{"id":931737,"date":"2026-10-17T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931737\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:32:13","slug":"min-woo-out-of-india-championship-as-spaniard-cooks-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931737\/","title":{"rendered":"Min Woo out of India Championship as Spaniard cooks \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Min Woo Lee has had to withdraw from the India Championship after picking up a stomach illness as Australia\u2019s challenge in the lucrative European tour event continued to fade in Delhi.<\/p>\n

It proved a bad \u2018moving day\u2019 for Rory McIlroy too in Saturday\u2019s third round, as Spain\u2019s Eugenio Chacarra continued to enhance his bid to win the tour\u2019s \u2018Race to Dubai\u2019 order of merit by moving into a two-shot lead.<\/p>\n

There was only huge disappointment, though, for Australia\u2019s top-ranked player Lee, who wasn\u2019t fit enough on Saturday to even turn out and complete his second round after playing only five holes on Friday in the storm-interrupted $A5.7 m event.<\/p>\n

\"Chacarra\"\/Eugenio Chacarra leads the way at the lucrative India Championship in Delhi. (AP PHOTO<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Revealing his woes on Instagram, the world No.31 explained: \u201cSad to say I\u2019ve had to withdraw. A stomach illness triggered some tough back spasms, and I\u2019m just not able to compete this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuge thanks to DP World, the tournament staff, and all the fans for the incredible hospitality and support this week. Priority now is getting back to 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the build-up to the tournament, Lee had been enthusing about his trip to Delhi and his cookery session with Saransh Goila, raving about the acclaimed celebrity chef\u2019s butter chicken dish.<\/p>\n

He had been level par for the tournament, far from being in the shake-up, when play finished early on Friday.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s play was concluded early too in fading light, necessitating a busy final Sunday with Chacarra on 14 under, with still seven holes of his third round to play.<\/p>\n

Dutchman Joost Luiten and another Spaniard Angel Hidalgo were on 12 under, with six and seven holes, respectively, of their third rounds to finish. New Zealand\u2019s Daniel Hillier, Poland\u2019s Adrian Meronk and Scotland\u2019s Scott Jamieson are a further shot back.<\/p>\n

How it stands at the top after round three was suspended due to darkness \ud83d\udcca #DPWIC https:\/\/t.co\/qGmBSraIDS<\/p>\n

\u2014 DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Patrick Reed and McIlroy, who are battling with Chacarra for the order of merit crown, were eight and 10 shots off the lead, respectively, with the Spaniard in line to take over from Reed at the top.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McIlroy had been only four shots off the 36-hole lead after a second-round 68 but he endured a shocking eight-hole stretch in the third round, featuring four bogeys and a double-bogey when he duffed a chip from thick greenside rough.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is seeking an eighth order of merit title, which would tie the record of Colin Montgomerie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only Australian left in the event after Lee\u2019s withdrawal is Ryan Peake, who\u2019s tied for 48th on two under par, with a couple of holes left in his third round still to finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Min Woo Lee has had to withdraw from the India Championship after picking up a stomach illness as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[1724,64,63,755,405163,85],"class_list":["post-931737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-overseas-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}