Justin Rose made positive his longtime buddy Tommy Fleetwood’s long-awaited first win on the PGA TOUR was properly documented.
Fleetwood, 34, took house his first title on Sunday, August, 24, profitable the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta, Georgia.
As Fleetwood made his closing putt, Rose pulled out his telephone to enthusiastically seize the second simply off the 18th inexperienced, which was captured on the published.
“Justin Rose, proud dad of Tommy Fleetwood,” one golf fan joked via X.
One other wrote, “Justin Rose filming Tommy Lad on the 18th could also be my pic of the yr. Father-son moments are undefeated.”
Rose, 45, shared an image of himself from his spot close to the 18th inexperienced through social media Sunday, explaining what it made to see his buddy lastly style victory.
“This felt pretty much as good as profitable myself!” Rose wrote via X. “So comfortable for my man @TommyFleetwood1 for enduring the relentless stress cooker his high quality golf has put him in throughout these playoffs and there’s no extra deserving champ. 🏆”
Fleetwood turned professional in 2010 and, regardless of quite a few shut calls through the years, had by no means received a event on the PGA TOUR.
After his win, Fleetwood joked to NBC’s Dan Hicks through the trophy presentation, “I’ve been a PGA TOUR winner for a very long time. It’s simply all the time been in my thoughts.”
Fleetwood later instructed reporters about what the second, years lengthy within the making, meant to him.
“I feel it’s straightforward for anyone to say that they’re resilient, that they bounce again, that they’ve combat,” Fleetwood stated. “It’s totally different if you really should show it. There’s various kinds of psychological energy.”
He added, “I’ve needed to have psychological energy another way. I’ve needed to be resilient by way of placing myself again up there, getting myself again in that place, regardless of what number of instances it doesn’t go my method, regardless of what number of doubts would possibly creep in. Assume the proper issues, say the proper issues to your self, say the proper issues outwardly, and I’m actually happy that I might be proof that for those who do all the proper issues and also you simply hold going that it may occur.”
Fleetwood’s cathartic win drew large reactions from throughout the sports activities world, together with famous golf fan LeBron James.
“Congrats and 🫡 @TommyFleetwood1!!!” James, 40, wrote via X on Sunday. “That first one feeling is one thing else! Particularly after coping with adversity and shortcomings. Too 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆.”