Hero Indian Open: Fantasy DP World Tour ones to watch

The Asian Swing continues this week with the Hero Indian Open and here is all that players of the DP World Tour's official fantasy game need to know.

The third of the Race to Dubai's five Global Swings heads west from Singapore for its second event as DLF Golf and Country Club plays host to the national open of the world's most populus country.

Porsche Singapore Classic winner Richard Mansell and this week's defending champion Keita Nakajima both tee it up in New Delhi and with Nakajima finishing second to Mansell at Laguna National, they both know another good week could see them take a big step towards winning the Swing.

All Race to Dubai points earned across the Porsche Singapore Classic, Hero Indian Open, Volvo China Open and Hainan Classic will also count towards the Asian Swing, with places in the Back 9, the US PGA Championship, the Genesis Scottish Open and a US$200,000 bonus all to play for.

Shubhankar Sharma will lead the home charge as part of a field that sees 17 DP World Tour winners from the last two seasons tee it up.

From insight into the week’s most-picked players among Fantasy managers, to our ones to watch, we run the rule ahead of Thursday’s deadline to pick your team.

Who are the most backed players?

After a strong performance last week and a very solid start to the season, England's Matthew Jordan is the most picked player in the early stages of selection, featuring in 63% of teams.

Nakajima is then unsurprisingly another popular choice featuring in 53% of teams before a substanbtial drop to a cluster of contenders.

French duo Adrien Saddier and Romain Langasque, Sharma, 2023 Marcel Siem and Mansell then round out the top seven, with those five each featuring in between 24 and 34% of teams.

Who are our ones to watch?

Here, we pick out three players in action this week who are worth considering for your Fantasy team selections.

Favourite - Keita Nakajima

Our second most picked player is the bookmakers' favourite and with a runner-up finish last week, we find it hard to disagree with them. A top ten at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship showed he can mix it with the very best and his best finish in 2025 before last week's runner-up effort was another impressive Rolex Series display in Dubai. But the thing that really gives him the edge is the nature of that wire-to-wire victory 12 months ago. DLF G&CC is one of the toughest challenges the players face all year but at one point Nakajima was 21 under par and nine shots ahead of his nearest rivals. He stumbled a little over the closing nine holes but his 17 under total is still the lowest recorded at this venue for this event. He arrives full of confidence and if he can produce anything like his first 63 holes last year, it is hard to see anybody getting near him.

Form Horse - Matthew Jordan

Surely a maiden DP World Tour victory cannot be far away? The Englishman won promotion from the HotelPlanner Tour in his first season in the paid ranks and since then has been a picture of consisntency, improving his season-ending position on the Race to Dubai every year. He finished second at the Nedbank Golf Challenge for a career-best finish and then helped Great Britain and Ireland win the Team Cup and arrives in India 17th on the Race to Dubai and a career-high 125th on the Official World Golf Ranking after two top tens in his last two DP World Tour starts. In between those he made the cut at the Puerto Rico Open on the PGA TOUR and also got engaed and with things looking up both on and off the course, maybe our players are wise to back Jordan this week.

Wild Card - Joshua Berry

Berry could easily be our Form Horse given his recent performances on the HotelPlanner Tour and he may now be ready to make a major splash on the DP World Tour. A Qualifying School graduate in 2023, Berry made just three cuts last season but headed back to INFINITUM and once again prevailed over the six-round marathon. He has made just one DP World Tour cut this season so far but that was a maiden top ten at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and since then he has won his first HotelPlanner Tour title at the Kolkata Challenge. Showing a fondness for Indian conditions, he followed that with a runner-up finish at the Delhi Challenge last week and now brings that form and confidence 30 kilometres north east to a course where he has some familiarity having played last season.

How can I play?

If you have not done so already, you can still sign up to play the official 2025 DP World Tour Fantasy game and submit your six-man team before round one gets under way on Thursday.

To play Fantasy DP World Tour, click here.

What can I win?

There are plenty of prizes on offer throughout the 2025 season including the Ultimate Prize courtesy of DP World which includes:

- Flights to Dubai for two people

- Accommodation in Dubai for two people

- Private lesson from a top DP World Tour professional on the Earth course driving range

- Two ball on the Earth course the day after tournament play finishes

- Two General Admission Season Tickets for the 2025 DP World Tour Championship

Those that finish second to fifth in the season long competition will also receive a range of DP World Tour Store vouchers. There will also be prizes to be won on a weekly and monthly basis so no matter how well you start or when you sign up to play, you will always have the opportunity to win.

Looking back - Porsche Singapore Classic

Mansell featured in just 3.27% of teams last week but those who were wise enough to pick him took home 182 points, with 37 players making him their captain.

Our Favourite Robert MacIntyre had a solid week as he registered a top ten, with Form Horse Brandon Robinson-Thompson recording a top 20, but Wild Card Ockie Strydom failed to make the weekend.

Season so far - 2025 DP World Tour Fantasy Top 10 player rankings