DeChambeau Bonanza for Golf Fans in India

Golfer Bryson DeChambeau will be playing at the International Series India in Gurugram

- Meraj Shah

Expect fireworks on 30 January, when Bryson DeChambeau unleashes his driver on the opening hole at the DLF Golf & Country Club, Gurugram (you can be quite certain he won't tee off with an iron), and dispatches the ball to landing areas that even the course designer—Gary Player—wouldn't have considered possible. One can only speculate, but, if you are planning to go watch the International Series India presented by DLF, expect the biggest galleries ever seen on a golf course in the country. 2025's opening salvo for golf fans promises to set a new bar for the sport in the country. It's not that we haven't had golfing superstars play in India before: none other than Tiger Woods played a round with Hero Motors CEO Pawan Munjal at the Delhi Golf Club a few years back. But that wasn't exactly a well-publicised affair. And it wasn't competition.

Munjal continues to be a central figure in world golf: last week he teed it up with Rory McIlroy at the pro-am of the DP World Tour's Dubai Desert Classic. Later, while speaking to the press, the Irishman was bullish on the sport's prospects in India, "...the Indian market is a very important market for golf. You look at what's happening next week with the International Series, you've got Bryson (DeChambeau) and a lot of those guys going over to play." McIlroy also referred to reports of a new DP World Tour event in India later this year. "India is a country I've always wanted to visit. I've never been there before. Obviously, I know that there are discussions ongoing about an event that may be played later in the year...But I think to say anything else at this point would be a little premature...whether that's this year or sometime down the line. But it's certainly something that I want to do," he said.