Keita Nakajima is positioned to do so with less than a month to play in the DP World Tour season. Nakajima, 25, finished runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood at the DP World India Championship – a result that pushed Nakajima well up the Race to Dubai standings and inside the top-10 of the Race to Dubai - PGA TOUR Eligibility Rankings.

Vaillant moves up 12 spots to 94th in the Road to Dubai Standings, all but securing his tour card for 2026. He’s made the cut in 8 of his last 9 events. Vaillant led after the 1st round of the BMW PGA Championship last month, eventually finishing T31.

Shane Lowry is the first leader of the DP World Tour golf tournament in India after shooting an 8-under 64 at the end of the first round, which saw Spaniard Jorge Campillo finish fourth

Twenty players secured their PGA TOUR cards through the Korn Ferry Tour last week – a group highlighted by Johnny Keefer and Neal Shipley – and another 10 players will earn dual membership on TOUR through the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai.

Sergio Garcia's DP World Tour membership expected to end as the LIV Golf pro plans to skip all upcoming events.

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.

At the NDTV World Summit, DP World Tour player David Howell praised the massive improvement of Indian golf facilities, like the Delhi Golf Club, since his last visit in 2008.

Rory McIlroy is seven shots behind leader Keita Nakajima heading into the final round at the LIV Golf League team event in India