.

Home heroes battling for Tour spot

It is not just DP World Tour players who could be set for a career-changing week, with the DP World Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit being decided on Sunday.

The leading player on that Order of Merit at the conclusion of this week's event will earn a DP World Tour card in Category 17 for the 2027 season.

Saptak Talwar has led the Order of Merit for most of the season and enjoys a commanding lead but he can still be caught by Khalin H Joshi - a four-time winner this season - or Veer Ahlawat.

Ahlawat will be a familiar name to DP World Tour fans, having won the PGTI Order of Merit in 2024 and made 20 appearances on the 2025 Race to Dubai.

A historic venue

Originally established in the 1930s, the Lodhi Championship Course at Delhi Golf Club hosted the inaugural Indian Open in 1964 and was redesigned by Peter Thomson in 1977, with further enhancements by Gary Player Design in 2019.

It was the host for the first DP World Tour event to be held in India, the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters, and then the venue for the Hero Indian Open in 2015 and 2016.

It is short at just 6,912 yards, it provides a very different test to most venues on Tour and last season, 58 out of the 138-player field (42%) opted to not use a driver.

That included McIlroy, who took out both his driver and three wood and played with a two and three iron. It should be an intriguing week.

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Grant Forest wins Spanish Open shoot out...Final results

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Madrid, Spain  2026-10-11  7.00am est / 1.00pm Spain

BBC Weather: 13/23*c Sunny intervals with light winds, 4km/h sw

The overnight leader Grant Forest remains in contention for a wire-to-wire victory at the Open de España presented by Madrid after producing a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine to share the lead with Joe Dean heading into the final round.

Today they both have just teed off with Victor Perez -12 in the final pairing, with that precarious -13 lead, with 4 players at -12 right behind them.

This de Campo Villa course is playing soft, the weather is ideal, so the scoring is low.

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>>FINAL EDIT 2026-10-11 12pm est 6pm Madrid <<<<

Grant Forrest birdied the final hole to win the 2026 Open de España presented by Madrid as home favourite Eugenio Chacarra's charge came up just short.

Chacarra played the front nine in -5 to erase Forrest and Joe Dean's overnight lead and his own birdie at the last gave him hope of a play-off.

But Forrest made a good up-and-down from off the front of the 18th green to earn his first DP World Tour victory outside of his native Scotland - as well as invitations to both the 2027 Masters Tournament and the 155th Open Championship at St Andrews.

"I'm in shock, honestly, pure shock right now," he said.

"That's fairytale stuff, I've played two Opens and to be going to Augusta, I just can't get my head round it. You can have a great career in this game and never get to go to Augusta, so I cannot believe it."

South Africa's Thriston Lawrence gave an early indication that scores were there to be made with four birdies in five holes from the fourth to reach the turn in 32, eventually shooting 65.

Chacarra said during an on-course interview on the sixth: "This is what I needed, I'm excited for the fight. I need to get to eight or nine (under par for the round) to have a chance, that's what my goal is."

Dean bogeyed the 12th to leave only Chacarra and Olesen tied at the top, while Forrest was also one back after birdies at the tenth and 13th either side of a bogey at the 11th.

The Scot pulled level once more with a third birdie in four holes at the 14th, while Chacarra bogeyed the 17th after finding a greenside bunker off the tee.

The Spaniard birdied the last to set the target at -13  and was left waiting to see how his rivals finished, with Forrest through the back of the 16th green. He got up and down for par but Dean dropped a shot to fall one behind the leaders.

Olesen bogeyed the 17th to miss out on -12  as did Dean who finished a shot further back -11 but Forrest sealed the deal with a well-judged chip and a putt from just inside four feet.

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Michael Brennan wins Baycurrent Classic in Japan Canadian scores. .Final Results

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Jacob Bridgeman had led all the way coming into Sunday, he shot 69 T1 with Michael Brennan 65 and rookie Zach Bauchou 67 all at -13 200.

Michael Brennan

However it was steady eddie Michael Brennan who made par on his last 6 holes for -3 68 -16 good enough to edge Bridgeman 69 -15 and Keith Mitchell 68 -15.

After his 3rd PGA Tour win in 33 events, his 2nd this year Brennan said " Unbelievable, it was an unbelievable all week,the fans were amazing. I was very nervous today especially coming down the stretch, Jacob and I had a great battle, he played great, we played a lot of college golf together." 

He was at #700 in the world 2 years ago, noe inside the top 20.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele 67 -13 T4 and Adam Scott had a disappointing 72 T13 -11

Canadians (projected Fed Ex standings)

T41 Nick Taylor 71 67 72 69 -5   #71

T54 Taylor Pendrith 72, 70 72 67  -3  #96

Neither did anything to improve their status with 5 events to go.

The Fall Series now has 2 weeks off, reconvening in Bermuda for the Butterfield Championship October 22-25

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Forest and Dean lead Spanish Open....54 hole results / Sunday TEE TIMES

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Madrid, Spain  2026-10-10  7.00am est / 1.00pm Spain

BBC Weather: 12/23*c Sunny with light winds, 2km/h sw

Saturday's play is well under way in ideal sunny Spanish weather on the Real Club de Campo Villa de Madrid on the DP World Tour.

SCENARIO

Remember with just two regular season events remaining, in India and Korea after this week the regular season ends with the top 100 securing their cards for 2027.

The top 70 then go to Abu Dhabi for a playoff, with the top 50 advancing to the DP World Tour Championship.

It is a nervous time for many, for example with the cut falling at +1, Eddie Pepperell had to birdie the last hole to make the weekend, he is at #101.

With DP World Tour points leader Patrick Reed missing the cut, and Rory McIlroy off look for Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra 66 69 -7 to take over the points lead this weekend.

FINAL EDIT >> 1pm est 7pm Madrid

The overnight leader Grant Forest remains in contention for a wire-to-wire victory at the Open de España presented by Madrid after producing a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine to share the lead with Joe Dean heading into the final round.

The Scot began the day with a one-shot lead but slipped down the leaderboard after following birdies at the third and fourth with a bogey and five pars in favourable scoring conditions.

He bounced back brilliantly, though, reeling off birdies at the 11th, 14th and 16th to reach -13  and grab a share of the lead alongside Englishman Dean.

Forrest, who is searching for his third DP World Tour title, said: "I'm happy with how I handled today.

"I didn't have my best stuff but I'm really proud of how I dug in and made some nice putts, a couple of good recovery shots and all in all a decent score again.

"This is one of my favourite tournaments - it's been good to me in the past - and I'd love nothing more than to go home with a trophy tomorrow."

Sheffield native Dean completed a fightback of his own on Saturday as he birdied the last from 31 feet to banish the memory of his previous two holes.

Eight birdies in his first 15 holes had seen Dean open up a three-shot lead at the top but his advantage was wiped out altogether when he followed up a double bogey on the 16th with a bogey at the 17th.

But those fireworks from Dean at the 18th made it a tie at the top, with Joel Girrbach, Victor Perez and Jacob Skov Olesen one shot behind on -12.

Dean reflected on his closing birdie putt, saying: "It gave a little bit of hope after those previous two holes.

"But nothing's guaranteed in this game and it only takes a slight lapse in concentration or a bad shot and before you know it you're chasing.

"It's nice to finish with a birdie on the last. We'll go again and see what happens."

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