Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia along with Shubhankar Sharma go into the 55th Indian Open, starting here on Thursday, as the leading home contenders.
Lahiri, Shubhankar, Indian Open golf
New Delhi:
Indian golfers have always been the ones to watch out for at the tournament. Whether it is experienced stars like Lahiri, Chawrasia and Mukesh Kumar or youngsters like Khalin Joshi and Viraj Madappa. The field of 156 this time has four players inside Top-100 -- Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand (No. 71), Adrian Otaegui (No. 73), Shaun Norris (No. 90) and Jorge Campillo (No. 93).
The field also boasts of some very prominent winners like Jazz (Singapore Open), David Law (Vic Open), Aaron Rai (Hong Kong Open) and Scott Hend (Maybank Malaysian Championships), besides others such as the 2018 Scottish Open winner Brandon Stone, long-hitting Bernd Wiesberger, four-time European Tour winner, and Gavin Green.
The depth in the field, that includes a dozen stars with a world ranking between 100 and 150, is expected to spice up the competition here at the DLF Golf and Country Club. Lahiri and Chawrasia will be keen to put their best foot forward. Shubhankar finished seventh last year and he will hope to better that performance.
When it comes to international golf events, Indians are always considered the toughest to beat on home soil. Although none of the Indians are in world’s Top-100 list, it is the country’s golfers who would start as favourites at the USD 1.75 million event.
Indian golfers have always been the ones to watch out for at the tournament. Whether it is experienced stars like Lahiri, Chawrasia and Mukesh Kumar or youngsters like Khalin Joshi and Viraj Madappa. The field of 156 this time has four players inside Top-100 -- Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand (No. 71), Adrian Otaegui (No. 73), Shaun Norris (No. 90) and Jorge Campillo (No. 93).
The field also boasts of some very prominent winners like Jazz (Singapore Open), David Law (Vic Open), Aaron Rai (Hong Kong Open) and Scott Hend (Maybank Malaysian Championships), besides others such as the 2018 Scottish Open winner Brandon Stone, long-hitting Bernd Wiesberger, four-time European Tour winner, and Gavin Green.
The depth in the field, that includes a dozen stars with a world ranking between 100 and 150, is expected to spice up the competition here at the DLF Golf and Country Club. Lahiri and Chawrasia will be keen to put their best foot forward. Shubhankar finished seventh last year and he will hope to better that performance.