Tommy Fleetwood produced an excellent final-day birdie burst to win the inaugural DP World India Championship with a powerful two-shot victory in New Delhi.
Three weeks on from ending prime scorer for Staff Europe of their historic Ryder Cup win on American soil, Fleetwood continued his memorable season by delivering a powerful victory at Delhi Golf Membership.
The FedExCup champion overturned a two-stroke deficit in an eventful ultimate spherical, the place 5 birdies in a seven-hole stretch helped him transfer prime of a congested leaderboard and nearer to victory.
Fleetwood combined eight birdies with a lone bogey to finish the week on 22 below, two strokes away from in a single day chief Keita Nakajima, with Shane Lowry ending three strokes again in tied-third alongside Alex Fitzpatrick and Thriston Lawrence.
A chip-in eagle on the ultimate gap lifted Viktor Hovland to tied-sixth alongside Jayden Schaper and Joost Luiten, whereas Daniel Hillier – briefly two forward after seven birdies in his first 10 holes on Sunday – dropped again to tied-ninth after two bogeys and a double bogey in his ultimate 5 holes.
How Fleetwood stormed to India title
Fleetwood instantly diminished Nakajima’s in a single day benefit with a two-putt birdie on the first, as his taking part in accomplice scrambled a par, just for the Englishman to bogey the par-four subsequent after seeing his strategy shot end plugged in a greenside bunker.
Lowry briefly moved inside one – after two birdies within the first three holes – earlier than Nakajima made a close-range birdie on the third to get to 18 below, as Fleetwood made his transfer again into competition by holing from 15 ft on the fourth.
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Rory McIlroy produced a contender for par-save of the season throughout his ultimate spherical on the DP World India Championship
The world No 5 rolled in from 15 ft on the seventh and took benefit of the par-five subsequent however nonetheless discovered himself two behind, as Hillier adopted six birdies in eight holes with one other on the par-four tenth to maneuver to twenty below.
Fleetwood picked up a shot on the ninth and holed a 20-footer to start out his again 9 with a fourth consecutive birdie, then moved forward after getting up and all the way down to scramble pars on the subsequent two holes.
Each match received by Tommy Fleetwood on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour
Hillier fell two behind after discovering timber along with his strategy into the par-five 14th – leading to a penalty drop – and three-putting for a double-bogey seven, whereas Nakajima acquired inside one among Fleetwood after birdieing the par-three twelfth.
Fleetwood doubled his lead with a birdie on the par-five 14th and matched Nakajima’s birdie on the par-three seventeenth, retaining him two clear heading to the final, the place he celebrated victory along with his son Frankie after tapping in for a successful par.
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Tommy Fleetwood celebrates along with his son Frankie after victory at DP World India Championship by two photographs
Nakajima’s runner-up end means he has now completed second or higher in every of his final three appearances in India, whereas Lowry combined 5 birdies with one bogey in a final-round 68 to get to 18 below.
Fitzpatrick boosted his hopes of extending his season with a five-under 67 leaping him into tied-third, with Lawrence additionally on that mark after taking part in a five-hole stretch in six below throughout his closing 65.
Hovland claimed a share of sixth after his eagle end and Rory McIlroy ended 10 strokes again on 11 below and in tied-Twenty sixth, having carded 4 birdies and three bogeys throughout a final-round 71.
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Viktor Hovland completed his ultimate spherical in model on the DP World India Championship, chipping in for eagle on his ultimate gap.
Fleetwood celebrates win with son
Fleetwood’s victory is his eighth on the DP World Tour and first because the 2024 Dubai Invitational, with the newest success additionally the primary along with his son watching on-site.
“We were at home last week and we were driving the buggy – I think we were playing golf together – and he [Frankie] just said randomly: ‘Do you know what you’ve never done? You’ve never won a tournament and then I’ve been able to run onto the 18th green’,” Fleetwood defined.
Fleetwood celebrates along with his son Frankie
“I had that written down all week. It was just another opportunity really. There’s going to be many more times where I hopefully get the chance to do that, but that was all day today what I had in my mind.
“May I put myself able the place I can really make that second occur? It is simply a kind of little issues. It means a lot to me and that was actually cool.”
What’s next?
The DP World Tour heads to South Korea for the Genesis Championship, the final event of the Back 9 schedule and last chance to qualify for the season-ending play-offs. Watch live on Thursday from 4am on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with no contract on NOW.
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