{"id":238241,"date":"2025-10-20T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/238241\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:21:09","slug":"rory-mcilroy-creates-golfing-first-in-india-before-stunning-fans-with-another-season-highlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/238241\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy creates golfing first in India before stunning fans with another season highlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy may have come up short of victory in India but he has still been the star of the show.<\/p>\n

World number 2 McIlroy was the headline act at the inaugural DP World India Championship this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"McIlroy<\/a><\/p>\n

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McIlroy has been the star of the show in IndiaCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The five-time major winner had a solid week in New Delhi but carded too many bogeys to ever truly get in contention for victory.<\/p>\n

Despite not reaching the top of the leaderboard, McIlroy has still be thrilling fans in South Asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By teeing it up at Delhi Golf Club, McIlroy became the first reigning Masters champion to visit India.<\/p>\n

But his victorious Green Jacket had been conspicuous with its absence so far this week.<\/p>\n

That changed on Saturday night when McIlroy attended a special Q&A with the fans in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

As the crowds gathered, the MC introduced \u2018the one and only\u2019 McIlroy<\/a> and he made his way out onto the stage donned in his famous Masters suit.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first time Indian fans have got to see a winning Green Jacket, with McIlroy continuing to grow the game around the world.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old shot a finishing round of 71 to end the week at 11-under-par and in a tie for 25th.<\/p>\n

He shot four birdies and three bogeys on Sunday but the biggest highlight came with a par on the seventh hole.<\/p>\n

On the 180 yard par 3, McIlroy pushed his tee shot into the front right bunker and his ball plugged in the sand.<\/p>\n

\"Indian<\/a><\/p>\n

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Indian fans have loved seeing McIlroy in actionCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The tricky lie meant he could only gouge it out, flying the ball some 45 foot past the pin.<\/p>\n

But McIlroy wasn\u2019t about to settle for a four and instead drained his putt from downtown to secure a memorable up and down.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is still in control of the Race to Dubai as he eyes his seventh Order of Merit title in Europe this season.<\/p>\n

He will next be in action at the DP World Tour play-off events next month.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll tee it up at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links on November 6 before heading to the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates a week later.<\/p>\n

McIlroy will be eyeing a big finish to a remarkable year.<\/p>\n

\"AUGUSTA,<\/a><\/p>\n

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McIlroy won the Masters earlier this year<\/p>\n

He won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Players Championship at the start of the season before claiming Grand Slam glory at The Masters in April.<\/p>\n

He then claimed his second Irish Open title in September and was instrumental to Team Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup win at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy may have come up short of victory in India but he has still been the star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[126181,427,29557,6082,131722,131723,99,51195],"class_list":["post-238241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-dp-world-india-championship","tag-golf","tag-green-jacket","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-rory-mcilroy-masters","tag-rory-mcilroy-wins","tag-sports","tag-the-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}