Tommy Fleetwood continued his stellar season with an excellent final-round efficiency to win the inaugural DP World India Championship by two photographs over Japan’s Keita Nakajima at Delhi Golf Membership.
Simply three weeks after starring in Europe’s Ryder Cup triumph, Fleetwood produced a blinding show of shot-making and composure to overturn a two-stroke deficit and end on 22-under-par, clinching his eighth DP World Tour title and first because the 2024 Dubai Invitational.
The Englishman surged forward with a run of 5 birdies in seven holes, mixing eight birdies with a single bogey in a spherical of 65 to safe victory. Nakajima, who led in a single day, carded a 68 to complete second on 20 underneath, whereas Shane Lowry, Alex Fitzpatrick, and Thriston Lawrence shared third at 19 underneath.
A dramatic closing day noticed a number of twists on the leaderboard. New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier briefly went two clear after seven birdies in his first 10 holes, however late bogeys and a double dropped him to tied-ninth. Viktor Hovland completed with a spectacular chip-in eagle on the 18th to hitch Jayden Schaper and Joost Luiten in sixth place.
Fleetwood’s final-day cost started early, decreasing Nakajima’s lead with a birdie on the first and rebounding rapidly after an early bogey.
Birdies on the seventh, eighth, and ninth holes pushed him into competition, and a long-range putt on the tenth put him in management.
From there, the FedExCup champion confirmed poise, including one other birdie on the 14th and matching Nakajima’s response on the seventeenth to keep up his cushion.
After tapping in for par on the 18th, Fleetwood celebrated an emotional victory alongside his younger son, Frankie — fulfilling a private objective he had set earlier within the week.
“He instructed me, ‘You’ve by no means gained a event the place I may run onto the 18th inexperienced,’” Fleetwood mentioned after his win. “I had that written down all week. It was one thing I actually wished to make occur — and to share that second with him was so particular.”
Nakajima’s runner-up end marks his third consecutive top-two lead to India, whereas Lowry closed with a 68 that included 5 birdies and one bogey. Fitzpatrick’s 67 lifted him into the highest three, and Lawrence’s electrical back-nine — that includes six underneath in 5 holes — matched the mark.
In the meantime, world No. 3 Rory McIlroy endured a quieter week, ending tied-Twenty sixth on 11 underneath, 11 photographs behind Fleetwood, after a final-round 71 that includes 4 birdies and three bogeys.
Fleetwood’s victory additional cements his standing as one of many type gamers of the 12 months — and provides one other memorable chapter to a outstanding 2025 season.
