Indian Open (golf)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Established | 1964 |
| Course(s) | Delhi Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,923 yards (6,330 m) |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour European Tour (2015+) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$1,660,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 David Gleeson (2011) |
| Current champion | |
 Shiv Chawrasia | |
The Indian Open, known as the Hero Indian Open due to sponsorship, is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour that has been held for several years at the Delhi Golf Club. It became a European Tour co-sanctioned event in 2015.
The inaugural event was held in 1964 and won by Peter Thomson of Australia, who was the inspiration behind the event. Thomson used to stop off in India whilst travelling worldwide to play and soon realised the potential for golf and that the best way to promote it would be an international tournament. It was this insight that persuaded the Indian Golf Union to establish the Indian Open. Thompson continued to play in the event and won again in 1966 and 1976 a record. His three wins has only been equalled by Jyoti Randhawa in 2007.
The first home-bred winner was amateur Prem Gopal (Billoo) Sethi, who in 1965 won by seven strokes, and still remains the only amateur winner. It was not until 1991, when Ali Sher became champion, that India had another winner; he won again in 1993. Since then Indians Firoz Ali (1998), Arjun Atwal (1999), Jyoti Randhawa (2000, 2006, and 2007) and Vijay Kumar (2002) have all won.
In 1970 the Indian Open became part of the Asia Golf Circuit and as a result the field increased in strength with notable winners such as three time major champion Payne Stewart.
There have been a number of sponsors over the years, with Hero Honda Motors Ltd taking over sponsorship in 2005. The prize fund for 2016 increased to US$1.66 million.
Winners
- As a European Tour co-sanctioned event
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | First prize (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian | Euro | ||||||||
| Hero Indian Open | |||||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Shiv Chawrasia | India
|
Delhi Golf Club | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Anirban Lahiri Wang Jeung-hun
|
$275,000 |
| 2015 | 2015 | Anirban Lahiri | India
|
Delhi Golf Club | 277 | −7 | Playoff | Shiv Chawrasia
|
$250,000 |
- Prior to European Tour co-sanctioning
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Venue | First prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero Indian Open | |||||
| 2014 | Tournament canceled | ||||
| 2013 | Siddikur Rahman |  Bangladesh
|
274 | Delhi Golf Club | 225,000 |
| 2012 | Thaworn Wiratchant (2) |  Thailand
|
270 | Karnataka Golf Association | 198,125 |
| 2011 | David Gleeson |  Australia
|
268 | Delhi Golf Club | 198,125 |
| Hero Honda Indian Open | |||||
| 2010 | Rikard Karlberg |  Sweden
|
277 | Delhi Golf Club | 198,125 |
| 2009 | Chinnaswamy Muniyappa | India
|
276 | DLF Golf and Country Club | 198,125 |
| 2008 | Liang Wen-Chong |  China
|
272 | Delhi Golf Club | 158,500 |
| 2007 | Jyoti Randhawa (3) | India
|
275 | Delhi Golf Club | 79,250 |
| 2006 | Jyoti Randhawa (2) | India
|
270 | Delhi Golf Club | 63,400 |
| 2005 | Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand
|
272 | Delhi Golf Club | 47,250 |
| Royal Challenge Indian Open | |||||
| 2004 | Mardan Mamat |  Singapore
|
270 | Delhi Golf Club | 50,000 |
| 2003 | Mike Cunning |  United States
|
270 | Delhi Golf Club | 50,000 |
| 2002 | Vijay Kumar | India
|
275 | Delhi Golf Club | 50,000 |
| Wills Indian Open | |||||
| 2001 | Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand
|
271 | Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon | 50,010 |
| 2000 | Jyoti Randhawa | India
|
273 | Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon | 50,010 |
| 1999 | Arjun Atwal | India
|
276 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | 50,010 |
| Classic Indian Open | |||||
| 1998 | Firoz Ali | India
|
274 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1997 | Ed Fryatt |  England
|
272 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| Indian Open | |||||
| 1996 | Hidezumi Shirakata |  Japan
|
277 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1995 | Jim Rutledge |  Canada
|
280 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1994 | Emlyn Aubrey | United States
|
285 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1993 | Ali Sher (2) | India
|
288 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1992 | Stewart Ginn | Australia
|
284 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1991 | Ali Sher | India
|
283 | Delhi Golf Club | 24,990 |
| 1990 | Andrew Debusk | United States
|
288 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | 19,992 |
| 1989 | Remi Bouchard | Canada
|
279 | Delhi Golf Club | 19,992 |
| 1988 | Lu Chien-soon |  Taiwan
|
281 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | 16,660 |
| 1987 | Brian Tennyson | United States
|
280 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1986 | Lu Hsi-chuen | Taiwan
|
279 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1985 | Tony Grimes |  New Zealand
|
279 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1984 | Rafael Alarcon |  Mexico
|
279 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | 16,660 |
| 1983 | Junichi Takahashi | Japan
|
285 | Delhi Golf Club | 12,495 |
| 1982 | Hsu Sheng-san | Taiwan
|
277 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | 12,995 |
| 1981 | Payne Stewart | United States
|
284 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1980 | Kurt Cox | United States
|
286 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1979 | Gaylord Burrows | United States
|
284 | Delhi Golf Club | 5,225 |
| 1978 | Bill Brask | United States
|
284 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | 4,085 |
| 1977 | Brian Jones (2) | Australia
|
284 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1976 | Peter Thomson (3) | Australia
|
288 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1975 | Ted Ball | Australia
|
282 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1974 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | Taiwan
|
287 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1973 | Graham Marsh (2) | Australia
|
280 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1972 | Brian Jones | Australia
|
282 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1971 | Graham Marsh | Australia
|
275 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1970 | Chen Chien Chung | Taiwan
|
279 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1969 | Ben Arda |  Philippines
|
291 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1968 | Kenji Hosoishi (2) | Japan
|
285 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1967 | Kenji Hosoishi | Japan
|
287 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1966 | Peter Thomson (2) | Australia
|
284 | Delhi Golf Club | |
| 1965 | P.G. Sethi (amateur) | India
|
282 | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | |
| 1964 | Peter Thomson | Australia
|
292 | Delhi Golf Club | |