Ever since his impressive seven-under showing late in the first round, Keita Nakajima became the player to beat at the 2024 Hero Indian Open this week. After another gutsy display on Saturday, as he heads into the final round with a four-stroke lead, the rest of the field have a tough task to prove that they can.
The 23-year-old from Japan backed up successive rounds of 65 with a four-under 68 on Saturday to take his score to 18 under par ahead of the final day. Malaysia’s Gavin Green shot a remarkable bogey-free eight-under 64 – which was the single-round course record here until Friday, when Norway’s Espen Kofstad hit ten-under – to rise to tied-second alongside France’s Romain Langasque with an accumulated score of 14 under par. Green was the runner-up at this event in 2017 and the eighth-place finisher last year. Italy’s Matteo Manassero and France’s Jeong weon Ko are behind in tied-fourth with total scores of thirteen under par.