Indian Open 2026 Betting Tips: Can Jamie follow 90/1 winner?

After our 90/1 tip Jordan Gumberg secured his second DP World Tour victory in last week’s Hainan Classic, the Asian Swing continues in India, where PGA Tour star Akshay Bhatia heads a strong Indian Open field at DLF Golf & Country Club.

Star golf tipster Jamie Worsley is back with his usual long-read preview of the event. He's picked out five players he likes to follow up last week's win, so check out Jamie's thoughts and his Indian Open 2026 Betting Tips below...

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TOURNAMENT HISTORY 

First played in 1964, the Indian Open became a DP World Tour (DPWT) event in 2015. It was initially co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour before joining forces with the PGTI (Professional Golf Tour of India) in 2023.

After holding the 2015 and 2016 editions at Delhi Golf Club, the event has been staged at the notoriously punishing Gary Player Course at DLF Golf & Country Club since 2017.

Last five winners:

• 2025

Winner: Eugenio Chacarra (-4)

Runner-up: Keita Nakajima (-2)

• 2024

Winner: Keita Nakajima (-17)

Runners-up: Sebastian Soderberg, Johannes Veerman, Veer Ahlawat (-13)

• 2023

Winner: Marcel Siem (-14)

Runner-up: Yannik Paul (-13)

• 2019

Winner: Stephen Gallacher (-9)

Runner-up: Masahiro Kawamura (-8)

• 2018

Winner: Matt Wallace (-11, playoff)

Runner-up: Andrew Johnston (-11)

Carnage unfolded in a brutally difficult edition of the Indian Open last year, as Eugenio Chacarra beat defending champion Keita Nakajima to win his first DPWT title. Alongside Joost Luiten in 3^rd, they were the only three players to finish under par.

THE COURSE

DLF Golf & Country Club – Gary Player Course

• Original architect / Year opened: Gary Player / 2014
• Previous tournaments: International Series India – Asian Tour (2025)
• Par / Yardage: Par 72 / 7416 yards
• Hole breakdown:
  • 4x par 3s (178-256yds)
  • 10x par 4s (319-535yds)
  • 4x par 5s (558-624yds)
• Course style: A visually striking and hugely demanding tree-lined course that showcases dramatic elevation changes throughout
• Fairways:
  • Fairways are average-to-wide in width, with driving accuracy numbers routinely ranking among the 10 highest on the DPWT
  • Many forced layups and frequent doglegs see players club down for position
  • Large, steep-faced, ridge-walled bunkers are ultra-penal, often requiring a chip-out sideways
• Greens:
  • Huge, grainy and largely elevated bermudagrass greens
  • Severely sloping and multi-tiered, they're the toughest to putt on tour
  • Steep run-offs repel balls at the edges
  • Surrounded by a combination of deep bunkers, short-grass chipping areas, and rough, they're also the most difficult to scramble around
• Defences:
  • Water is in play on eight holes, including each of the final three
  • Elevation changes can make club selection on approach feel like an impossible task
  • The greens can still punish even if the long game is on point
• Average winning score: -10.8 (last six editions)

DLF G&CC, with its infamously exacting challenge, is as much a test of mental strength as golfing ability. Whilst there are chances to score here, with several shorter par 4s and gettable par 5s, the majority come with risk/reward elements, and it doesn't take much for players to stack up some big numbers.

Nowhere is that more evident than over that watery closing stretch, where holes are also lined by vivid manmade rocky outcrops. Survive that finish, and you've more than earned the trophy.

THE WEATHER

It is forecast to be a hot and bright week in India, with sunshine and temperatures of at least 32°C scheduled each day. Fortunately for the players, the strong winds that impacted the 2025 edition aren't predicted to reappear here, with a mild 7-8mph breeze on the cards.

KEY STATS

SG: Approach / Greens-in-Regulation (GIR)

As a course that severely punishes errant ball-striking, a strong long game is vital to contend at DLF G&CC. With large but resistant greens that possess some treacherous pin positions that need to be attacked with precision, those who excel with their irons have had the upper hand in recent editions.

