New Delhi, January 23, 2018: HERO MOTOCORP EXTENDS ITS TITLE SPONSORSHIP OF HERO INDIAN OPEN In keeping with its long-term commitment to the promotion of sports, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. - the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer - has extended its more than a decade long support for the Hero Indian Open by signing a new agreement to remain as the tournament’s Title Sponsor The New Delhi (India) headquartered Company has been a valued European Tour partner since first becoming involved with India’s national open in 2005. The Indian Open will also return to DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR, for the second consecutive year, on March 8-11, 2018. The Hero Indian Open will be promoted for the first time this season by the Indian Golf Union, who will join the European Tour and the Asian Tour to tri-sanction the tournament. Last year, the tournament enjoyed a memorable debut on DLF’s Gary Player course as home favourite SSP Chawrasia successfully defended the title to claim his fourth European Tour win. Chawrasia had finished as runner-up at the Hero Indian Open on four occasions - in 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2015 - before piping countryman Anirban Lahiri and Korea’s Jeunghun Wang to take the coveted title for the first time in 2016. He is expected to lead the local challenge once again amongst a field of established and up and coming European Tour and Asian Tour players, in an exciting season for Indian golf which began with another local star, Shubhankar Sharma, sealing his first European Tour title at the Joburg Open. Mr. Pawan Munjal, Chairman, MD and CEO, Hero MotoCorp, said, “We have been associated with various disciplines of sport over the past two decades, but our association with Golf is especially gratifying because of the overarching growth the sport has seen during the past decade. “We are pleased to extend our association with the Hero Indian Open, which we have now sponsored for the past 12 years. Brand Hero is now a major supporter of golf on all the three Tours – Asian Tour, European Tour and the US PGA Tour. With a very strong line-up expected once again this year, I am sure the fans have a lot to look forward to at the Hero Indian Open 2018.” Keith Waters, Chief Operating Officer of the European Tour, said: “The involvement of Hero MotoCorp has helped this tournament to go from strength to strength. Our thanks go to Mr. Pawan Munjal and his team for their continued support of Indian golf and in particular this event, which has proved to be of real benefit to emerging local golfers who have had the opportunity to grow their careers on the European Tour. "We are delighted to return to the wonderful surroundings of the Gary Player course at DLF Golf and Country Club for the second year, and we look forward to seeing some of the stars of both the European Tour and the Asian Tour vie for the coveted Hero Indian Open title.” Satish Aparajit, President of the Indian Golf Union, the apex body for golf in India, said: “The Hero Indian Open has become a very important stop on the European and Asian Tours. Besides attracting global stars, it has been a platform for upcoming juniors not only from all over Asia and Europe but also India. We once again look forward to some very exciting golf. “We greatly appreciate the support we have received over the years from Hero MotoCorp.” Mr Aakash Ohri, Sr Executive Director - Business Development, DLF Home Developers Ltd, said: "The DLF Golf & Country Club is delighted to welcome the Hero Indian Open back for the second successive year. The Gary Player course has proved to be a good test of golf and the maintenance team is working hard to presenting the course in pristine conditions. We look forward to welcoming all players, officials and spectators to the tournament." About The European Tour The European Tour celebrates men’s professional golf on a global stage. In 2018, the European Tour International Schedule will feature a minimum of 46 tournaments in 30 countries, including eight Rolex Series events, all part of the Race to Dubai. Celebrating the global connectivity of the European Tour and Dubai, the Race to Dubai is a season-long competition to crown the European Tour’s Number One player, an honour which in 2017 went to England’s Tommy Fleetwood for the first time, and which, since 2009, has also been achieved three times by Rory McIlroy, twice by Henrik Stenson, and once each by Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Luke Donald. Since its formation in 1972, the European Tour has witnessed 26 Members celebrate a total of 52 Major Championship titles between them, enjoyed ten Members attaining the pinnacle of World Number One and has celebrated its diversity as players from 36 different countries have won on the Tour. The European Tour also manages the Challenge Tour, which featured 27 tournaments in 21 countries in 2017, and the Senior Tour, which featured 16 tournaments in 12 countries in 2017 and which, from the 2018 season onwards, will be known as the Staysure Tour. It is also the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe, the body which, alongside the PGA of America, administers golf’s greatest team contest, The Ryder Cup. In 2018, the 42nd staging of the biennial contest between Europe and the United States of America will take place at Le Golf National, France, from September 28-30. The European Tour broadcasts live coverage of its tournaments to more than 490 million homes in more than 150 countries every week, generating in excess of 2,200 global broadcast hours for each event. It also enjoys the support of many of the wor ld’s leading business brands with Rolex, BMW, Emirates and Titleist as Official Partners. About Hero MotoCorp Ltd. For the past 16 consecutive years, the New Delhi (India)-headquartered Hero MotoCorp has remained the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer in terms of unit volumes sold by a single company in a calendar year. Since its inception, Hero has sold over 75 million motorcycles and scooters in cumulative sales. Hero MotoCorp currently sells its products in 35 countries around the world across Asia, Africa and South & Central America. The Company has seven state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, including five in India and one in Colombia, and one in Bangladesh. Hero’s entire product range for markets across the world is designed and developed at its world-class R&D facility – the Global Centre for Innovation & Technology (CIT) - in India. Hero MotoCorp has been associated with various disciplines of sports including football, golf, cricket and field hockey for over two decades now. 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