How does Tommy Fleetwood feel about golf? He loves it, and it is his “absolute favourite thing to do.”
That is hardly surprising given his talent and the run of consistency he is on. The Englishman has been chaining together impressive results all season to back up his Dubai Invitational victory over Rory McIlroy and co. on the DP World Tour back in January.
Having only missed one cut all year, there have been 10 top-25 results from 17 starts on both circuits, including a career-best T3 at The Masters back in April. That Augusta finish means the man from Southport, England has now achieved top-fives in all four Majors, too.
Yet, for a player who is so good, questions have long been sent his way regarding the lack of a PGA Tour title – a glaring omission on the resume of a golfer who has played no small part in two Ryder Cup victories.
And despite the quality of his game and the impressive sequence of finishes, Fleetwood knows all that really matters are wins. All in all, the highly-popular 33-year-old has only tasted success once since his second Nedbank Golf Challenge win in November 2022.
Tommy Fleetwood poses with the 2024 Dubai Invitational trophy
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So how does he feel about that? And how does he deal with it? Speaking ahead of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon, Fleetwood candidly explained.
He said: “I try not to dwell on it too much. I get frustrated like anybody else. I get down on myself like anybody else. I don’t win anywhere near as much as I would like, and I’m probably not in a position in the game where I want to be, even though I’m doing perfectly well. It’s not where I believe I can be, and the results don’t always show that.
“But like I said, I try not to dwell on it. I try to focus on positives and what I need to do to actually get to where I want to be or contend in tournaments and win tournaments.
“I try to focus on that every day, but yeah, the game’s annoying. Even when you play well, you come off frustrated because you might have missed a putt or you might have finished a shot or two behind where you thought you could. You always start a new week fresh, and I try to focus on that as much as possible really.”
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