DP World India Championship golf: Indians fail to make a mark at home

Over the course of the past six days, players and officials have repeatedly spoken about the DP World India Championship being an opportunity of a lifetime for Indian pros to step up to the big league.

- Shantanu Srivastava

Never before had an event of this magnitude - $4mn to play for-come to India, and the presence of world No.2 Rory McIlroy and world No.5 Tommy Fleetwood, the eventual winner, sent the stature of the event soaring.

Among Indians, the seasoned Shiv Kapur (72-69-70-68) finished the best at T-32 after a 9-under 279. Dhruv Sheoran (68-73-67-72) was next after a final round 72, ending T-36 at 8-under 280. Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri, who have both won twice on the European tour, finished T-56 at 3-under 285. Abhinav Lohan was T-63 (1-under 287).

Overall, 26 Indians entered and only five made the cut. In that respect, the event was a reminder how far back the best Indians are compared to their counterparts on the European Tour.