The DP World India Championship will run at least till 2035, it was announced at the conclusion of the second installment of the competition that concluded at the Delhi Golf Club on Sunday with Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra winning by two shots.
The tournament brought the best field ever assembled for a golf tournament to the country, including three of the four major winners of the year along with defending champion Tommy Fleetwood. For logistics major DP World — title partners of the European Tour as well as the domestic PGTI — the ambition in Indian golf extends well beyond staging a tournament of this scale. “We are not sponsors; we are partners. We have real skin in this game. DP World, Ruia insisted, wishes to build an ecosystem in India that nurtures domestic talent, broadens the sport’s reach and creates a pathway for Indian golfers to compete with the best in the world. the DP World India Championship offers Indian golfers a chance to compete against the best on home soil While the partnership with PGTI promises to provide the domestic game with the support and competitive ecosystem it needs. “We are connecting India to the rest of the world through a competition of this scale, whereas with the partnership with PGTI, we are connecting India to India. “We certainly want to create an ecosystem for the domestic talent to grow. “When we work in a geography, we also want to uplift the geography as a social need.
The $4 million competition is the most lucrative tournament ever hosted in Asia, and promises to significantly raise India’s profile in global golfing ecosystem.
Sponsorship is typically a year to a year, but a partnership is a little longer, where you have skin in the game, where you walk the talk,” DP World’s country head Hemant Kumar Ruia told HT on the sidelines of the tournament. “It is central to our business objectives,” he said. We hope to give a big boost to the domestic talent,” he said. And when we connect them to the rest of the world, when we et the stars to come to showcase their skills, it will inspire people to up their game,” Ruia said. So, golf is one such sport which we believe can connect us to our customers, and we can grow the game at a grassroots level,” he said.
