Everything you need to know from the first day at DLF Golf and Country Club.
There was a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the 2025 Hero Indian Open.
Here is everything you need to know from the first day at DLF Golf and Country Club.
Colsaerts' birdie blitz earns him share of lead
Nicolas Colsaerts did not get off to the best of starts on Thursday, making back-to-back bogeys on the second and third to give himself an early mountain to climb. He bounced back with birdies at the fourth and sixth before dropping another shot on the seventh. But his round then burst to life as he reeled off a hat-trick of birdies from the eighth before picking up two more on the 14th and 15th on his way to an opening 68. He shares the lead on four under par alongside Marcus Kinhult and afternoon starter Marcus Armitage.
Siem pulls out the fist pump
Marcel Siem chipped in for a birdie from just off the ninth green and celebrated with a trademark fist pump. You love to see it...
Bunker brilliance from Scottish stars
Ewen Ferguson and Calum Hill played two very different bunker shots on Thursday but both were equally impressive. Ferguson found himself in a very tough spot in a greenside bunker at the eighth but managed to get up and down for a bonus birdie after stabbing his ball into the rough and watching it roll onto the green.
Fellow Scot Hill, meanwhile, played a long bunker shot at the sixth and also managed to make a birdie before nearly holing this stunning tee-shot for what would have been a hole-in-one at the 12th.
Ayora bounces back
Angel Ayora produced the perfect response to making a triple bogey at the sixth, getting the shots back over the next two holes with a birdie on the seventh and an eagle at long eighth. The Spanish 20-year-old signed for an opening 70 to reach two under par.
