Indian Open golf: Japan's Nakajima takes 4-shot lead, Veer India's best at 6th

The 23-year-old Japanese rookie put himself in line for his maiden DP World Tour title after a 4-under 68 on Saturday at the DLF Golf and Country Club..

Japanese rookie Keita Nakajima was on course for a wire-to-wire maiden victory on the DP World Tour after taking a four-shot into the final round of the Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Saturday.X)..

The 23-year-old followed 65s in the first two rounds with a four-under 68 to go 18-under for the tournament..

Frenchman Romain Langasque (66, 66, 70), one shot behind Nakajima till the seventh hole, birdied the eighth hole to draw level, but he bogeyed the 13th and a double bogey 5 on the 16th dropped him the tied second at 14-under for the tournament with Malaysia's Gavin Green, who shot a bogey-free 64 (72, 66, 64) with six birdies and an eagle on the par-5 eighth..

Nakajima, the highlight of whose round was a 30-foot snaking birdie on the sixth hole, is primed to become the fourth Japanese player -- and the fifth occasion -- to win the Indian Open..

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