• 2025
  • Keita Nakajima (2^nd): 18^th in SG: Approach
  • Joost Luiten (3^rd): 1^st in SG: Approach / 1^st in GIR
  • Brandon Stone (6^th): 3^rd in SG: Approach / 5^th in GIR
  • Andreas Halvorsen (6^th): 6^th in GIR
• 2024
  • Keita Nakajima (Winner): 14^th in SG: Approach
  • Johannes Veerman (2^nd): 1^st in SG: Approach / 1^st in GIR
  • Sebastian Soderberg (2^nd): 4^th in SG: Approach / 6^th in GIR
  • Romain Langasque (5^th): 9^th in SG: Approach / 11^th in GIR
  • Gavin Green (5^th): 6^th in GIR
• 2023
  • Marcel Siem (Winner): 2^nd in GIR
  • Yannik Paul (2^nd): 1^st in SG: Approach / 1^st in GIR
  • Joost Luiten (3^rd): 4^th in SG: Approach / 4^th in GIR
  • Kazuki Higa (4^th): 5^th in SG: Approach / 9^th in GIR
  • Jorge Campillo (4^th): 10^th in SG: Approach / 14^th in GIR
  • Alexander Knappe (6^th): 3^rd in SG: Approach / 6^th in GIR
• 2019
  • Stephen Gallacher (Winner): 2^nd in SG: Approach
  • Jorge Campillo (3^rd): 15^th in SG: Approach / 10^th in GIR
  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout (4^th): 6^th in SG: Approach
  • Julian Suri (4^th): 12^th in SG: Approach
  • Callum Shinkwin (6^th): 1^st in SG: Approach / 10^th in GIR

SG: Off-the-Tee (SG: OTT) and/or Driving Accuracy

You also have to drive the ball intelligently around here, not only to avoid the hazards but to create the best angles into the putting surfaces.

• 2025
  • Keita Nakajima (2^nd): 4^th in SG: OTT / 7^th in driving accuracy
  • Joost Luiten (3^rd): 1^st in SG: OTT / 1^st in driving accuracy
  • Jens Dantorp (4^th): 14^th in SG: OTT / 10^th in driving accuracy
  • Adrien Saddier (5^th): 3^rd in SG: OTT / 3^rd in driving accuracy
• 2024
  • Johannes Veerman (2^nd): 8^th in SG: OTT
  • Sebastian Soderberg (2^nd): 13^th in SG: OTT / 4^th in driving accuracy
  • Jeong Weon Ko (5^th): 9^th in SG: OTT
  • Romain Langasque (5^th): 9^th in driving accuracy
• 2023
  • Marcel Siem (Winner): 3^rd in SG: OTT / 13^th in driving accuracy
  • Joost Luiten (3^rd): 4^th in SG: OTT / 6^th in driving accuracy
  • Kazuki Higa (4^th): 12^th in SG: OTT / 13^th in driving accuracy
  • Jorge Campillo (4^th): 9^th in driving accuracy
• 2019
  • Masahiro Kawamura (2^nd): 15^th in SG: OTT
  • Jorge Campillo (3^rd): 4^th in SG: OTT / 9^th in driving accuracy
  • Julian Suri (4^th): 5^th in SG: OTT

SG: Putting (bermudagrass)

Lastly, it's no surprise that many of the top contenders at this setup have produced quality putting performances on the nerve-jangling greens.

