Hero Indian Open

Hero Indian Open
Tournament information
Location	New Delhi, India
Established	1964
Course(s)	Delhi Golf Club
Par	71
Length	6,923 yards (6,330 m)
Tour(s)	Asian Tour European Tour (2015+)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,500,000
Month played	February
Tournament record score
Aggregate	268 David Gleeson (2011)
Current champion
Anirban Lahiri

Delhi GC

Location in India

The Hero Indian Open 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 2015 increased to US$1.5 million.

Winners

As a European Tour co-sanctioned event

Year		Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	First prize (US$)
Asian	Euro	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	First prize (US$)
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$)
2014	Tournament canceled
2013	Mohammad Siddikur	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
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
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
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
1998	Firoz Ali	India	274	Royal Calcutta Golf Club
1997	Ed Fryatt	England	272	Royal Calcutta Golf Club
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

External links

Asian Tour events

Tournaments in playing order	SMBC Singapore Open (J) Leopalace21 Myanmar Open (J) Bashundhara Bangladesh Open Maybank Championship Malaysia (E) ISPS Handa Perth International (A,E) True Thailand Classic (E) Hero Indian Open (E) Panasonic Open (J) AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (E,S)

Team events	EurAsia Cup World Cup of Golf

(A) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour. (P) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour. (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.

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