– The victory at the Hero Indian Open immediately grants Eugenio López Chacarra the DP World Tour card for the next two years. In fact, he will already play the Volvo China Open in three weeks, after the Masters Tournament, as a member with winner’s category of the European circuit. Chacarra never had the DP World Tour card, so he does not have to face any penalty for having previously played in LIV Golf. He will accept the membership now after his victory.
– Precisely, in the next two tournaments in China, a spot in the PGA Championship will also be contested. He has entered the fray with his triumph at the DLF Golf & Country Club. As you may recall, the top three finishers of the Asian Swing, which will be completed with the Volvo China Open and the Hainan Classic, in addition to those already held in Singapore and India, will secure their spot for the second Major of the year. They are the top three and the spot does not pass down, even if one of them is already qualified for the PGA. With his victory, a very interesting door opens.
«He demostrado un millón de veces que cuando sacó mi mejor golf soy uno de los mejores del mundo»
– Similarly, by obtaining the DP World Tour card and with this victory, Chacarra is in a position to achieve something significant in the Race to Dubai. From now on, his main objective, without a doubt, will be to secure one of the ten American circuit cards awarded through the European ranking. The ban on playing in the PGA Tour for having belonged to LIV is one year, so if he obtains the card, he could join in 2026.
– On the other hand, Chacarra will climb many positions in the world ranking. With the victory, his best possible position is 161st. Normally, once the Houston Open and the other tournaments of the week are over, he will be among the top 170, his highest position ever in his career.
– Eugenio’s victory is the 210th for Spanish golf in the history of the DP World Tour. Additionally, he becomes the 36th member of the Armada to achieve at least one victory in this circuit. He follows in the footsteps of first-time winners like Alex del Rey, who won earlier this year in Ras al Khaimah. He is also the youngest to debut in the DP World Tour since Jon Rahm at the Irish Open in 2017. He does so at 25 years old, having just turned, in his ninth tournament on the circuit. He played three in 2019, four in 2024, and this is his second in 2025. He also participated in the Magical Kenya Open with another invitation and finished twentieth.
El golpe con el que Chacarra dejó (casi) sentenciado el triunfo
– A total of 391 different Spaniards have played in the DP World Tour, and Chacarra becomes the 36th winner. This means that a little over nine percent have achieved at least one victory, a figure that is quite impressive. The overall average for the European circuit does not reach six percent. More than ten thousand different players have competed, and the number of winners, with Chacarra’s addition, is 608. It is the 2,050th tournament of the DP World Tour.
– It is Eugenio Chacarra’s third professional victory, after the LIV Golf Bangkok in 2022 and the St Andrews Bay Championship of the Asian Tour in 2023.
