{"id":198392,"date":"2025-10-14T01:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198392\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:58:07","slug":"rory-mcilroy-given-warm-welcome-ahead-of-history-making-week-at-new-4million-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198392\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy given warm welcome ahead of history-making week at new $4million event"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time ever, Rory McIlroy is set to compete in India.<\/p>\n

The magnitude of the occasion ensured McIlroy<\/a> was greeted with a hero’s welcome by those at his hotel in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

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In a picture shared on X, a number of hotel staffers stood in line as McIlroy walked in with an orange necklace.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is in town to compete at the DP World India Championship,<\/a> which will be held at Delhi Golf Club.<\/p>\n

Who is competing at the DP World India Championship?<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman is one of several big names in Delhi for the event, with fellow Europe Ryder Cup stars Tommy Fleetwood<\/a>, Shane Lowry<\/a> and Viktor Hovland<\/a> among the field.<\/p>\n

So too is Europe’s Ryder Cup<\/a> skipper Luke Donald.<\/a><\/p>\n

Several of the triumphant Ryder Cup stars<\/a> may have been lured in by the tasty prize packet on offer for victory.<\/p>\n

What is the prize money on offer at the DP World India Championship?<\/p>\n

The event boasts a total purse of $4million (\u00a33m), with the winner to take home a cool $680k (\u00a3510k).<\/p>\n

No tournament in India has ever had as much prize money on the line, emphasising the magnitude of the occasion.<\/p>\n

That’s not the only piece of history being made in Delhi.<\/p>\n

McIlroy’s participation means he is the first reigning Masters champion to feature at a tournament on Indian soil.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier in the year, McIlroy expressed his excitement to not only compete in India for the first time, but to pay a visit to a nation he’d ‘always wanted to explore.’<\/p>\n

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The Northern Irishman goes to India having won three of his five Ryder Cup games at Bethpage BlackCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“I’m proud to play in the inaugural DP World India Championship,” McIlroy said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always enjoyed playing a global schedule and as I have previously said, there is tremendous potential to grow golf further in the country.<\/p>\n

“This is a great opportunity, and I can’t wait to play in front of Indian golf fans.”<\/p>\n

Where does McIlroy sit in the DP World Tour rankings?<\/p>\n

Along with the six-figure payday on offer, McIlroy goes into the Delhi event hoping to build on his 393-point lead at the top of the DP World Tour rankings.<\/p>\n

McIlroy, who has competed in eight DP World Tour<\/a> events this season, has 4,084.56 ranking points to his name.<\/p>\n

It is a sizeable buffer between him and Marco Penge, who is second with 3,691.24 points.<\/p>\n

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McIlroy’s last win on the DP World Tour was at the Irish Open in SeptemberCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The DP World India Championship is the fourth-last event on the DP World Tour calendar for the season, as an event in South Korea precedes two play-off events in the UAE.<\/p>\n

Should McIlroy win the Race to Dubai this season, it would mark the seventh time he has done so in his career.<\/p>\n

However, he would remain one shy of the record holder Colin Montgomerie, who has eight Order of Merit titles to his name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time ever, Rory McIlroy is set to compete in India. The magnitude of the occasion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[86336,86338,86339,86337,86341,86340,5904,6670,1172,2623,86342,101,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-198392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-dp-world-india-championship","tag-dp-world-india-championship-competing-players","tag-dp-world-india-championship-news","tag-dp-world-india-championship-prize-money","tag-dp-world-tour-race-to-dubai","tag-dp-world-tour-rankings","tag-golf","tag-golf-news","tag-latest","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-rory-mcilroy-ranking-points","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}