Fleetwood loses lead to Japan's Nakajima in India

DP World India Championship - 3rd round

-17 K Nakajima (Jpn); -15 T Fleetwood (Eng); -14 S Lowry (Ire); -13 J Dantorp (Swe), A Fitzpatrick (Eng), D Hillier (NZ), B Harman (US)

Selected others: -12 V Hovland (Nor), B Robinson-Thompson (Eng); -11 D Bradbury (Eng); -10 R McIlroy (NI), B Schmidt (Eng)

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Tommy Fleetwood benefited from a monolithic changeable of luck connected nan last spread of his 3rd information astatine nan DP World India Championship to extremity nan time 2 shots down leader Keita Nakajima.

Overnight leader Fleetwood endured a frustrating backmost 9 astatine Delhi Golf Club, missing a succession of short putts arsenic Japan's Nakajima overtook him pinch a stunning seven-under-par information of 65.

England's Fleetwood was trailing by 3 erstwhile he put his attack changeable heavy into trees lining nan par-five 18th, but his shot bounced retired and he was capable to decorativeness pinch a spot and a putt for birdie.

The 34-year-old's 69 took him to 15 nether for his 3 rounds, while Ryder Cup team-mate Shane Lowry is simply a changeable backmost successful 3rd spot aft besides carding a 69.

Elsewhere, England's Alex Fitzpatrick is successful a four-way necktie for 4th spot connected 13 nether pursuing his bogey-free 67, while Rory McIlroy is down successful 15th, connected 10 nether aft his 68.

Fleetwood stormed into nan lead pinch a dazzling eight-under 64 successful Friday's 2nd round, but trim a disappointment fig connected Saturday arsenic his putter ran cold.

He was 3 nether for nan time astatine nan turn, but missed 2 six-foot birdie putts connected nan backmost nine, past 1 from a akin region connected nan 17th for par.

Nakajima seized his opportunity, making 7 birdies and nary bogeys arsenic he moved from 4th spot overnight to caput nan section connected 17 nether par.

Lowry, who played alongside Nakajima, besides birdied nan past to enactment wrong rubbing region of nan lead.

"Keita played awesome today," nan Irishman told nan DP World Tour. "He will beryllium difficult to hit tomorrow, but location will beryllium a fewer of america not acold down him and hopefully giving him a run."