Tommy Fleetwood Vows To Strive For More After Us Win ‘completes Story Of Near Misses’

Tommy Fleetwood insisted he is fresh to constitute a caller section of golfing occurrence aft ending his hold for a triumph successful nan United States aft 11 years.

Fleetwood’s three-stroke triumph astatine nan Tour Championship successful Atlanta came successful his 164th commencement connected nan PGA Tour. While wished to bask nan moment, nan 34-year-old from Southport has nary plans to remainder connected his laurels. Fleetwood had been probed clip and again astir his bid of adjacent misses successful nan US.

“The guys that triumph nan astir are successful contention truthful much, they’re up location each nan time,” Fleetwood said. “That’s wherever I want to be. I want to beryllium up there. It’s taken maine a while to get this done, to get this first win. I’ve ne'er looked astatine it arsenic conscionable trying to triumph once. I’ve ever had nan mindset that I want to triumph multiple. I want to triumph plenty. It’s conscionable that nan first 1 seems to person taken a agelong time.

“The adjacent 1 mightiness return a agelong time; I don’t know. But I’ve ever had nan mindset that I conscionable want to beryllium 1 of nan champion players successful nan world, I want to support putting myself successful contention. I ever felt for illustration it would astir apt happen.

“It completes nan communicative of nan adjacent misses and it has a crescendo to what has been building towards nan backmost extremity of nan season. But erstwhile I spell home, I’m conscionable going to commencement practising again. I’m going to commencement moving again and I’m going to look towards nan adjacent tournament.”

Tommy Fleetwood pinch his caddie Ian Finnis. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images

Fleetwood is apt to move to sixth successful nan world. He collected a cheque for $10m astatine East Lake. Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley were nudged into 2nd spot arsenic Fleetwood’s closing 68 near him connected 18 nether par. The Englishman’s triumph was a hugely celebrated 1 passim golf.

“I deliberation it’s easy for anybody to opportunity that they are resilient, that they bounce back, that they person fight,” Fleetwood added. “It’s different erstwhile you really person to beryllium it. There’s different types of intelligence strength. I’ve intelligibly sewage things incorrect successful nan dire moments of tournaments and I mightiness person made nan overseas dodgy decision, mightiness person put a bad plaything connected it. But I’ve had to person intelligence spot successful a different way. I’ve had to beryllium resilient successful position of putting myself backmost up there, getting myself backmost successful that position, nary matter really galore times it doesn’t spell my way, nary matter really galore doubts mightiness creep in.

“Think nan correct things, opportunity nan correct things to yourself, opportunity nan correct things outwardly, and I americium really pleased that I tin beryllium impervious that if you do each nan correct things and you conscionable support going that it tin happen.”

Tiger Woods was amongst those to praise Fleetwood successful nan contiguous aftermath of his victory. “Your travel is simply a reminder that difficult work, resilience and bosom do salary off,” Woods posted connected societal media. “No 1 deserves it more.”

Away from sporting superstars, Fleetwood has been identified by nan nationalist arsenic a hugely relatable athlete. “I’ve ever been very fortunate that I make a awesome relationship pinch people,” Fleetwood said. “If I could springiness my kids 1 portion of advice, there’s tons of proposal but I ever show them to beryllium a bully personification first and I’ve ever tried to do that.

“My dada ever told maine that, moreover erstwhile I was a young, aspiring amateur golfer, master golfer, he ever said personification first, golfer second. You’re a bully personification first. Whatever happens aft that, you effort to beryllium a bully golfer second. I’ve ever tried to beryllium that.”