Gurugram, March 27 -- Marcus Armitage of England, seeking to end a four-year title drought, led by one when he came to the final hole of the first round at the 2025 Indian Open. The 37-year-old Yorkshireman found trouble as he went into the left rough off the 18th tee and gave back a shot to fall into a three-way lead.

Armitage shares the lead alongside Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts and Sweden's Marcus Kinhult, who played in the morning and held a share of the lead for most of the day.

Interestingly, none of the three co-leaders have won on the DP World Tour in the last four years, a release said.

Ajeetesh Sandhu (69), who also played in the morning, and Veer Ahlawat (70), who was tied for second last year, were the best Indians in Tied-4t...