India, Oct. 11 -- A mid-October chill is beginning to descend on the Capital where some of the world's finest golfers will generate heat on the Delhi Golf Course when they tee off in the $4 million DP World India Championship this week.

Six-time Major champion Rory McIlroy, who won his second Masters title this year, Aaron Rai, the British player of Indian origin who won the PGA Championship, New Zealand's Open champion Ryan Fox, fellow Major winners Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Patrick Reed - he also leads the Race to Dubai DP World rankings - and Bubba Watson will also be there.

England's Tommy Fleetwood, who won last year's inaugural tournament by two shots in a red-hot 2025, and Norway's Viktor Hovland, both chasing their first Major, ...