Asian Tour adds India stop to 2022 schedule, with new HK$3.9 million event at Delhi Golf Club
- The DGC Open has been pencilled in for March 24-27 on newly renovated Lodhi Course
- Tournament will be first time the Asian Tour has staged an event in the country for more than two years
The Asian Tour will return to India for the first time in more than two years in March, with The DGC Open taking place at The Delhi Golf Club.
To be staged on the newly renovated Lodhi Course and boasting a lucrative purse of US$500,000 (HK$3.9 million), the new event is epected to be one of the highlights of the early part of tour’s 2022 schedule.
The last time there was a tour event in India, Korean teenager Joohyung Kim won the Panasonic Open in November 2019. Next year’s event will be played between March 24 and 27.
“The addition of The DGC Open to our 2022 schedule is a massive boost for the Asian Tour and something we have been working very hard on behind the scenes to facilitate,” Cho Minn Thant, commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour, said.
Having undergone a major overhaul in 2019, the Lodhi course should pose a different challenge, with revamped greens and reshaped bunkers.
The tour expects to release its 2022 schedule later next month, before the season-opening US$5 million Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers ‒ which will be played at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club from February 3 to 6.