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‘Tightest golf course I've ever played': Pros face suffocating test this week

The DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club is testing even the most seasoned professionals with its notoriously tight and punishing layout. Players like Patrick Reed, a 10-time major champion with 448 career starts across continents, have rarely faced a course as uniquely challenging as the Lodhi Course.

Known for its narrow fairways, dense rough, and strategic hazards like the treacherous par-3 12th and the tree-lined par-4 16th, the course demands precision from tee to green. Reed described it as unlike any other he’s played, with its combination of jungle surroundings and Mughal-era ruins adding to the complexity.

The difficulty is so pronounced that top players like Thomas Detry and Rory McIlroy have opted to leave their drivers in the bag, prioritizing accuracy over distance to navigate the course’s unforgiving layout. Detry, who swapped his driver for a 3-iron, shot a five-under 67 in the rain-shortened first round, finishing just one shot behind leader Niklas Norgaard.

Meanwhile, Tommy Fleetwood, who won the tournament last year with a 22-under total, is aiming to repeat his success but faces stiffer rough conditions this time around, emphasizing the need to stay on the fairway to compete effectively.

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