Tommy Fleetwood opens up on PGA Tour consistency, hopes for The Masters, Ryder Cup ambitions and extra

Tommy Fleetwood insists he nonetheless has “plenty more to give” and hopes to show his exceptional consistency into PGA Tour success forward of The Masters.

Fleetwood has completed no decrease than twenty second in his final 12 worldwide begins, successful the silver medal for Workforce GB on the Paris Olympics final August to spark a run of outcomes that has lifted him again contained in the world’s prime 10.

The Englishman made three top-six finishes in a five-event stretch on the finish of the DP World Tour season and has continued his type in 2025, claiming a share of fifth on the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational final month as Ryder Cup team-mate Ludvig Åberg gained at Torrey Pines.

Fleetwood remains to be trying to find his maiden PGA Tour victory however will likely be among the many contenders to assert a breakthrough title within the Florida Swing this month, dwell on Sky Sports activities, with an look on the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando adopted by a return to The Gamers at TPC Sawgrass.

“I think I’ve always felt like consistency is important if you’re going to be sort of one of the best players in the world, which I continue to strive to be,” Fleetwood instructed the Sky Sports activities Golf podcast.

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“I had a disappointing few weeks in the summertime with the Scottish Open and The Open – two occasions that I like on hyperlinks golf and did not play effectively in any respect. Since then, I really feel like I completed final season actually robust and actually constant and began it out once more [in 2025].

“At every particular person match you take a look at what’s been good in your sport, what you possibly can enhance, like little issues that you simply wish to have accomplished higher at. Over an honest time-frame, I believe my consistency has been actually robust and I nonetheless really feel like I’ve obtained lots extra to present.

“I loved Torrey Pines because I felt like there was a period in that tournament where I got into a really good flow. I felt like I was playing great and I was as comfortable on the golf course as I have been in a long time, through certain stretches. That was something to be really happy about.”

Can Fleetwood get pleasure from success at The Masters?

The opening males’s main of the 12 months is little over a month away, with Fleetwood heading to The Masters with three profession top-20s at Augusta Nationwide – together with a share of third final 12 months as Scottie Scheffler claimed a second Inexperienced Jacket.

Every of the final 5 winners of The Masters had already gained on the PGA Tour earlier within the season earlier than their main success, whereas Fleetwood expects pre-major type to be an enormous issue once more when contenders for this 12 months’s contest.

“I definitely think you’ve seen players do that in the past,” Fleetwood added. “It would not at all times occur and there is loads of examples of it not taking place, however – the previous few years – the tournaments main as much as The Masters offer you a good suggestion of the fellows who will likely be contending.

“I feel like the players that are playing well and have been doing really well in tournaments in the build-up to The Masters have generally a great chance. They’re confident, they’re playing well, and it’s a smaller field compared to the other majors.

“I really feel like the highest finish of The Masters leaderboard for the previous few years was one for predicting. You possibly can return fairly a bit and see the fellows which have been taking part in effectively main as much as that occasion, so I believe they [form] does matter.

“If I’m playing bad, I’m not going to say I can’t do well in The Masters. So I’ll get the best of both worlds where I’ll be like, I’m playing well going into it then it gives me a lot of confidence. If things haven’t gone well, it’s still another week and an amazing opportunity.”

Ryder Cup on the thoughts for Fleetwood?

Fleetwood presently sits exterior of the automated qualification locations for Workforce Europe’s subsequent Ryder Cup staff, with lower than six months left of qualifying, though hopes he may be a part of Luke Donald’s plans at Bethpage Black this September and make a fourth consecutive look.

“When qualification starts, it’s always going to be in the back of your mind from that point on,” Fleetwood defined. “You try not to think about it on a daily basis or a weekly basis, you just try and play the best golf you can each individual week.

“I keep in mind Justin Rose mentioned a extremely good factor. He mentioned, you solely ever need to be on a Ryder Cup staff in case you really feel like you may contribute, in case you really feel such as you’re taking part in effectively and you’ll contribute one thing to the staff.

“I always look at the Ryder Cup and I want to be there and I want to play, but I would never want to go there feeling like I was playing poorly or playing terribly and I was going to be a detriment to the team.

“As you need to give it some thought when the qualification is on, you actually need to focus in your sport week in, week out. Then, each time the staff is both finalised or being chosen, you need to be in a spot the place you may play effectively so you understand you could go and contribute to Workforce Europe.”

Listen to the full Tommy Fleetwood interview on the latest edition of the Sky Sports Golf podcast, hosted every week by Jamie Weir. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Spreaker, whereas vodcast editions may be discovered on the Sky Sports activities Golf YouTube channel.