Last year Liz Young hoisted the Hero Women’s Indian Open trophy aloft after securing a one-stroke victory at DLF Golf and Country Club.
The Englishwoman won her second Ladies European Tour (LET) title in a tense final day and is relishing her return to the tournament this week.
Young will be making her tenth appearance in India and has great memories from her victory last year.
“It’s been great to come back,” she said. “It’s a very good trophy that sits in my lounge and makes me very proud every time I look at it. I’m really pleased to be back and hopefully have another crack at it this year.
“Last year, I didn’t have my best ball striking, but I was putting really well and then in the final round, I was playing with my good friends. It was close all the way to the end and on the last hole I put it in the water, but I managed to get it up-and-down from 90 yards, so that got me the trophy. It was a bit of a nerve-wracking finish.
“It’s been a challenging year for me this year on and off the golf course, but obviously I have good memories here. The course is very different to last year and I will be playing some different shots, but I’m really excited to back out there on the course with the good memories that I have.”
A field of 111 players representing 31 nationalities will be teeing it up in the 2025 Hero Women’s Indian Open from 9-12 October.
DLF Golf and Country Club is notoriously challenging, but the course presents a different type of challenge this year as it is playing differently compared to last year.
She continued: “The course is completely different. I’ve never played it like this. The greens are soft. They’re not as quick as well, so you can play more target golf; whereas last year, that was impossible to do because they were releasing so much.
“The rough is up, it’s really thick, so if you miss it off the fairway and also around the greens that becomes a lot more challenging. On this golf course, it’s all about the misses. If you miss it in the right spot, then you can still make your par. You’re not going to be making your birdie, but then when you do strike it well, then you can have a birdie chance.”
Despite struggling with her form in 2025, two-time LET winner Young is planning to give it all in her title defence.
She added: “It’s very positive seeing that you can win around here and you know that this course suits you, so I’m definitely more positive than other weeks. I’m just going to try and play as good golf as I can, and then we’ll see what happens on Sunday.”
Young will tee it up in the first round at 11.22 am (local time) from the 10th tee alongside England’s Mimi Rhodes and Singapore’s Shannon Tan.
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