Tommy Fleetwood says there’s “no level” in letting his newest PGA Tour heartbreak negatively impression him after narrowly lacking out on the FedEx St Jude Championship.
Fleetwood’s look ahead to a maiden PGA Tour title continues, having entered the ultimate spherical within the lead and had a two-shot lead with three holes remaining, a par-bogey-par end noticed him overtaken by eventual champion Justin Rose and JJ Spaun.
On the Vacationers Championship in June, Fleetwood led into the ultimate gap however a bogey allowed American Keegan Bradley to grab the title.
The 34-year-old has the very best PGA Tour earnings with out a victory and has six top-five finishes this season.
“All these experiences and these shut calls, there isn’t any level in making or permitting them to have a adverse impact on what occurs subsequent. What could be the purpose?” stated Fleetwood.
“It was an incredible week. I did a ton of excellent stuff, and as disenchanted as I’m, I’ve to attempt to discover the power to make all of it a constructive expertise and hopefully subsequent time go once more, put myself in that place once more and we simply go once more.”
Highlights from day 4 of the FedEx St Jude Championship from TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
Fleetwood could have one other alternative to finish his look ahead to PGA glory on the BMW Championship in Maryland, the place the highest 50 within the FedExCup standings are in motion stay on Sky Sports activities Golf from Thursday.
The highest 30 within the standings after this week’s event will qualify for the Tour Championship, going down from August 21-24 at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta.
Watch the three play-off holes JJ Spaun and Justin Rose performed to resolve the winner of the St Jude Championship
Requested what positives he is drawing on and the way the followers encourage him, Fleetwood stated: “So long as they stick with me and keep on my aspect, then we will all search for the positives.
“I am fortunate with the help that I get, and I’ve loved – I have never been in rivalry a lot this 12 months, after which Vacationers clearly main and I felt prefer it was an incredible environment and I loved taking part in in that environment after which, once more right here I get the group on my aspect and I really like their help. I am so appreciative of it. Sort of on this journey collectively right here.”
Did Fleetwood do something incorrect?
Ryder Cup team-mates Fleetwood and Rose had holidayed collectively in Portugal final week, however didn’t spark one another into life within the last group on Sunday
Fleetwood didn’t make a birdie till holing his longest putt of the week from 33 ft on the twelfth to place him again in a share of the lead.
Birdies on the thirteenth and fifteenth edged him two in entrance on 16 below, however as he was escaping with a par after chipping throughout and off the inexperienced together with his third on the sixteenth, Spaun was tying the lead with a birdie at 17.
Fleetwood’s weak try at a seven-foot par putt on the seventeenth by no means threatened and needing a birdie on the final simply to make a play-off, he drove right into a bunker and missed the inexperienced together with his method.
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“He did not do loads incorrect,” stated Sky Sports activities Golf’s David Howell
“You wish to play good, you wish to play strategic – we hear that about Scheffler who all the time does the suitable factor on the proper time. Possibly subsequent time is to play such as you’re one behind, even in the event you’re one in entrance.”
Sky Sports activities Golf’s Simon Holmes added: “For me, Tommy nonetheless feels extremely optimistic about what’s taking place in his sport. That is extremely constructive. He’ll study from this. He made just a few errors. He acquired forward, then hoped he might grasp onto it.
“The issue is, when you have Rose and the opposite guys, they do not thoughts in the event that they end fifth as a result of they wish to win, then it is arduous to cease these guys from hitting extremely good pictures, then it is arduous to influence your self that is the shot you need to hit since you attempt to play the protected factor, not make a mistake, then you definately get swamped.”
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