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tommy fleetwood Beats Japan’s Keita Nakajima to win by two shots at the DP World India Championship – and celebrates his eighth DP World Tour win with son Frankie on the 18th green.
Ryder Cup winner Fleetwood – who had His long wait for his first PGA Tour title ends At the Tour Championship in August to claim the FedEx Cup – he produced a spectacular seven-under final round of 65 in Delhi to finish at 22-under.
Nakajima was two strokes ahead before Sunday, but could only make three birdies and shot 69. He finished two strokes ahead of Ireland’s three-man group. shane lowryEnglishman Alex Fitzpatrick and South African Thriston Lawrence, who also shot 65 – including an eagle on the 14th.
New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier also looked to be in contention after turning six-under for the day – his chances diminished only by a double-bogey seven on the par-five 14th, with more shots dropped on the next and then 18.
masters champion Rory McIlroy Tied for 26th at 11 under, finishing with a final round of 71, which included two bogeys on the front nine and another bogey on the 14th.
Fleetwood, who made four consecutive birdies starting at the seventh, was delighted to get another long-awaited individual tournament win under his belt and make the most of a special family moment.
“I said that of all the good that has happened this year, some things have disappointed me, that is my dp world tour In a way, so another win feels great,” the Southport golfer said in an interview with DP World Tour.
“We were at home last week and we were going buggy. I think he and I were playing golf together [Frankie] Just said, ‘Do you know what you never did?’
“He said, ‘You’ve never won a tournament and I’m able to hit the 18th green.’ I said, ‘I’m writing it’, so I wrote it all week.
“Really it was just another opportunity, there will be times in the future where I hope I get the chance to do this.
“But all day today, what was going through my mind was, can I put myself in a position where I can actually make that moment happen?
“It’s one of those little things, it means a lot to me. It means a lot to me. It was really cool, it was all I wanted to do all day.”
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