Tommy Fleetwood ensured there can be no ultimate day jitters, marking a memorable return to India and the Delhi Golf Membership because the maiden winner of the inaugural DP World India Championship on Sunday.
Fleetwood carded a 65 within the ultimate spherical for a 21-under par for the event, two photographs away from in a single day chief Keita Nakajima — winner of the Indian Open in 2024 and runner-up this yr — who completed 19-under with a 69 on Sunday.
The Englishman, second on the finish of Day Three two photographs behind Nakajima, performed an aggressive hand from the start and, regardless of dropping a shot on the second gap, didn’t let up on his chase of the highest. It was a high-risk-high reward technique however the gamble paid off with Fleetwood sinking 5 birdies on the entrance 9 and 4 consecutive from 7-10 holes to share lead, then added two extra on the 14th and seventeenth.
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However each trailed New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier, the shock chief at that time. Hillier, who began 4 behind the chief, was on hearth within the entrance 9, gaining six photographs together with 4 consecutive birdies to leapfrog into sole lead. Simply when it appeared like he may do no mistaken, Hillier hit his 14th tee deep into the bushes not possible to hit out of. He took the penalty and dropped a shot, then missed a simple putt for a double bogey and will by no means get better, ending six photographs behind the winner.
Fleetwood and Nakajima, in the meantime, stayed shut with the Japanese pushing exhausting all the way in which however Fleetwood saved his calm and prolonged his slender lead with a large birdie putt on the 14th for a four-day complete of 266.
Fleetwood, who has had a fruitful 2025 together with his maiden PGA Tour title in August and being a part of Europe’s Ryder Cup victory, additionally moved into top-five in world rankings for the primary time ever with the consequence.
The star of the occasion, Rory McIlroy, nonetheless, had his worst spherical of the week, carding 71 to complete tied-Twenty sixth whereas Shiv Kapur was the very best Indian at tied-32 along with his greatest spherical of 68.
Closing leaderboard:
266: Tommy Fleetwood (Eng, 68-64-69-65); 268: Keita Nakajima (Jpn, 65-69-65-69); 270: Shane Lowry (Ire, 64-69-69-68), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng, 69-67-67), Thriston Lawrence (RSA, 69-67-69-65).
Printed on Oct 19, 2025