Eugenio Chacarra first Hero Indian Open champion from Spain

Eugenio Chacarra of Spain, the overnight leader, kept his nerve despite a double bogey start to emerge as the 2025 Hero Indian Open champion on the DP World Tour. The 25-year-old, who came into the tournament on a special invite from Hero MotoCorp, became the first Spanish champion of the event, producing three under par rounds over four days.

With this, Chacarra registered his first win on the DP World Tour. He had started the week with a win in the Hero Pro-Am, and went on to shoot 70-70-73-71 for a total 4-under 284 at the DLF Golf and Country Club. He won by two shots over the defending champion, Japan’s Keita Nakajima (72).

The winner, Chacarra, who received the glittering and iconic Hero Indian Open trophy from Pawan Munjal, Executive Chairman, Hero MotoCorp, also received a winner’s cheque of US $ 382,500 while Nakajima received US$ 247,500.

Veer Ahlawat (75) once again ended as the top Indian alongside Om Prakash Chouhan (71) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (73), who finished with a bogey and a double bogey in the last three holes to drop from T-10 to T-17.

An emotional Chacarra said, “Obviously, you need to start by thanking Hero MotoCorp and Pawan Munjal for giving me a chance to compete (he got a sponsor’s invitation to the tournament). Very grateful for that opportunity. Without them, it's probably I am not on this spot right now.”

He added, “It was a tough day. We knew it was going to be a long day, going be a lot of pressure and I didn't have the start that I really wanted to without missing shots. But we know how this course is. The wind changes for one second and then you're like 20 yards short. So, but I think I did a great job all week staying patient. I think, don't know, God was helping me today. I got a couple of good bounces. That's chip on 14 and that ball on 17, they were good shots and then they ended up in the bad spots. I think I got some good bounces and you need some like that to win. But very proud, I don't have words right now.”

Nakajima, looking for a back-to-back win at the Hero Indian Open, opened with two bogeys in the first three holes and then went through 11 pars before finishing birdies on the 15th and 18th for a round of even par 72 to finish runner-up for the second time in as many weeks. He was also the runner-up at the Singapore Classic last week on the DP World Tour.

Joost Luiten (71) was sole third at 1-under for the week, as only three players finished in red numbers on a course that proved to be challenging the whole week. Luiten carded 69-73-74-71 for a total of 1-under 287.

Other Indian finishers were Ajeetesh Sandhu (78) at T-31, Shubhankar Sharma (75) at T-43rd, Shaurya Bhattacharya (79) at T-54 and Shiv Kapur (83) at T-60 alongside Kshitij Naveed Kaul (75).

Sachin Baisoya (82) was 64th, Jairaj Singh Sandhu (81) was 65th, Saptak Talwar (88) was 66th and Aman Raj (85) was 67th.

Chacarra’s maiden DP World Tour win came on just his ninth appearance as he bounced back from a disastrous start in the final round as he went 3-over after three holes and lost his overnight lead.

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