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Dubai, Nov 12 (PTI) The DP World India Golf Championships will be back next year with plans to become a regular fixture on the Tour calendar.

World No.2 Rory McIlroy, who competed in the tournament, said that he was bowled over by the country’s warmth and a meeting with Sachin Tendulkar at a dazzling Diwali party.

McIlroy and another top star Tommy Fleetwood, the eventual winner, hogged the limelight during the event in Delhi last month.

McIlroy, in whose name the Tour has instituted a new award called the ‘Rory McIlroy Award’, to be given to the best-performing DP World Tour member across the four Major Championships – gushed about the DP World India Championship.

“I enjoyed it, I had a great time in India. I don’t know if I have one lasting memory. I guess I’

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