GOLF | Bogey-free Nakajima goes entrance on penultimatethe day of DP World India Championship

Playing a bogey-free spherical clearly is the ticket to the highest spot on the Delhi Golf Course. On Saturday, Keita Nakajima did it to card a 65 for a three-day whole of 199 on the inaugural $4 million DP World India Championship, 17 below par for the course on the finish of Day Three and two photographs away from in a single day chief Tommy Fleetwood.

Day One chief Shane Lowry was an additional shot behind on 202, the frequent issue between the three being a bogey-free spherical on their finest day. With the weekend rounds decreased to two-ball teams, Nakajima and Lowry have been collectively, whereas Fleetwood was paired with Brian Harman. 

The 25-year outdated Nakajima, who gained the Indian Open final 12 months and was runner-up this 12 months, Fleetwood and Lowry are the one three golfers in motion right here to remain regular among the many top-five within the competitors over the primary three days. 

Nakajima began the day two photographs behind Fleetwood, however his spherical had seven birdies. It included a powerful 10-foot birdie on the very first gap, and he bettered it with a 13-feet one on the fifth earlier than holing a monster 40-feet birdie putt on the par-three twelfth. 

Fleetwood dropped his solely shot of the day on the seventeenth and made up for it on the ultimate gap, however his three birdies until then to seven by Nakajima made all of the distinction. The two can be paired for the ultimate spherical on Sunday, battling to seize the title.

Rory McIlroy, five-way tied fifteenth on 206, lastly gave the impression to be understanding the course with only one bogey for the spherical, on the par-4 eleventh — a gap he has struggled with, having dropped photographs on all three days — however whereas his birdie rely remained regular the errors have been minimised for a 4-under 68. 

Dhruv Sheoran recovered from a disappointing Day Two outing for his finest card of the week with a 5-under 67 to be the best-placed Indian at tied twenty fifth, 4 of his six birdies approaching the again 9. Shiv Kapur and Shubhankar Sharma have been additional again at tied 42 three photographs behind 

Top leaderboard: 199: Keita Nakajima (Jpn, 65-69-65); 201: Tommy Fleetwood (Eng, 68-64-69); 202: Shane Lowry (Ire, 64-69-69); 203: Jens Dantorp (Swe, 71-67-65), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng, 69-67-67), Daniel Hillier (Nzl, 69-67-67), Brian Harman (USA, 68-65-70).