Ewen Ferguson Withdraws From DP World India Championship After 'Visa Issues'

Ewen Ferguson hits an iron shot during the 2025 Open de España

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published 14 October 2025

Scotland's Ewen Ferguson has been forced to withdraw from the inaugural DP World India Championship this week after facing "visa issues."

However, Ferguson's chances of claiming his latest European Tour victory were cut short moments after he had touched down in the world's most populated country.

The three-time DP World Tour winner had flown into Delhi from Madrid early on Tuesday but was prevented from entering India and - consequently - appearing in the $4 million event.

The 29-year-old called the incident "very annoying" in a post on Instagram which revealed the news.

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Ferguson said: "Some visa issues at the airport this morning forcing me to w/d from India. Very annoying. But a week off to reset might not be a bad thing."

The Scot had finished T35th at the Open de España and was T61st at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship the week prior, with an extremely poor run of results appearing to have concluded.

In the eight events he played in between the start of July and the end of September, Ferguson missed the cut in six of them.

However, he somewhat surprisingly managed a T5th performance at the BMW PGA Championship towards the end of that tough stretch, with Ferguson's stats suggesting the putter was to be credited for an upturn in form.

Over the course of his year as a whole, the Glasgow-born pro has achieved two further top-10s - which came in consecutive starts at the Soudal Open (T2nd) and KLM Open (T4th) - and a couple of other top-20s.

Ewen Ferguson waves to the camera during the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open

With four tournaments left to play, and two before the DP World Tour Playoffs begin, Ferguson sits 41st in the Race To Dubai and is therefore almost certain to tee it up in Abu Dhabi at the very least.

However, Ferguson is likely to need a decent result in either South Korea or the first Playoff event - where the top-70 tee it up - if he is to appear in the DP World Tour Championship for the fourth time in his career.

In three previous starts at Jumeirah Golf Estates' Earth Course (2022, 2023, 2024), Ferguson has finished T42nd, T9th and T19th.

Jonny Leighfield is our Staff News Writer who joined Golf Monthly just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Sport Journalism in 2017 and spent almost five years as the sole sports reporter at his local newspaper. During his time with Golf Monthly, Jonny has interviewed several stars of the game, including Robert MacIntyre, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, and Joaquin Niemann. An improving golfer himself, Jonny enjoys learning as much about the game as he can and recently reached his Handicap goal of 18 for the first time.

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