• 2025
  • Keita Nakajima (2^nd): 1^st in SG: Putting
  • Jens Dantorp (4^th): 4^th in SG: Putting
  • Joshua Berry (6^th): 5^th in SG: Putting
  • Andreas Halvorsen (6^th): 7^th in SG: Putting
• 2024
  • Keita Nakajima (Winner): 1^st in SG: Putting
  • Sebastian Soderberg (2^nd): 5^th in SG: Putting
  • Gavin Green (5^th): 4^th in SG: Putting
  • Romain Langasque (5^th): 7^th in SG: Putting
• 2023
  • Marcel Siem (Winner): 5^th in SG: Putting
  • Jorge Campillo (4^th): 8^th in SG: Putting
  • Kazuki Higa (4^th): 13^th in SG: Putting
• 2019
  • Stephen Gallacher (Winner): 10^th in SG: Putting

CORRELATING EVENTS (COURSES)

Alfred Dunhill Championship (Leopard Creek Country Club)

My first comp course this week is fellow Gary Player design Leopard Creek. An undulating venue with speedy bermudagrass greens, it ranks closely to DLF G&CC in most areas but especially around the greens, where it's the third-toughest scrambling test on the DPWT.

Notable correlating form:

• Andrew Johnston: India (2^nd) / Alfred Dunhill (3^rd)
• Scott Jamieson: India (3^rd) / Alfred Dunhill (3^rd, 3^rd)
• Joost Luiten: India (3^rd, 3^rd) / Alfred Dunhill (5^th)
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout: India (4^th) / Alfred Dunhill (1^st)
• Pablo Larrazabal: India (4^th) / Alfred Dunhill (1^st)
• Carlos Pigem: India (5^th) / Alfred Dunhill (4^th)
• Brandon Stone: India (6^th) / Alfred Dunhill (1^st)
• Thorbjorn Olesen: India (6^th) / Alfred Dunhill (2^nd)
• George Coetzee: India (6^th, 8^th) / Alfred Dunhill (3^rd)

Qatar Masters (Doha Golf Club)

Doha Golf Club threw up as much crossover form as any other layout. The challenge into the large, undulating greens is similar, though it's on them where it is particularly well matched with this week's host, ranking 4^th in putting difficulty.

Notable correlating form:

• Johannes Veerman: India (2^nd) / Qatar (3^rd)
• Andrew Johnston: India (2^nd) / Qatar (4^th)
• Gavin Green: India (2^nd, 5^th) / Qatar (5^th)
• Sebastian Soderberg: India (2^nd) / Qatar (5^th)
• Jorge Campillo: India (3^rd, 4^th) / Qatar (2^nd, 2^nd)
• Scott Jamieson: India (3^rd) / Qatar (3^rd, 3^rd)
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout: India (4^th) / Qatar (2^nd)
• Pablo Larrazabal: India (4^th) / Qatar (4^th, 5^th)
• Rafa Cabrera Bello: India (5^th) / Qatar (2^nd, 3^rd, 3^rd)
• George Coetzee: India (6^th, 8^th) / Qatar (2^nd, 2^nd)
• Thorbjorn Olesen: India (6^th) / Qatar (2^nd, 3^rd)
• Nacho Elvira: India (6^th) / Qatar (2^nd, 3^rd)
• Erik Van Rooyen: India (6^th) / Qatar (2^nd)
• Jinho Choi: India (9^th) / Qatar (2^nd)

Kenya Open (Muthaiga Golf Club)

Muthaiga Golf Club is another layout where players must accurately navigate the strategic fairways to contend. This has helped it develop some notable form ties with DLF G&CC.

Notable correlating form:

• Masahiro Kawamura: India (2^nd) / Kenya (2^nd)
• Jorge Campillo: India (3^rd, 4^th) / Kenya (1^st)
• Adrien Saddier: India (5^th) / Kenya (7^th)
• Jeong Weon Ko: India (5^th) / Kenya (9^th)
• Nacho Elvira: India (6^th) / Kenya (2^nd)
• Joshua Berry: India (6^th) / Kenya (7^th)
• David Horsey: India (8^th) / Kenya (5^th)

Joburg Open (Houghton Golf Club)

Although correlating form is a little thin on the ground, Houghton Golf Club plays similarly to this penal layout. With generous though tree-lined and strategic fairways, the challenge off the tee is akin to what we see here. Meanwhile, the sloping, multi-tiered greens rank inside the top 10 in both scrambling and putting difficulty.

