2025 Hero Indian Open betting tips: Our expert’s top picks in New Delhi

Our resident betting expert picks out his top Hero Indian Open betting tips ahead of the DP World Tour event.

The DP World Tour’s Asian Swing arrives in New Dehli this week for the Hero Indian Open, hosted for the seventh time at the spectacular DLF Golf and Country Club.

Last year, former World No.1 amateur Keita Nakajima cruised to a wire-to-wire victory to claim his maiden DPWT title by four strokes. Nakajima returns to defend in a field featuring no less than 16 winners from the last and current DPWT season.

Before diving into my Hero Indian Open betting tips, here’s everything else you need to know…

Hero Indian Open key details

Venue: DLF Golf & Country Club, New Delhi, India (Par 72 – 7,416 yards)

Format: 72-hole strokeplay with 36-hole cut

Purse: $2.25 million with the winner receiving an estimated $425,000

Race to Dubai / Ryder Cup points: 3,500 / 1,000

Favorites: Keita Nakajima 16/1, Matthew Jordan 22/1

Defending champion: Keita Nakajima (JPN), -17

Most wins: Peter Thomson (AUS), Jyoti Randhawa (IND); 3

How to watch the Hero Indian Open

US viewers can catch all the action on the Golf Channel.

All times EDT

Thursday, March 27: The Golf Channel, 03.30
Friday, March 28: The Golf Channel, 03.30
Saturday, March 29: The Golf Channel, 04.00
Sunday, March 30: The Golf Channel, 02.30

UK viewers can catch all the action on Sky Sports Golf.

All times GMT

Thursday, March 27: Sky Sports Golf, 07.30
Friday, March 28: Sky Sports Golf, 07.30
Saturday, March 29: Sky Sports Golf, 08.00
Sunday, March 30: Sky Sports Golf, 07.30

Investec South African Open tee times

Tee times and groupings can be found here.

Hero Indian Open betting tips

The Banker: Adrien Saddier

28/1 e/w (Paddy Power 7 Places 1/5)

There were a couple of contenders for this top spot, namely Matthew Jordan and the more experienced Joost Luiten, but I think Adrien Saddier is playing the best golf of the three, and while the others have better course history on their side, the Frenchman is my pick.

Saddier has played here twice at DLF, finishing 62nd and 30th, but both times he’s shown promise. On debut, he opened with a round of 67 to sit 3rd after round 1, and when 30th more recently, he was 8th at halfway – suggesting this could be a good course for him when in form, which he is.

In 2025, Saddier has played 7 times, and he’s already posted two top 7 finishes and a further two finishes of 19th or better. When 7th at the Kenya Open, Saddier spent the whole week inside that number, sitting 5th after rounds 2 and 3. When 19th at the Joburg Open Saddier was 2nd after rounds 2 and 3, and last week, he finished 3rd, after sitting inside the top 3 for all three rounds. He has consistently been in the mix in recent starts then, and now I think he can carry that form on, at a course he has experience on.

Saddier has ranked 11th, 15th and 6th in SG Approach in his past three starts and he will need that level of iron play to compete here again in India. In those three starts, he’s also ranked 7th, 12th, and 4th in SG Tee to Green and it’s that all-round game that should serve him well on his third visit to DLF. This is the best form he’s been in, in the lead up to this event, and I think that will be the difference maker here.

The Outsider: Marcel Siem

55/1 e/w (Paddy Power 7 Places 1/5)

If I am going to take a shot on a couple of players that have never won before, I should probably take an experienced head who knows how to win. Marcel Siem ticks that box not only with six DP World Tour victories to his name, but a hugely impressive comeback win here two years ago where he ended an almost 9 year drought.

Siem went on to win again at the 2024 Italian Open, and the 44-year old is certainly benefitting from a weaker DP World Tour in general. When all the young players were coming up and thriving, it was easy to forget about a then four-time winner, but since the DP World Tour started sending their best players to the PGA Tour, and others have joined LIV, things have got easier for experienced heads to stand out once again.

The German has taken this opportunity and run with it, and he’s now won in back-to-back years, and if he can win in 2025, he will win three years in a row for the second time in his career. He achieved this feat in 2012-2014 previously and now he will be hoping to do it again.

His current form suggests he can, as he’s finished 9th and 14th in his past two starts and the fact he made just two bogeys and one double last week, suggests he can keep the big scores away this week, which will be important.

Siem ended last week on a high with a bogey-free 65 in the final round and given he has gotten better after every round in each of his past two events, his confidence must surely be rising.

We know players can repeat form here, as Siem beat his compatriot Yannik Paul here two years ago, who then went on to finish 10th again last year. Add to that Joost Luiten’s finishes of 9th, 3rd and 11th here, who has a very similar profile to Siem in terms of experience and win record, and it would make perfect sense if Siem went in again here in India.

One course that does seem to provide some crossover is Le Golf National which comes as no surprise as both are tough tests, and Siem is the biggest advocate for that, having won at both courses.

The Long Shot: Jeong Weon Ko

80/1 e/w (Paddy Power 7 Places 1/5)

Not many players can boast a better record across multiple visits at DLF than Jeong Weon Ko can, who has finished 18th and 5th in his two starts here. That is a remarkable effort for someone who is not considered anywhere near the best on Tour, and suggests there’s something he likes about this quirky layout.

A 7th-place finish at Valderrama further highlights Ko’s ability to rise to the top on tough golf courses, and given his run of recent form, it is worth taking a look at Ko, with seven each way places on offer.

Ko has finished 31st or better in four straight events, with a 16th at the South African Open and a 20th last week his two leading efforts. Both of those events were reduced to 54 holes, so we have no idea how Ko would have finished them off if they had another round, but in South Africa in particular he was improving by the round.

Given the difficulty of this test, I think it’s worthwhile having what looks to be a course specialist on side, especially given the odds of other players with a similar record. We don’t know yet whether Ko has what it takes to win, as he’s not had that many chances, but he’s definitely capable of playing all four rounds here, and that’s perhaps the biggest obstacle with this course.