Keita Nakajima’s Winning Final Round Highlights | 2024 Hero Indian Open

Highlights of Keita Nakajima’s final round winning highlights as he claims his first DP World Tour victory in just 11 Tour starts.

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The DP World Tour makes its way from Singapore to India this week for the Hero Indian Open at DLF Golf and Country Club. Rasmus Højgaard will be in the field for his debut in the event. He’s started the season strong with four top-12’s in five events including a 2T at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship. He’ll be looking to continue this good form and claim his fifth DP World Tour title. Yannik Paul will also be teeing it up in India. He finished runner-up in India on his tournament debut last year and came within a whisker of earning a second DP World Tour title. He has also enjoyed a strong start to the season, with a T8 result at the Dubai Invitational and T4 finish at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship. Also in the field this week is three-time DP World Tour winner and Ryder Cup Vice Captain Nicolas Colsaerts. Others to look out for are Simon Forsström, Jordan Smith and Ewen Ferguson.

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Nice start also for NE J spoke about it a few minutes ago about his birdie that he made on the first this is how he got it just under 400 yards the opening hole so players mind it’s a good birdie chill demanding t-shot this it’s aiming a long way

Left Jamie it’s only about 35 yards from left trees to right trees it’s narrow yeah he’s played a little cut there Jay to come up short of the bunker which he has done that’s perfect ball slightly above his feet looks like he’s setting up for a cut

Shot little twizzle at the club is normally a good sign yeah that was right at it oh a little Unlucky One further yard on that and that would have kicked onto the green and been very close you’ll be disappointed if you don’t have this within a couple inches we played it low

Wow good enough for Nakajima with the other two not looking like making birdie he’s going to go further ahead here you’d think six it is 20 under par never ever saw that at the start of the week I have to say when I turned up here

Well he’s birded it every day it’s his favorite ohle there’s only been four birdies on the sixth today oh oh oh I think that’s held up think it’s held up but it’s one of those shots you have to put back in your stands to try and keep

The club face from shooting it left right away you know if you miss this green right there’s a nice chip area there’s nothing wrong with that where’s he gone where’s he gone very sensible shot and an excellent shot from nakima well thought out nothing to do with the left hand side

There had a good look at it I couldn’t see a lot if anything as it finishes Pace or starts losing Pace it might go a little bit left to right at the end and where others have struggled to get it to the hole ker Nakajima sends it right to the

Bottom of the cup a third birdie in the first third of his round and he moves to 21 underpath I think nagima played the previous hole in 12 shots for the week that’s a correct buted every day jay that’s amazing it is amazing looks like you got a little too much seeing

There yeah he lost his balance a bit there Nakajima I think he’s come up short in the rough buried just aart for him on this holding might have a little left to right Bend to it as it loses pace around the hole well the way he puts he wouldn’t be

Surprised if he drops that one in I should think he’s looking forward to getting on every Green the way he’s patting oh it stayed there it stayed there so first drop shot of the day for Nakajima he’s back to 20 the underpar I’m looking up the green though

The the flag is really blowing on the green can’t feel it back here on the te he looked a little anxious but uh he’s perfect now put on the left side of the green if you pull a little bit you’re in a chipping area with an easy

Chip oh he’s gone for the low fizzer that’s a surprise he’s he’s had a bit of luck you know could have gone in the water at six birdie that could have gone in the water there didn’t key here is just the grass is sticky just keep accelerating through the impact area [Applause]

Well he’s making it easy for himself now isn’t he Nakajima and everyone else is falling away around him and he not so much marches he’s sort of strolling to victory at the moment isn’t it Nim trying to get it right in the between the two balls already in the Fairway

Three good t- shots there on 14 first job done I’d say the second shot’s harder 215 in the front 227 to the hole for knock not as of an angle coming in from the right well straight at it but we know where that’s going just doesn’t need much does it down it goes

Don’t go in a divot well we’ll see whether a chip or P that I mean it’s so annoying when you go down there Jamie but it’s a fantastic little sort of Hazard isn’t it really shuts the starts off so he covers the ball with his shoulder

Yes well that wasn’t great I don’t think he knew what to do really there keeping the weight well forward yeah he wasn’t filling me with confidence there it’s done all right and it sort of duffed it down there so difficult very fluffy round the greens and a little downhill left to

Right up for a bogey five as well yeah this is something to think about as well safely everybody back to 19 under there’s only there’s going to be five in it soon all I mean not long ago it was nine shots it’s okay safely down the Fairway

Twirl of the club means good good enough yeah if you break it down to swings it sort of feels much more manageable doesn’t it remember Danny will did that when he won the Masters this is coming down more across the fall line long gas was going up at

Some this could actually be going down ever so slightly and he’s got it that back to 20 underpar and six shots ahead once [Applause] again shouts of four oh and I think that’s just kicked back down toward WS of green a little bit all depends on the lie

But make sure you have a descending blow on this downhill Li catch the ball first just take your medicine he’s actually looking to me it looks like right of the hole and [Applause] Beyond well he doesn’t have to take it on does he falls good enough for him here

Neima right to left and the wind is just it just changed Direction and wind is just howling behind him straight towards the hole well it was a good try no problem does he get the driver out like he did yesterday on the next toll uh I say no I say no as well

Asking for it to sit where oh where has that gone I I don’t understand that shot I really don’t why put yourself under pressure but he’s got a big enough cushion so 16 up 13 29 I think you’re thinking 32 flying it past the hole

A few yards let it come back to slope the miss that you can’t make is short down that front side slope oh this needs to get up get up and There It Is Well St on the Bank take it past the hole use the slope oh something like that yeah it wasn’t a difficult shot was it to hit it out that slope long as you got a strike on it there it’s got this to stay in the red for the day start of the day 18

Under and he’s going to go back to 18 under yeah five shot lead that’ll give him looks a horrible L it looks like all day long it’s going to go down where manaca was on that bottom LA but we’ll we’ll see well Well it doesn’t matter one stage he was nine shots clear in this Final Round And it is a first DP World Tour victory for Japan’s k nakaji and what’s more he has won it handsomely kada hero Indian open Champion your first win outside of Japan

In your 11th start on the DP World Tour what does this mean to you to win outside of Japan uh I feel like uh just new bu rain in professional career that feels amazing there was a little wobble there at 14 you had a big lead did you get nervous yeah

Middle of Naas I had a TB n but I can’t yeah I can just play golf hit some great shot you’ve been a commanding World Amer number one you’ve had an amazing early start to your career yeah so my next question is what are your

Goals for the rest of the year where do you want to get I want to try uh top 10 this tour then go to the pg tour in 2025 that’s my this year’s goal enjoy that first win it was a great one thank you thank you so much appreciate it to watch

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