Post-Covid, the Asian Tour is again with its full calendar. No surprise, a number of main names from the Tour are eager to make up for the misplaced time. With the second version of the DGC Open mountain climbing its prize-money from $500,000 to $750,000, it isn't stunning to discover a robust area seeking to strike wealthy this week.

When the premier occasion tees off on the tree-lined course of the Delhi Golf Club, the delicate greens provide these seasoned professionals a possibility to hit low scores. Last 12 months, the arduous greens made scoring troublesome and ultimately there was a two-way tie for the title at 7-under.

For the document, Thailand’s Nitihorn Thippong beat Ajeetesh Sandhu on the primary playoff gap for his maiden Asian Tour victory.

Unlike the DLF Golf and Country Club course in Gurugram, which hosted the $ 2 million Hero Indian Open final month, the DGC affords an important alternative for the home-grown golfers to do effectively this week.

On this punishing course, the place staying on the green is of paramount significance, the main focus stays on reaching the appropriate areas off the tee and being on the appropriate facet of the pin with measured strategy pictures. The greens usually are not as difficult as those witnessed throughout the Indian Open. As a consequence, even share play affords good dividends on this course.

A robust Thai presence may effectively dictate the course of play this week. Thippong is again and so are a number of extra of his compatriots. In the combo is rising expertise Sadom Kaewkanjana, fifth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit final 12 months.

Among the Indians, Shiv Kapur is again on his house course and feels optimistic about his probabilities. Viraj Madappa and S. Chikkarangappa are additionally a part of the sphere of 138 gamers that features round 50 Indians. Professionals from 35 nations are collaborating in what may effectively be the strongest area seen in an Asian Tour occasion in India.

Though a shock winner can't be dominated out, the Indian professionals may have each cause to fancy their probabilities.