Alex Fitzpatrick sealed 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, 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.
The 27-year-old, who entered the fourth round four shots behind Chacarra, carded a three under par final round of 69 to win by two at DLF Golf & Country Club.
Spaniard Chacarra 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. Another followed at the next as Fitzpatrick learned from Chacarra’s underhit birdie putt and went within three inches of holing his own, while Chacarra’s par attempt lipped out.
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 but a double-bogey seven proved enough for a two-shot victory.
Fitzpatrick said: “It feels great to join Matt as a winner on the DP World Tour. It can be hard sometimes when you’re constantly chasing someone’s accolades, but luckily it’s my brother. I idolise him, so hopefully I can pushing on.
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