Overview

• Shane Lowry carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 with five consecutive birdies on the back nine and a closing birdie at 18 to hold a one-shot lead over Keita Nakajima.
• Keita Nakajima posted a 65 with eight birdies to sit one back at Delhi Golf Club.
• Rory McIlroy, making his India debut, left his driver in the locker and shot a three-under 69 to trail Lowry by five.
• Delhi Golf Club’s sub-7,000-yard Lodhi layout features extremely narrow corridors—fairways averaging about 25 yards with choke points near 14 yards—pushing players toward long irons off the tee.
• Tommy Fleetwood and Luke Donald opened with 68s, highlighting a strong field at the inaugural $4 million DP World Tour event in New Delhi.