The distinction was placing. Alex Fitzpatrick tapped the ball one final time and sunk his face in his palms, unable to regulate his tears at the same time as Eugenio Chacarra stood impassive on the 18th inexperienced, questioning all of the what ifs of a day that noticed fortunes swing as wildly because the scores on the board and among the drives on the course.
Fitzpatrick gained his maiden DP World Tour title with a nine-under 279 4 day whole on Sunday to grow to be solely the third Englishman to win the Hero Indian Open title, the primary since Matt Wallace in 2018.
Fitzpatrick, who began the day 4 photographs behind defending champion Chacarra, had eight birdies on the ultimate day, 5 of them on the again 9 for a two-shot victory.
The in a single day lead helped Chacarra keep forward for a big a part of the day however the curse of the course, which has by no means seen a profitable title defence, loomed giant. Persistence has been the important thing phrase by means of the week and Fitzpatrick discovered his mojo and his putter on the inexperienced, sinking birdies at will together with an extremely lengthy one on the eleventh after which two extra to go degree at nine-under after 13 holes.
Chacarra, in distinction, struggled together with his putts, barely staying within the recreation. The tide lastly turned on the fifteenth when Chacarra bogeyed the primary of his three consecutive holes, Fitzpatrick birdied the identical and the leaderboard flipped on the prime. As soon as there, Fitzpatrick didn’t relent, firming his maintain to open up a four-stroke lead that even a double bogey on the 18th couldn’t bridge.
Chacarra completed together with his worst spherical of the week, scoring a 75 for a seven-under 281 at second spot whereas the third member of the group, South Africa’s MJ Daffue, completed tied third at 283.
Prime scores:
279: Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng, 70-68-72-69); 281: Eugenio Chacarra (Esp, 67-69-70-75); 283: MJ Daffue (RSA, 71-67-72-73), Andy Sullivan (Eng, 72-71-69-71), Ugo Coussaud (Fra, 71-69-74-69); 285: Ewen Ferguson (Sco, 70-73-69-73), Calum Hill (Sco, 69-73-72-71), Francesco Molinari (Ita, 72-72-71-70); 286: David Legislation (Sco, 71-70-70-75), Matteo Manassero (Ita, 72-72-74-68); Indians: 298: Manoj S (76-70-76-76), Om Prakash Chouhan (73-71-73-81); 307: Kshitij Naveed Kaul (73-75-77-82).
Printed on Mar 29, 2026