Tommy Fleetwood led the field by one stroke on Friday evening in Delhi. On Saturday, it was a different story altogether as he was left chasing Keita Nakajima. The Japanese pro shot 7-under par on the weekend to push himself to the top of the table. However, the Englishman wouldn’t have been trailing if he had made some extremely easy putts on Saturday. And Fleetwood shared his disappointment over them as he was left disheartened after playing so well all week long.

The 2025 TOUR Championship winner joined the post-round press conference at the DP World India Championship. Right off the bat, he was asked about the missed putts towards the back nine to close the round. Fleetwood told the reporter, “It was a shame because my pace was pretty rubbish all day, but then I felt like I had holed out so well up until — I made really good putts on — that’s the thing, you’re supposed to hole them, but like 2, 3, and then first putts on 6 and 7, they had so much to do — 8 was the same, 9 was the same, up-and-down on 10, make a really good putt for par on 12. So I did so much well.”

“Then, when I did give myself a chance to score, I missed a couple. Yeah, that was frustrating. I’m glad that I finished with a birdie there. I thought I might have actually chipped it in. Glad I didn’t have to hole a short one after the way, and I could move on from that. Yeah, disappointing, but 72 holes. I had a five-hole stretch where I didn’t putt very well. I’ll try and fix it now, and then we’ll go again tomorrow.”

After an excellent performance for most of the round, Fleetwood’s downfall began on the 14th hole. He missed a very easy 2-foot birdie that could have given him a huge advantage going into the final round. But his misfortune didn’t end there.

On the 16th hole, he missed another 3-footer for a birdie to add to the disappointment. To top it off, Tommy managed to miss a 5-foot par on the par-3 17th hole and created a bigger deficit between himself and Keita. Those 5 cursed holes turned things around for the two players as Nakajima propelled to the top of the leaderboard, and Fleetwood stayed back at second place.

Things are certainly getting tense at the Delhi Golf Club. With only 18 more holes to play, who can come out on top in the 2025 DP World India Championship? Let’s look at the recent form and record of Keita Nakajima and Tommy Fleetwood to determine that.

Can Tommy Fleetwood overcome the threat of Keita Nakajima in India?

Tommy Fleetwood is certainly coming off great form recently. He captured his first PGA Tour title after winning the 2025 TOUR Championship a few weeks ago. Then the tall Englishman went on to deliver a splendid performance at Bethpage to help Team Europe dominate in the Ryder Cup. He had also managed to get a T45 in the BMW PGA Championship and a T21 in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. And considering the way he is playing in Delhi, it’s evidence that Fleetwood is in sublime form right now. But Keita Nakajima is also not far behind.

This year, the Japanese pro has enjoyed two back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Porsche Singapore Classic and the Hero Indian Open. He also had a 4th-place finish in the Betfred British Masters. Apart from finishing second in Delhi earlier this year, Nakajima also won the Hero Indian Open in 2024. This shows that he knows the fairways in the country better than some of his rivals on the course. Will this give him a distinct advantage over Tommy Fleetwood in the final round of the 2025 DP World India Championship? We’ll have to wait and see.