India, March 22 -- Five players from the world's top-100 and several World Tour champions will line up at the Hero Indian Open, making the 2026 edition one of the strongest fields at the DLF Golf and Country Club from March 26-29.

The world-class field will be starred by Akshay Bhatia, currently ranked 22nd in the world and a recent winner on the PGA Tour, and Italy's Francesco Molinari, the 2018 Open champion and a three-time Ryder Cup winner.

Besides Bhatia, the other players in the top-100 include Casey Jarvis (69), Elvis Smylie (74), David Puig (85) and Thriston Lawrence (89). Jarvis has been in red-hot form, clinching back-to-back titles earlier this season - the Investec South African Open and the Magical Kenya Open in successive ...