Notable correlating form:

• Gavin Green: India (2^nd, 5^th) / Joburg (7^th)
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout: India (4^th) / Joburg (3^rd)
• Simon Forsstrom: India (8^th) / Joburg (9^th)

Singapore Classic (Laguna National – Classic Course)

Laguna National's Classic course is an undulating layout with generous fairways and frequent, striking changes in elevation. Along with the difficulties faced around its large, sloping greens, many aspects of play mirror those at DLF G&CC.

Notable correlating form:

• Keita Nakajima: India (1^st, 2^nd) / Singapore (2^nd)
• Adrien Saddier: India (5^th) / Singapore (3^rd)
• Shubhankar Sharma: India (7^th) / Singapore (7^th)

THE FIELD

We have a strong field heading to India, which includes recent PGA Tour winner Akshay Bhatia, who is the top-ranked player in action at No. 22. There are a further four players from the top 100: the in-form Casey Jarvis (No. 69), LIV's David Puig (No. 75) and Elvis Smylie (No. 79), and five-time DPWT winner Thriston Lawrence (No. 98).

Reigning champion Eugenio Chacarra is the only former winner in attendance. Meanwhile, Yuvraj Sandhu leads the home challenge, joined by two-time tour winner Shubhankar Sharma, and former No. 11 amateur Rayhan Thomas, who makes a detour from the Korn Ferry Tour.

SELECTIONS 

Market leaders (1/4 5 places): Akshay Bhatia 13/2, David Puig 11/1, Casey Jarvis 16/1, Angel Ayora 16/1, Jorge Campillo 25/1, Nathan Kimsey 25/1, Oliver Lindell 25/1

2 pts Jorge Campillo each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 25/1

First up is last week's Hainan Classic runner-up Jorge Campillo. That was the latest of a stellar series of results for the Spaniard and, having finished inside the top five in two of his three starts here, he is well placed to go one better this week.

Campillo was playing consistent golf at the end of 2025, which he has carried over into the new year. He's recorded seven top-25s in nine starts, culminating in that narrow defeat to Jordan Gumberg in China.

Ranking 1^st in GIR, 4^th in SG: Approach and 6^th in SG: OTT, he hit the ball beautifully at Mission Hills. Indeed, his iron play in particular has been strong all season – sitting inside the top 25 in both SG: Approach and GIR – and, as the 13^th-best putter on tour, he has the ideal profile for this unique challenge.

Campillo proved this on his 2019 debut, finishing 3^rd, before again confirming his liking for the test in 2023 with a 4^th-place finish. He's also a former winner in Kenya and, having twice been runner-up in Qatar, his comp form strengthens his chances.

1.25 pts Adrian Otaegui each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 40/1

Adrian Otaegui’s straight and steady long game makes him a suitable fit for this week’s course. He arrives here with form figures of 6-6-3 on his last three appearances and, with the putter starting to fire for this proven winner, he looks well placed to strike at DLF G&CC.

After beginning the year with a promising 15^th-place finish at the Dubai Invitational, Otaegui missed three of his next four cuts due to losing control of the driver. This is a rarity for a player who typically ranks among the straighter hitters on tour, and he’s unsurprisingly rectified it over those latest starts, helping him to finishes of 6^th at the South African Open, 6^th at the Joburg Open, and 3^rd at last week’s Hainan Classic.

Much like Campillo, he thrived with his irons there, leading the field in SG: Approach – an area in which he ranks 4^th season long. He’s also improved on the greens, ranking 4^th in SG: Putting in China, and while he is unreliable with the club, he often keeps it rolling when he finds some form.

He was an impressive 10^th on his debut here in 2019 and he also went well in 2024, finishing 26^th. Meanwhile, I’m happy to forgive his missed cut last year in brutal conditions.

