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Rory McIlroy may simply be swinging his golf equipment in India quickly.

The nation is on the brink of internet hosting a groundbreaking golf occasion and McIlroy is rumored to be following Bryson DeChambeau’s lead. LIV Golf star DeChambeau is already set to take part within the Asian Tour International Series in Gurugram this month, however McIlroy is being eyed for a prestigious competitors slated for later within the yr.

A tentative plan has been put ahead by the DP World Tour and Delhi Golf Club for a Rolex collection occasion in October on the acclaimed course. Should it go forward, the $5 million prize purse will file the most important ever for a match held in Indian territory.

According to the Hindustan Times, a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) could also be confirmed as early as January 22 by DP World Tour official Ben Cowen. This much-awaited match has been a matter of enthusiastic dialogue for the reason that earlier October and will emerge as a pinnacle stop on the tour, previous the Genesis Championship in Korea.

Delhi Golf Club is abuzz with pleasure and its captain, Vikram Seth, has high hopes that McIlroy will settle for a “special request” to be a part of the elite lineup. “It’ll be a completely new event on the European calendar. It’s a major coup for the DGC which has been made possible by the efforts of our president Raj Khosla,” stated Seth.

“It’s a shot in the arm for the club that has not hosted a major international event for two years. Hero Indian Open, the other DP World Tour event in the country, has a prize purse of $2.25 million.

“So, with $5 million in prize money, we expect the who’s who of worldwide golf to come to India. We have positioned a particular request to get Rory McIlroy to India and we’re assured that he’ll show up.”

The pledge for an impressive $5 million in prize money for an upcoming tour event has set expectations high for elite player attendance. McIlroy has previously discussed the idea of India having a top golf tournament.

“You know, if this world tour by some means comes to fruition within the subsequent few years, might you think about bringing the best 70 or 80 golfers on the planet to India for a match or, you recognize, that – I believe would change the sport and the notion of the sport in a nation like that,” he said.

While McIlroy hasn’t yet journeyed to India, he shares his eagerness to add it to his travel map.

“With how the golf calendar is on the minute – and that is the opposite factor that wants to be checked out – there’s so many alternative golf tournaments that occur at completely different instances,” he continued. “And it is going to be very onerous for the whole lot to piece collectively, but it surely’s a nation that I’ve by no means been to and one which I would really like to go to sooner or later in my life.”