NEW DELHI — Tommy Fleetwood’s finest season bought even higher Sunday when he ran off 4 straight birdies across the flip and closed with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Keita Nakajima within the India Championship.
Fleetwood had trigger to rejoice for the third time prior to now three months: the FedEx Cup title along with his first win on U.S. soil, the main points-earner in one other win for Staff Europe within the Ryder Cup and now his first European tour win of the 12 months.
Nakajima had a two-shot result in begin the ultimate spherical at Delhi Golf Membership and performed bogey-free. He simply could not preserve tempo with Fleetwood, who made 4 straight birdies beginning on the par-3 seventh to show a two-shot deficit right into a two-shot lead.
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“I really feel like for all the nice that is occurred this 12 months, a few issues have upset me,” Fleetwood stated. “One other win, it feels nice.”
Even after one other Ryder Cup spotlight, the 34-year-old from England felt he had extra to realize this 12 months, and profitable on the European tour — his eighth profession tour win — was excessive on his listing. Fleetwood, for all his success on the PGA Tour this 12 months, was nonetheless not eligible for the closing two occasions on the European schedule.
Now he’s. The victory strikes him from No. 94 to No. 25 within the Race to Dubai, making him eligible for the Abu Dhabi Championship and season-ending Tour Championship in Dubai.
Most pleasing to Fleetwood was watching his 8-year-old son, Frankie, run onto the 18th inexperienced after he tapped in for par to complete at 22-under 266.
They had been enjoying golf lately when Fleetwood stated his son instructed him he had by no means received a match the place the boy might run out to inexperienced to greet him.
“All day at this time, I had in my thoughts, ‘Might I put myself in place to make that occur?'” Fleetwood stated. “It is simply a kind of little issues it means quite a bit to me. It means a lot to me. That was actually cool. That is what I wished to do all day.”
Nakajima struggled with accuracy off the tee when he wanted to make up floor late within the closing spherical, although he holed sufficient putts to remain shut. He shot 69 and moved into the highest 10 on the listing of European tour gamers who could be eligible for PGA Tour playing cards subsequent 12 months.
Shane Lowry (68), Thriston Lawrence (65) and Alex Fitzpatrick (67) tied for third at 270.
Rory McIlroy, enjoying in India for the primary time in his profession, birdied his closing gap for a 71 to complete in a tie for twenty sixth, 11 pictures behind Fleetwood.
