This week's second edition of the DP World India Championship marks the 17th visit by golf's Global Tour to the world's most populous nation.
Here, we take a whistlstop tour of the DP World Tour's history in India.
In 2008, India became the 37th territory to stage a DP World Tour event as the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters – subsequently titled the Avantha Masters from 2010-2013 – marked the first foray to the subcontinent at Delhi Golf Club.
Later that season the Johnnie Walker Classic became the first DP World Tour event to be staged at DLF Golf and Country Club, where we have been now been 11 times and where Alex Fitzpatrick triumphed earlier in the season.
The Hero Indian Open then took its place on the calendar in 2015 and the 2026 edition was the ninth co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and Professional Golf Tour of India.
Home hero Shiv Chawrasia won that event in 2016 and 2017 to take his total of DP World Tour titles on home soil to to four, with multiple winners Matt Wallace, Stephen Gallacher and Marcel Siem having lifted the trophy in recent years.
The DP World India Championship in 2025 then took the DP World Tour's presence in India to the next level, with the event taking a spot on the Back 9 with a $4 million prize fund.
Grand Slam champion Rory McIlroy made his first visit to India for the event but it was Ryder Cup team-mate Tommy Fleetwood who emerged triumphant, with the duo both returning this week among a host of other Major winners and Ryder Cup stars.
