Fleetwood adds another tournament title to banner season

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NEW DELHI – Tommy Fleetwood made four birdies in a row around the turn to close with a 7-under 65 for a two-stroke victory over Keita Nakajima on Sunday at the DP World India Championship, adding another big win to an already banner year.

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Fleetwood started the final round two shots behind Nakajima Delhi Golf Club and took the lead with a big run of birdies. Nakajima played without a bogey for a 69, but was unable to catch it.

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Fleetwood won the Tour Championship and captured the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour in August, and also became the points leader in Europe with another Ryder Cup victory. It was his first European Tour title of the year and guaranteed him a spot in the final two tournaments of the season.

Shane Lowry (68), Triston Lawrence (65) and Alex Fitzpatrick (67) are tied for third. Rory McIlroy shot 71 to finish in 26th place, 11 shots back.

LPGA Tour

Sei Young Kim closed with a 5-under 67 to hold off any challengers and cruised to a four-stroke victory at the BMW Women's Championship, her first LPGA title in five years.

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Kim won for the 13th time since joining the LPGA in 2015. Her last win was at the 2020 KPGA Women's PGA Championship.

Kim finished with a 24-over 264 at Pine Beach Golf Links on the Korean Peninsula, and the South Korean only bogeyed the par-3 third before finding six birdies in the rest of her round to comfortably hold off her nearest rival, Nasa Hataoka, who shot 67.

Celine Boutier (67) and Ah Lim Kim (66) are tied for third, six shots back.

PGA Tour Champions

Justin Leonard endured his windy day and watched it pay big dividends, with birdie-par-eagle finishing with a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Ernie Els in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

Leonard won the PGA Tour Champions for the second time this year and finished in the top 10 after the first match of the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. He finished at 12-under 204 on the James River Course at Virginia Country Club.

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Els missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the closing hole that would have clinched a playoff. He closed with a 72 and tied for second with Thomas Bjorn (68).

Other tours

Naoyuki Kataoka closed with a 2-under 68 and won a surprise playoff over Satoshi Hara with a par on the first extra hole to win the Japan Open. His second career victory on the Japan Golf Tour earned him a spot in the Masters and British Open the following year. … Dominik Foos became the first German in 29 years to win the Asian Tour when he rallied from a six-shot deficit to close with a 7-under 63 and beat Wei-hsuan Wang on the second playoff hole at the SJM Macao Open. Bernhard Langer was the last German to win the Asian Tour. … Sebastian Garcia of Spain won his first Challenge Tour title, finishing with a 5-under 67 to win a three-man playoff at the Hangzhou Open. … Oliver Becker saved par on the final hole for a team-high 3-under 69 to claim a one-shot WA Open victory on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He became the first South African since Gary Player in 1956 to win the WA Open. … Warwick Purchase closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-stroke victory in the Fortress Invitational on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. … Ayako Kimura shot a 4-under 68 to finish with a four-shot victory in the Fujitsu Women's Tournament on the Japan LPGA. … Yulin Lee closed with a 1-under 71 and made birdie on the fifth playoff hole against Ji Young Park to win the Sangsangin-Hankyung Wownet Open on the Korean LPGA.

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