The $4 million event is the penultimate tournament in the lead-up to the DP World Tour's playoffs and the fourth different tournament to be held in India on the European circuit since 2008. While there have been stars to arrive in the past, perhaps none as big as Rory McIlroy, who comes with the career grand slam in tow.

The inaugural India Championship at Delhi Golf Club on the DP World Tour is being labeled as a watershed moment for golf—and India.

‘General Hospital.’ ‘All My Children.’ ‘Day of our Lives.’ ‘Dallas.’ All legendary soap operas that titillated viewers for decades. And yet, for all their twists turns, their steamy trysts and illicit rendezvous, none hold a candle to pro golf.

Rory McIlroy believes the new audience that golf is trying to attract should learn the etiquette of the sport and not “ruin centuries of tradition”.

ROY KEANE believes Rory McIlroy should have told wife Erica to “stay in the hotel” as he reacted to abuse the pair endured at the Ryder Cup. McIlroy was in fine form as Team Europe

Rory McIlroy's wife, Erica Stoll, was the recipient of abhorrent abuse at the Ryder Cup, but the golfer has been told by Roy Keane how all of that could have been avoided

Some of the world's best players are competing on a course this week that will neutralize one of the most important weapons in their bags.