Fleetwood continues best season with India win

NEW DELHI -- Tommy Fleetwood's champion play got adjacent amended Sunday erstwhile helium ran disconnected 4 consecutive birdies astir the crook and closed with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot triumph implicit Keita Nakajima successful the India Championship.

Fleetwood had origin to observe for the 3rd clip successful the past 3 months - the FedEx Cup rubric with his archetypal triumph connected U.S. soil, the starring points-earner successful different triumph for Team Europe successful the Ryder Cup and present his archetypal European Tour triumph of the year.

Nakajima had a two-shot pb to commencement the last circular astatine Delhi Golf Club and played bogey-free. He conscionable couldn't support gait with Fleetwood, who made 4 consecutive birdies starting astatine the par-3 7 to crook a two-shot shortage into a two-shot lead.

"I consciousness similar for each the bully that's happened this year, a mates of things person disappointed me," said Fleetwood, who had not won connected the European Tour. "Another win, it feels great."

Even aft different Ryder Cup highlight, the 34-year-old from England felt helium had much to execute this twelvemonth and winning connected the European Tour - his eighth vocation circuit triumph - was precocious connected his list. Fleetwood, for each his occurrence connected the PGA Tour this year, was inactive not eligible for the closing 2 events connected the European schedule.

Now helium is. The triumph moves him from No. 94 to No. 25 successful the Race to Dubai, making him eligible for the Abu Dhabi Championship and season-ending Tour Championship successful Dubai.

Most pleasing to Fleetwood was watching his 8-year-old son, Frankie, tally onto the 18th greenish aft helium tapped successful for par to decorativeness connected 22-under 266.

They were playing play precocious erstwhile Fleetwood said his lad told him helium had ne'er won a tourney wherever the lad could tally retired to greenish to greet him.

"All time today, I had successful my mind, 'Could I enactment myself successful presumption to marque that happen?'" Fleetwood said. "It's conscionable 1 of those small things it means a batch to me. It means truthful overmuch to me. That was truly cool. That's what I wanted to bash each day."

Nakajima struggled with accuracy disconnected the tee erstwhile helium needed to marque up crushed precocious successful the last round, though helium holed capable putts to enactment close. He changeable 69 and moved into the apical 10 connected the database of European Tour players who would beryllium eligible for PGA Tour cards adjacent year.

Shane Lowry (68), Thriston Lawrence (65) and Alex Fitzpatrick (67) tied for 3rd astatine 270.

Rory McIlroy, playing successful India for the archetypal clip successful his career, birdied his last spread for a 71 to decorativeness successful a necktie for 26th, 11 shots down Fleetwood.