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Tommy Fleetwood ensured determination would beryllium nary last time jitters, marking a memorable instrumentality to India and the Delhi Golf Club arsenic the maiden victor of the inaugural DP World India Championship connected Sunday.
Fleetwood carded a 65 successful the last circular for a 21-under par for the tournament, 2 shots wide of overnight person Keita Nakajima — victor of the Indian Open successful 2024 and runner-up this twelvemonth — who finished 19-under with a 69 connected Sunday.
Japan’s Keita Nakajima successful enactment connected the last time of the DP World India Championship play tourney astatine the Delhi Golf Club successful New Delhi connected Sunday, October 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
The Englishman, 2nd astatine the extremity of Day Three 2 shots down Nakajima, played an assertive manus from the opening and, contempt dropping a changeable connected the 2nd hole, did not fto up connected his pursuit of the top.
It was a high-risk-high reward strategy, but the gamble paid off. Fleetwood sank 5 birdies connected the beforehand 9 and 4 consecutive from the seventh to 10th holes to stock the lead, past added 2 much connected the 14th and 17th.
Daniel Hillier of New Zealand successful enactment connected the last time of the DP World India Championship play tourney astatine the Delhi Golf Club successful New Delhi connected Sunday, October 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
But some trailed New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier, the astonishment person astatine that point. Hillier, who started 4 down the leader, was connected occurrence successful the beforehand nine, gaining six shots including 4 consecutive birdies.
Just erstwhile it looked similar helium could bash nary wrong, Hillier deed his 14th tee heavy into the bushes, intolerable to deed retired of. He took the punishment and dropped a shot, past missed an casual putt for a treble bogey and could ne'er recover, finishing six shots down the winner.
Fleetwood and Nakajima, meanwhile, stayed adjacent with the Japanese pushing hard each the way. But Fleetwood kept calm and extended his slender pb with a monolithic birdie putt connected the 14th for a four-day full of 266.
Fleetwood, who has had a fruitful 2025 including his maiden PGA Tour rubric successful August and being portion of Europe’s Ryder Cup victory, besides moved into the top-five successful the satellite rankings for the archetypal clip ever with the result.
FOUR IN A ROW! 💪@TommyFleetwood1 joins Dan Hillier astatine the apical of the leaderboard successful Delhi! #DPWICpic.twitter.com/ZvKpvAFfDn
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 19, 2025Rory McIlroy, however, had his worst circular of the week, carding 71 to decorativeness tied-26th portion Shiv Kapur was the champion Indian astatine tied-32 with his champion circular of 68.
Final leaderboard: 266: Tommy Fleetwood (68-64-69-65); 268: Keita Nakajima (65-69-65-69); 270: Shane Lowry (64-69-69-68), Alex Fitzpatrick (69-67-67), Thriston Lawrence (69-67-69-65).
