Six time European Tour winner Brett Rumford has confirmed his participation at the 2017 Hero Indian Open.
The 39 year old Australian has just celebrated a superb win at the inaugural ISPS Handa World Super 6 tournament, his first European Tour win since 2013 when he claimed the Ballantines and Volvo China Open titles in successive weeks.
The Hero Indian Open 2017 will be held from March 9 to 12, with an enhanced prize purse of US $1.75 million, and will be held at the challenging and picturesque Gary Player layout at the DLF Golf and Country Club for the first time.
On Sunday, Rumford beat 17 year old Thai prodigy Phachara Khongwatmai of Thailand in the final match of the ISPS Handa World Super 6 in his home town of Perth.
Rumford was leading by five strokes at 17 under after 54 holes, and won four six-hole matches on the final day in the new match play format. The innovative event was co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Asian Tour and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia.
39 year old Rumford had surgery in 2015 to have a section of his small intestine removed after falling ill in South Africa. In 2016 he lost his European Tour card.
After his win in Perth he said: “It was a unique challenge in trying to win a golf championship and feeling that same emotion, tension and pressure for six holes in four straight matches. It’s just great to be back. It has been a pretty tough road last year and the year before that was even tougher with my surgery. I only saw my daughters, my twin girls for four weeks in six months, and I sort of completely fell out of love with the game and my direction in life. But it’s really nice to get my Tour card back and I feel I’ve got back my worth back as a golfer again.”
The Hero Indian Open, is India’s premier golf tournament and is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Asian Tour.
