Viktor Hovland, Ryan Fox Join India Championship Field
New Delhi — PGA Tour winners Viktor Hovland and Ryan Fox have joined the field for the second edition of the India Championship, scheduled for Oct. 15-18 in New Delhi.
The $4 million event will return to Delhi Golf Club with a strong international lineup that includes defending champion Tommy Fleetwood, back-to-back Masters winner Rory McIlroy and major champion Justin Rose.
Hovland will be making his second appearance at the India Championship after finishing tied for sixth in his debut last October. The 28-year-old became the first Norwegian player to win on both the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. He is also a three-time Ryder Cup player and was part of Europe’s victories in Rome in 2023 and New York last September.
“I really enjoyed the experience at the DP World India Championship last year. We had a lot of fun both on and off the golf course, and the welcome we received everywhere we went was incredible, so I can’t wait to get back to Delhi in October,” Hovland said.
Fox will make his professional debut in India when he tees it up at Delhi Golf Club this year. The New Zealander won twice on the PGA Tour in 2025 and is defending his RBC Canadian Open title this week.
Fox, who won the 2022 Seve Ballesteros Award after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow professionals on the DP World Tour, said he was looking forward to playing in India for the first time.
“I’m excited to play in India for the first time, and especially after hearing such great things about the DP World India Championship. It sounds like a fantastic event, played on an interesting, historic course, and I’m looking forward to everything about the week,” Fox said.
The India Championship will be the eighth of nine events in the Back 9 phase of the 2026 Race to Dubai. The stretch leads into the season-ending Tour Play-Offs and concludes with the DP World Tour Championship in November at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. (Source: IANS)
