DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Leaderboard Results
Alex Fitzpatrick surged to his maiden DP World Tour victory after a stunning final nine holes to overhaul defending champion Eugenio Chacarra at the 2026 Hero Indian Open.
The Englishman joined his elder brother, European Ryder Cup star Matt Fitzpatrick, as a winner on Tour - and the siblings made history as the first ever to win in successive weeks on the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour.
Alex Fitzpatrick said: "I'll try and explain (how it feels) without crying, it's been a lot of hard work for a long time.
"As much as this is the most amazing thing in the world right now, there's more important things in life than golf so... probably going to cry but yeah, ecstatic.
"I just had to ask my caddie how many putts I had (to win) from six feet, so I think that says it all."
Chacarra had held a commanding four-shot lead overnight and though he started with a bogey, he holed an excellent birdie putt at the fifth. Fitzpatrick's superb approach at the sixth set up his first birdie of the day after bogeys at the third and fourth.
Chacarra's tee-shot found the water at the eighth, leading to a bogey and a two-shot swing as Fitzpatrick made his birdie. Both players birdied the ninth to turn with Chacarra three shots ahead, half of what his lead had been on the sixth tee.
Fitzpatrick bogeyed the tenth but birdied the next three. Chacarra found a much-needed response at the 13th after a magnificent approach from the left rough to keep himself in front.
Chacarra found the 14th green to set up a rare half-chance for birdie, but his difficult swinging putt stayed out. After finding a fairway bunker off the 15th tee, though, the Spaniard was unable to hold the green with his third shot as Fitzpatrick reached the par-five in two to turn up the pressure.
The Englishman's birdie gave him the outright lead, having turned around six shots in three holes, as Chacarra two-putted for a bogey, finishing with 75.
Fitzpatrick appeared relaxed, sharing a joke with his group as he left the 17th tee, and nervelessly birdied that hole as well to open up a decisive four-shot lead.
He took a low-risk approach down the par-five last, where he had to contend with the strip of rough intruding across the fairway, but a double-bogey seven proved enough for a two-stroke victory, 73
"I'm mentally exhausted," he admitted. "I thought I hit a good tee-shot there on 18 and I was in the rough, then you're chipping out - it's a challenge out here for sure but happy to come out on top.
"I think (in round two) I had nine birdies and I didn't know until I'd finished, and same today. I felt like I was playing really nicely, I started to hole some really good putts, I still don't know how many birdies I had, I was just trying to stick in it.
"(I'll celebrate with) probably a glass of Coca-Cola or something. But yeah, I'll be calling my friends and family and just try and let it sink in."
Matt Fitzpatrick is a ten-time winner on the DP World Tour, most recently at the 2025 DP World Tour Championship in November, and also won last week's Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour to climb to a career-high World Number Six.
Alex Fitzpatrick said: "It can be hard sometimes when you're constantly chasing someone's accolades but luckily it's my brother. It's extremely nice to join him in the winners' ranks and hopefully I can continue to push on.
"I idolise him so just trying to be like him in every way so yeah, hopefully we can keep doing well.
"I'm off to see them in a couple of days, I see my mum and dad tomorrow and we're going to meet my brother in Florida. It's been a good few weeks for the Fitzpatricks."
MJ Daffue, the third member of the final group, birdied the 17th to finish 73, T3 with Frenchman Ugo Coussaud 69 and Fitzpatrick's compatriot Andy Sullivan 71.
Italy's Francesco Molinari was 70 -3 alongside Ewen Ferguson 73 and Calum Hill 71, while David Law 75 made it three Scottish players in the top ten as he finished -2 alongside a second Italian in Matteo Manassero whose 68 was the best round of the day.
The DP World Tour is now off on the Masters break until April 23 in China.
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