Tommy Fleetwood is wanting to verify he places himself in additional positions to win, beginning with the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional, which is dwell on Sky Sports activities from Thursday.
Fleetwood had an distinctive 2024, ending within the prime 10 within the World Rankings and selecting up the Dubai Championship, however is commonly touted as a participant who is commonly simply shy of huge victories.
Certainly, the Englishman is conscious {that a} better consistency is required from him over the span of the yr to place himself within the combine on the ultimate day, a trait of Rory McIlroy’s that he believes makes him such a “great” winner.
“Yeah, it’s tough to win. You can look at any number of things that would produce more wins but I think, you know, ultimately, trying to stay as consistent as possible, put myself in those positions as much as possible,” Fleetwood stated.
“I believe one of many biggest winners of my era, properly, if not the best, is Rory (McIlroy).
“Rory places himself in these conditions on a regular basis and wins loads because of it. I like taking a look at one of the best gamers and the consistency ranges that they’ve and I do know that you simply have a look at anyone like Scottie Scheffler and the season he had, which is ridiculously phenomenal, after all it’s.
“However simply wanting on the guys that put themselves in competition on a regular basis, after which cope with these conditions after which decide occasions off as they go, I believe that is the form of participant that I wish to be.
McIlroy has already gained the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional extra instances than some other participant, with final yr’s victory his fourth title. This week he has an opportunity to increase his personal file and grow to be the primary participant to elevate the Dallah Trophy.
The Northern Irishman has not completed outdoors of the highest 10 on the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional in 9 appearances since his 2009 victory which noticed him decide up his maiden DP World Tour title. It is usually the place he turned the match’s youngest champion, ending sixth a yr later, tenth in 2011, fifth in 2012 and ninth in 2014 earlier than a three-shot win in 2015.
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Now, Fleetwood is seeking to channel McIlroy’s successful mentality to attempt to decide up the trophy himself and begin 2025 with a win within the first of the DP World Tour’s Rolex Sequence occasions.
“I want to continue to improve my all-around game and put myself in a position to win as many times as possible and then win as a result of that,” he continued.
“I think, of course, like I say, you can look at any time you’re in contention, you look at, Oh, I could have done this better, or I could have done that better, or I hit a poor shot there or that could have gone different. But just continue to be consistent, put myself there, and hopefully my time will continue to come more often as the time goes on.”
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Whereas Fleetwood calls Dubai dwelling and has by no means missed the occasion in his skilled profession, he solely boasts two prime 10s on the Emirates Golf Membership.
In 2025, after 14 years of attempting, he needs that to very a lot change with victory.
“Yeah, I love the look of the trophy for this tournament, and I’ve never actually, I’ve played it every year since my first year on tour. Always love coming back here. I absolutely love the golf course,” Fleetwood added.
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“I just haven’t managed to put myself in a position to contend for this tournament yet but I will continue to try. And I think everybody loves this time of year here.
“I believe everyone begins out feeling contemporary, with a extremely constructive angle. I believe the course, like I say, is nice, and I believe Dubai as a metropolis, everyone simply loves coming again and so they simply really feel very accustomed to the place as a result of it is performed such a task over time in tour life.
“So yeah, I look at everybody with pictures holding the trophy and always want to be in one, but I just haven’t gotten close enough yet.”
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How can I watch the motion?
Sky Sports activities can have prolonged protection from all 4 rounds of the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional, with Featured Teams dwell from 4am every morning on Sky Sports activities Golf and bringing bonus motion forward of the principle motion.
Full protection begins at 7.30am on Thursday and Friday forward of getting underneath manner from 7am over the weekend, with all 4 rounds of the PGA Tour’s American Categorical and the Latin America Novice Championship additionally dwell on Sky Sports activities. Stream the DP World Tour, majors and extra with NOW.