As a former winner at Valderrama, Otaegui knows how to get it done on an undulating, quirky, and extremely difficult tree-lined course. With results of 2^nd at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, 4^th at the Kenya Open, and 5^th at the Qatar Masters offering added encouragement, I expect him to be a serious contender in India.

1.25 pts Frederic LaCroix each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 40/1

Frenchman Frederic LaCroix has looked strong this season and appeared to be trending towards a victory prior to last week. That came to an abrupt end as he missed the cut by some way in Hainan, but hopefully all the sharper for those two rounds following a three-week absence, this strong ball-striker can bounce back immediately.

LaCroix finished 56^th at the Dubai Desert Classic six starts ago and got better with each of his subsequent four appearances: finishing 41^st at the Bahrain Championship, 24^th at the Qatar Masters, 9^th at the Kenya Open, and 2^nd at the South African Open.

However, he will need to respond to missing the cut by six at Mission Hills. As a player who excels with the long game – ranking 21^st in GIR, 29^th in SG: Approach and 48^th in SG: OTT – I’m confident he can do that here.

Mirroring his form this season, LaCroix has also produced an attractively trending sequence of results around this course. He was 16^th entering the final round on debut in 2023, before succumbing to a final-round 81 to slip all the way down to 57^th.

That had no lasting damage, as he improved his position with each round to finish 21^st in 2024, and with a 13^th-place finish last year representing another step in the right direction, he can kick on to contend this week.

1 pt Nacho Elvira each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 66/1

Rating as the sixth-best player in this field in 2026, I was taken aback by Nacho Elvira’s price. He’s already won this year, beating some top-class challengers to the Dubai Invitational title, and having finished 6^th here in 2019, we know he has the ability to handle this demanding setup.

Elvira tied the lead in round two of the Dubai Invitational and impressively held his nerve over the weekend to claim the trophy, with players such as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry in behind. He has continued to play well since, finishing 7^th at the Bahrain Championship and 14^th at the Qatar Masters, and while he missed the cut at the Hainan Classic, his game looked sound when shooting a 69 in round one.

The Spaniard has been more solid on the greens in recent years and has stepped it up a level in 2026, sitting 16^th in SG: Putting. Ranking 33^rd in SG: Approach, 45^th in driving accuracy and 46^th in SG: OTT, he’s also showing quality with the long game, completing a skillset that will serve him well at DLF G&CC.

Elvira played in the first three editions of the event here and made progress with each appearance, following a missed cut in 2017 with finishes of 40^th and 6^th in 2018 and 2019. He did narrowly miss the cut last year, but that’s easy enough to ignore due to the extreme difficulty of the conditions.

Possessing finishes of 2^nd, 3^rd and 6^th, he’s got an excellent record in Qatar, and with a runner-up finish in Kenya another boost, he represents super value in India.

1 pt Ricardo Gouveia each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 100/1

With three top-10s and five missed cuts in eight starts, this season has been feast or famine for Ricardo Gouveia. That is no negative, as it means we get an attractive price on a player who has proven capable of performing when the course fits. As a steady ball-striker who has some handy form at this venue, he can find another big performance at DLF G&CC.

It took Gouveia just one event to better his top-10 tally from the previous season, as he finished 8^th at the Aussie PGA in November of last year. He carried that into 2026, finishing 7^th at the Dubai Desert Classic, and while he’s missed four of his last five cuts (three by just the one shot), there’s a 9^th-place finish at the Kenya Open slotted in between.

He’s driving the ball better than ever this campaign, ranking 16^th in driving accuracy. His iron play has been another strength, ranking 36^th in GIR and, placed 35^th in SG: Putting, he’s rolling it well enough to tame these troublesome surfaces.

Gouveia suffered on his debut here in 2017, withdrawing after an opening-round 79. However, he clearly learned from that experience, as he was 16^th the following year. Three more missed cuts followed, but he again displayed his ability to perform around the layout in 2025, finishing 17^th, and with his game in sound shape, he can produce a standout effort this week.

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