DP World India Championship, spherical 4 leaderboard
-21 E Chacarra (Spa), -19 D Hillier (NZ), -15 A Hidalgo (Spa), A Meronk (Pol), -13 J Luiten (Ned), JC Ritchie (SA), T Fleetwood (Eng), G de Leo (Ita)
Chosen others: -12 R MacIntyre (Sco), T McKibbin (NI), –10 S Lowry (Ire), -9 A Rai (Eng), -8 P Reed (USA), -4 R McIlroy (NI), J Rose (Eng)
Eugenio Chacarra received the DP World India Championship by two strokes to maneuver prime of the Race to Dubai standings forward of Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy.
Spain’s Chacarra completed on 21 beneath, with American Reed and world quantity two McIlroy properly off the tempo by the ultimate spherical of this occasion.
After opening with successive scores of 67 in his first two rounds at Delhi Golf Membership, unhealthy mild halted play with Chacarra nonetheless on the eleventh gap of his third spherical on Saturday.
That left the 26-year-old with further work on Sunday and he concluded his third spherical with a five-shot lead after a nine-under 63.
A two-under 70 in his last spherical was then sufficient to see off the problem of New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier who birdied the final to place the strain on the victor.
The win was Chacarra’s third of the season as he seems to emulate Jon Rahm and Seve Ballesteros to grow to be the third Spaniard to prime the season-long standings on the DP World Tour.
“These two guys are heroes for me as a Spanish golfer,” Chacarra instructed Sky Sports activities.
“Seve did the whole lot for European and Spanish golf, after which Jon, it is a man that I have been wanting as much as since he went to varsity {and professional} golf. What he has achieved, it is wonderful.
“Hopefully I can put my identify on that trophy too. That is one of many targets.”
Reed, the Masters champion of 2018, had led the way in which since March after early-season victories in Qatar and Dubai, however he has been overhauled with simply three occasions remaining earlier than the winner is topped subsequent month.
A final-round 69 in Delhi meant Reed completed on eight beneath and in a tie for twenty third, whereas McIlroy was 4 pictures additional again together with his disappointing weekend solely adequate for a share of forty second.
The 37-year-old from Northern Eire was enjoying this occasion for the second consecutive yr and began solidly earlier than a two-over 74 in his concluding spherical.
McIlroy’s compatriot Tom McKibbin fared higher at 12 beneath, a rating that was adequate for ninth place alongside Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre. Belgium’s Thomas Detry and United Arab Emirates’ Adrian Otaegui.
