– Tommy Fleetwood (-22) has won the DP World India Championship thanks to an unbeatable final card of 65 strokes, seven under par, the best score on Sunday at the Delhi Golf Club. The Japanese player Keita Nakajima (-20), who started with a two-stroke lead, put up a good fight (final round of 69 strokes, a more than acceptable result), but today something more, much more, was needed to stop Fleetwood, his partner in the star match, who is currently one of the most in-form and sharpest players in world golf.
– If on Saturday Tommy’s putting seemed rather cold, somewhat lacklustre, today he certainly made up for it with a display on the greens of the tight and beautiful Indian course. A series of four consecutive birdies between holes 7 and 10, sinking fabulous medium and long-distance putts during this stretch, put the Englishman on the launch pad. And another birdie on the 17th, a par 3, once again holing from beyond four metres, sealed the duel that by then he was already maintaining alone with the Japanese player. We can complicate life as much as we want, but in the end, almost every week, the same analysis could almost be made: once the group of the finest players from tee to green has been established, and therefore the candidates for victory, it is usually won by the one who sinks the most putts from beyond three, four, or five metres.
– As the saying goes, Fleetwood is on fire. He certainly was today, making so many putts on the greens from distances where conversion percentages are already very low. And he was on Saturday, on the 18th hole, where he hit a hook with his second shot and a ball that was destined (no doubt) to be lost among the foliage ended up bouncing in some inexplicable way and staying at the entrance of the green. The matter was not minor: a more than real possibility of bogey or double bogey turned into an easy chip to secure the birdie, which is exactly what the Englishman finally signed for. When things are going your way, it’s best not to ask too many questions and simply take advantage of a great moment that, on the other hand, never forget, is based on confidence, which in turn is nourished by a job well done.
– The fact is that Tommy came to this tournament as World Number 5, the best ranking of his career, and from tomorrow he will be Number 4, only behind Scheffler, McIlroy, and Schauffele. Whether on fire or not, the Englishman is truly going through the best moment of his career, after the victory in the FedEx Cup, his decisive contribution in the Ryder at Bethpage, and now this new triumph in the DP World Tour, the eighth in this circuit.
– Daniel Hillier (-16) deserves a separate mention, as he truly came like a hurricane, with a seven-under-par on the first ten holes, but precisely on a par 5, in this case, the 14th hole, he sent his second shot into the jungle and came out with a crushing double bogey, just when he was already the main contender for victory. Well, that’s dynamics and moments…
– Jorge Campillo (-15) also came out of that 14th hole with a pesky bogey (he missed the second shot with a 4-iron in hand) that left him just outside the final top ten, but in reality, he completed today, with a round of 68 strokes, a more than notable weekend. As he explained to Tengolf once the fourth round was over, he leaves for Korea very satisfied with his performance on the greens and also with the wedges, and with some work or adjustment to do with the irons to avoid a treacherous pull that appears from time to time.
– The Extremaduran has now entered the Final of Dubai (rising to 48th place in the Race to Dubai), although he will still have to confirm his place in Korea and Abu Dhabi. It would be the eighth time in his career, and the seventh in the last eight seasons, that he plays the circuit final. It is worth remembering this type of data, to value each one’s trajectory. Campillo, to add another one, has never lost his playing rights on the DP World Tour since he debuted as a rookie back in 2012. His 2026 season will, therefore, be the fifteenth consecutive.
– Commendable has been the effort of Alfredo García Heredia (-12) to maximise his chances of saving his DP World Tour card, with a final round of 66 strokes that, at times, and in view of his fantastic display of play, looked even better: up to 16 greens in regulation were hit by the Asturian this Sunday. Again, reference must be made to those moments and dynamics: on the 15th hole Alfredo missed a short birdie putt and immediately afterwards, on the 16th, he signed a bogey, the only one of the day, after missing another rather short putt… In short, his situation is very precarious in the rankings, but this week, in general, and this Sunday, in particular, it has become very clear that the veteran Spanish player will fight until the last breath.
