Seven weeks ago, Tommy Fleetwood let his first career victory PGA Tour pass through his fingers while Keegan Bradley attacked again during the last three holes to break the travelers’ championship from his syllable.
Subsequently Heart lossFleetwood entered the microphone and answered the questions. The 34-year-old did not back down about Bogey with three putt in the 72nd hole that gave Bradley Victory. Instead, he pledged to dust himself and go again. For Fleetwood, losing to TPC River Highlands was just the last step on the way to victory. Resolve was the theme of losing intestinal grief in Connecticut.
“I would like to go and go somewhere, and maybe I’ll do,” Fleetwood said then. “But there is not just any point making it a negative for the future really, just get the positives and continue.
“I did a lot of things well this week to win.
If he spoke in existence, Fleetwood has returned to that terrible position this week in Memfis, Tenn. Fleetwood opened with rounds 63 and 64 TPC SouthwindAnd he supported him with one under 69 on Saturday. He will take a lead with a blow Good friend Justin Rose In the last round of Sunday, with Scottie Scheffler tapping two shots back.
Sunday will be another option for Fleetwood to capture PGA Tour 0-for Streak. There will be pressure and nerves. He welcomes them because he has already done what he decided to do.
“I played well the last time,” Fleetwood said on Saturday when asked about what he learned about travelers. “I approached very close. I directed the tournament for such a long time and didn’t happen, and I said then, yes, there is an element to me, a kind of it has taken me a long time to win here, and I still didn’t do it, but the best possible scenario in that travelers could immediately put myself back in that position sooner than later.
“It is just another opportunity for me to go out and try and have the best round of golf I can, enjoy being in that position. The more I put myself there, the more chances it happens, and just get out and continue to learn from any experience.
It was then that Fleetwood faced the issue of perspective – regarding the optimism that seems to flow so freely and has never been damaged, regardless of heart stroke.
The Englishman smiled and looked up before discovering something about himself – something that will serve him well on Sunday, whether he best his good friend rose and holds Scheffler or not: a perspective that calms the mind and soul and allows disappointments to become a productive force even when the injury is still fresh. Something that few possess in golf, let alone life.
“Maybe,” Fleetwood said, when asked if he would always be an optimistic. “I think so. Yes, I just think I’ll be better there and fail than not being there at all. So in the same way, it is a good thing. Yes, it hurts when it doesn’t happen to you … it’s definitely not my favorite time, how to walk to 18th a great day and you can feel good, but it is not just like being in quarrel.
“As I say, I just look forward to opportunities and continue to give myself a chance, following my dreams, and whether they happen or not tomorrow or the next week or week after, it’s another story. But I’m looking forward to.”
Tommy Fleetwood will reach the Southwind TPC on Sunday ready for an 18 -hole walk towards his dreams. Maybe Sunday will be the day that everything matches Tommy Fleetwood. But if not, Fleetwood, the eternal optimist, will absorb the injured, shake it and use it to move toward what comes next – to the dreams that one day he will catch and hold in the palm of his hands.
Because for them with the soul of a believer, there is no other way to see it.
Tommy Fleetwood makes Birdie at 16 at Southwind TPC
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