Eugenio Chacarra wins in India to leapfrog Patrick Reed in Race to Dubai

NEW DELHI — Eugenio Chacarra won the DP World India Championship by two strokes on Sunday to maintain a late-season surge that has lifted the Spanish player atop the Race to Dubai standings on the European tour.

After a third place at the French Open and then a second place at last week’s Spanish Open, Chacarra got his third win of the 2026 season by completing a 9-under 63 early Sunday and then shooting 70 to finish at 21 under par for the week at Delhi Golf Club.

Chacarra jumped ahead of Patrick Reed into first place in the season-long Race to Dubai that will culminate next month and he is in better form than both the American and Rory McIlroy, the other realistic contender for the title.

Reed (69) was tied for 23rd on 8 under par and McIlroy shot 74 to be four shots further back in a tie for 42nd.

It was another big victory in these parts for Chacarra, who won the Hero Indian Open — where he was playing on an invitation — in May 2025 for his first DP World Tour title to earn his full status. He had previously been on the LIV Golf circuit.

This year, he won twice in June — at the KLM Open and the Italian Open.