was criticised by Team USA Ryder Cup vice-captain Kevin Kisner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to globally expand in India, he wants to get his $10 million and go play in India,\u201d Kisner told the Fore Play Podcast last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there\u2019s a pile of guys that got paid for that event. How else would you get that event in India with eight billion people in the middle of the city?<\/p>\n
\u201cThey always seem to say the right things while they\u2019re over there. As part of your appearance fee, here\u2019s your script for altruism, and you need to mention these four lines in whatever interview you do throughout the week.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about the comments by a reporter following the final day in New Delhi, McIlroy questioned the validity of Kisner\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why me being in India would make \u2018Kis\u2019 need to comment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow would he know that (if his appearance fee was $10 million)?\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlroy remained adamant India is a \u201chuge market for golf\u201d worth investing in and travelling to, saying Kisner\u2019s financial argument and the Northern Irishman\u2019s previous calls for a \u201cglobal schedule\u201d aren\u2019t mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo things can be true at the same time,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cPeople can get paid to come and play at a tournament, but at the same time, do it from a place of genuine interest in trying to bring the sport to another country, a developing country, a country where the middle class in India is larger than the whole population of the United States. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a huge market for golf.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Chacarra carded a final-round two-under-par 70 and pumped his fist to celebrate his third win on the European tour this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s not going to be easy,\u201d Chacarra said of his Race to Dubai chances. <\/p>\n
\u201cRory in Dubai always plays good and I know it\u2019s going to be a big battle. Patrick, too. Two of the best players in the world coming for me now, and I know they\u2019re not going to make it easy.\u201d <\/p>\n
A teary-eyed Chacarra dedicated the win to his grandfather, who died 10 days earlier, saying: \u201cHe is watching me somewhere from up there.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy with his caddie on day four of the DP World India Championship. (Photo by Luke Walker\/Getty images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Chacarra\u2019s recent form has been impressive.<\/p>\n
In his previous two tournaments he was tied second at the Open de Espana and third at the FedEx Open de France.<\/p>\n
New Zealand\u2019s Daniel Hillier was second on 19-under in the Indian capital and Chacarra\u2019s fellow Spaniard Angel Hidalgo and Poland\u2019s Adrian Meronk were tied third on 15-under.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s Tommy Fleetwood, the defending champion, finished tied fifth at 13-under.<\/p>\n
With the tournament playing catch-up, Chacarra, who broke his toe a couple of weeks ago and overcame a neck problem, completed his third round in the morning to extend his sole lead.<\/p>\n
He carded a nine-under-par 63 and kept up the charge in the final round with three birdies against one bogey.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast week it was really tough (broken toe), but this week doing all the ice and taking all the medications was better,\u201d said Chacarra.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my neck was just a bad position at night on Monday. My physio did a great job and made me compete.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd playing at less than 100 per cent and to be able to win against this field gives me great motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy has hit back at a rival\u2019s claim his appearance at the India Championship was solely motivated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-933187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933187","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=933187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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