Tournament Information

• Tournament: International Series India presented by DLF
• Date: January 30 – February 2, 2025
• Venue: DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon, India
• Par/Yards: Par 72 / 7,425 Yards
• Purse: US$2million (winner: US$360,000)
• Asian Tour leg: Second
• The International Series leg: First
• Edition of tournament: First
• Total number of players: 108
• Format: 72-hole stroke play with cut made after two rounds for the leading 65 pros plus ties
• Social media hashtags: #InternationalSeries #ThisISEverything #TimeToRise #DLFlifestyle #DLFhomes

A general view of DLF Golf and Country Club.  Picture by Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: John Catlin (2024), Andy Ogletree (2023), Sihwan Kim (2022), Jazz Janewattananond (2019), Shubhankar Sharma (2018), Scott Hend (2016), Anirban Lahiri (2015), Jeev Milkha Singh (2008, 2006)
• Nationalities: 25
• Top contenders: Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Paul Casey (ENG), John Catlin (USA), Richard T. Lee (CAN), Anirban Lahiri (IND), Joaquin Niemann (CHI), Carlos Ortiz (MEX)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Bryson DeChambeau (USA) #12
• Highest ranked player on 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Julien Sale (FRA) #1
• Number of amateurs: 1
• Number of Indian players in the field: 15

(L-R) Carlos Ortiz of Mexico, Jaoquin Niemann of Chile and Sebastian Munoz of Columbia. Picture by Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour.

Tournament Notes

• American Bryson DeChambeau is the reigning U.S. Open champion after coming out on top in a battle with Rory McIlroy at Pinehurst No. 2 last summer. He also won the same title in 2020 at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club outside of New York. DeChambeau currently plays on the LIV Golf League where he captains the Crushers GC who topped the LIV team points standings in 2024 after three team wins. He also won two individual titles on the league in 2023 after winning at Greenbrier and Chicago. The two-time Ryder Cupper will be making his first appearance in India this week.
• Joaquin Niemann from Chile won The International Series Rankings in 2024 after capturing the season-ending Saudi International presented by SoftBank Advisors in Riyadh in December. The Torque GC captain also won two individual titles on the LIV Golf League in the beginning of 2024 at Mayakoba and Jeddah, and in 2023 his squad posted four team wins at Orlando, D.C., Andalucia and Greenbrier. He was the number one ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 44 weeks, from May 2017 to April 2018 when he turned pro.
• Englishman Paul Casey is a five-time Ryder Cup player, and during his 25-year professional career he has also collected 15 DP World Tour titles and three PGA Tour titles. Casey currently plays on the LIV Golf League on Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC team.
• The 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion John Catlin of the U.S. had a spectacular season last year, posting two wins in the International Series Macau presented by Wynn and Saudi Open presented by PIF, three runners-up and eight top 10s in 15 events on the way to setting the all-time Money List record with US$1,456,800. He also recorded his best result in a Major, finishing T16 in the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
• Canadian Richard T. Lee also had a great season on the Asian Tour last year, finishing third on the Order of Merit thanks to a win at the BNI Indonesian Masters, a runner up at the International Series Thailand and four other top 10s. Lee also holds an impressive current cut streak on the Asian Tour with 17 consecutive cuts made, and the last time he missed being around on the weekend was the International Series Singapore in October of 2023.
• Local hero Anirban Lahiri, who plays on DeChambeau’s Crushers squad on the LIV Golf League, came agonisingly close to winning his first individual LIV title at Andalucia last year after losing a play-off to Spain’s Sergio Garcia. The 2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion has seven Asian Tour victories, two of them coming in DP World Tour co-sanctioned events, and 14 Professional Golf Tour of India titles. During his PGA Tour career between 2016-2022 Lahiri posted a runner-up at the PGA Tour’s flagship event, The Players Championship, as his best result. He played for the Presidents Cup International Team side in 2015 and 2017.
• In total there are 13 current LIV Golf League players in the field this week.