Every Shot Of Keita Nakajima’s Final Winning Round | 2024 Hero Indian Open

Every shot of Keita Nakajima’s final round in Delhi as he won the 2024 Hero Indian Open.

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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 CH but the greens Jamie they’re getting

That brown sort of look to them now yeah they’re just firming up aren’t they you can just see it and they’re speeding them up today a little bit he’s been Flawless this week this man great balance to that swing it’s Relentless isn’t it from this man he’s just pouring it [Applause]

On if you hit it with a pace on the left Edge it will you’re dying it you better start it outside left it’s ranked the fourth hardest hole on the course today uh Jay not a surprise because uh it wind is blowing out here it’s going to be a

Different challenge today than it was the first three days that’s going to miss to the right spot on that doesn’t look like that I think he hit that right where he wanted to yeah I think he’s got a fantastic ping strike demanding t-shot this 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 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 neima and with the other two not looking like Mak him birdie he’s going to go further ahead here you’d think six it is 20 under I never ever saw that at the start of the week I have to say when I turned up here he’s moved at a club length further

Back from the teeing area uh Jay here yeah coach Cy told me they hit eight but it should have been a nine yep that’s safe that’ll be quite a popular spot that nakima it’s a birdie part but Jay well it has to go up and over a ridge

And it’s right to left all the way now it’s on the downhill portion and went back the other way that’s a very good putt he’s got the measure of the greens he his long pting has been Sensational uh it’s a it’s a skill in itself he just reads the greens really

Well you can’t teach that really see a lot of the guys stradling the putts and doing all the aim point this man’s are natural another one ticked off well he’s birded it every day it’s his favorite oh 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 chipping area there’s nothing wrong with

That where’s he gone where’s he gone very sensible shot and excellent shot from Nakajima 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 he got a little too much sand there yeah he lost his balance a bit there neima I think he’s come up short in the rough

Buried just a p 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 surprising if he drops that one in I should think he’s looking forward to getting on every Green the way he’s

Pting it’s stayed there it stayed there so first drop shot of the day for Nakajima he’s back to 20 underpar I’m looking up the green now that 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

Birded 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 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 back to the T well it’s been a bit of a wait will it be worth it oh we gave that one the full business well he looks left this guy’s the real deal that’s unreal well it was left but not that far

Left a statement of intend as if he needed it K nakima you open up the club face with a lot of Club head speed pop it up in the air it’s going to end up probably over by Gavin Green’s ball that type of distance past the

Hole it’s going to want to go left to right as well just don’t do anything silly don’t try and overplay the shot get it there well that’s what he was playing for it couldn’t do much much more could he from there Nakajima doesn’t need to an eight shot

Lead it’s one of those hard putts to read because you can’t get far enough behind it and get low because of the big slope behind them first third of this putt is downhill it kind of levels out breaking right to left all the way well he had it as well just saw that

Little graphic come up there there’s already what do you mean over 26,000 golf balls given away well you’re leading by four you shoot three under on a difficult day and you’re leading by eight at the moment Green’s got a birdie p neima with his little Persuader his rescue call it what you like

She pitch just over the hill off it goes perfect might be much Club from that this is a pretty easy shot especially when you’re seeing things the way he is well from the perfect spot Nakajima yep very good no point taking on the pin really there no you just got

To keep planting in the middle of the Green from now on this back n you can start showing off a bit now a little bit yes a little bit downhill especially the last half of this part no birdie but it’s going to be another part we’ve got eight holes left

To play right now now he’s got a an eight shot lead and it’s going to be a nine shot lead in the minute because G green the best he can do is drop two Nakajima just looking to lay it up short of the bunker at 11 as so many

Have done as we say he doesn’t need to take any risks whatsoever and that is safe as houses [Applause] uphill any break that there might be you’re going to hit firm up the hill into the grain take the break out just enough to deceive

Him two Pars in a row to start the back line I don’t think you’ll be panicking hello stand still thank you short is a great spot to come in from Easy putt certainly the chance of bearing one if you fly in the right bunker getting aggressive that’ll test his short game

Either way it’s difficult to uh get the strike on there to control the distance inside of 5 ft from this line is pretty good well it was tracking from Al just a very fluffy lie y grabs the left Edge stays nine in front and it’s a stroll for this

Man tricky little second shot up the hill undela in green so you want to be coming out of the Fairway what wind there is is from the left yeah you don’t want to hit it too straight here because you’ll you run out of Fairway that’ll do that was an aggressive one Richard he

Pushed it way up there more in the narrow area yeah you guys have made a good point the greens definitely have browned up they were so green early in the week and it’s just a nature of you know tournament golf they get firmer and

Faster as a week goes on 80 yards to the whole 75 to cover safely on the Dance Floor can’t quite hear the ban from there but uh he doesn’t have to do anything special now back to 13 Jay nimus had a really good look he was walking around the right side of his

Line kind of about 20 ft to the right of his line and just kind of made an arc looking at the grain color looking for the top of the fall line he found it laid his putter shaft on it for an ey line so this is just breaking all right

To left just a gentle breake nothing sharp just a constant one slightly downhill now it’s fast past the hole that’ll be a bit longer than it looks that’s every bit of six feet done yes it’s just on the right Edge I think coming back up the hill here Nakajima probably 5

Ft camera makes it look a little bit shorter than it is no left or right my apologies but safely in Nakajima trying to get it right in 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 to the front two 27 to the hole for knock not as an angle coming in from the right I was straight at it but we know where that’s going just doesn’t leave much does it down it goes don’t go in a divot well we’ll see whether it’ll chip or put

That I mean it’s so annoying when you go down there jamy but it’s a fantastic little sort of Hazard isn’t it really shots 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 down Hill left to right up for a bogy five as well yeah this is something to think about as

Well safely in but he’s 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 sh well shouldn’t be a problem really be advance that 180 y yards down the Fairway I think but rather be on the

Grass 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 Nakajima back to 20 underpar and six shots ahead once [Applause] again sh of four oh and I think that just kicked back down toward WS the green a little

Bit all depends on the lie but make sure you have a descending blow on this downhill lie 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

Tole 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 was still on the Bank take it past the hole use the slope 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 oh oh he’s aim straight at that rough little bit of draw that looks absolutely perfect look at that oh he’s just caught up in that rough that took 30 yards off

That yeah that was a little bit of an unfortunate break wasn’t it for Nakajima Nakajima at the 18th that rough just catching his ball and taking a good 30 yards off that so he’s just playing down the right side of that Fairway little tighter than he would

Have wanted probably that one but safely onto the short stuff and D he I watched his body language back up in the Fairway never really even thought about it looked at it it’s like nope lay up all the way 126 wind straight behind didn’t think he go long well Richard I

Don’t think he could feel the wind down in that low area in the Fairway looks a horrible line it looks like all day long it’s going to go down where Manera was on that bottom L but well we’ll see [Applause] 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 Nakajima 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 past win in professional career that feels amazing there was a little wobble there there at 14 you had a big lead did you

Get nervous yeah MD nervous I had a t back nine 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 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 the 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 thank you that was really impressive thank you well Done to watch another DP World video click here and to subscribe click here