Tommy Fleetwood says there’s “no point” in letting his newest PGA Tour heartbreak negatively influence him after narrowly lacking out on the FedEx St Jude Championship.
Fleetwood’s watch for a maiden PGA Tour title continues, having entered the ultimate spherical within the lead and had a two-shot lead with three holes remaining, a par-bogey-par end noticed him overtaken by eventual champion Justin Rose and JJ Spaun.
On the Vacationers Championship in June, Fleetwood led into the ultimate gap however a bogey allowed American Keegan Bradley to grab the title.
The 34-year-old has the best PGA Tour earnings with out a victory and has six top-five finishes this season.
“All these experiences and these close calls, there’s no point in making or allowing them to have a negative effect on what happens next. What would be the point?” stated Fleetwood.
“It was a great week. I did a ton of good stuff, and as disappointed as I am, I have to try to find the strength to make it all a positive experience and hopefully next time go again, put myself in that position again and we just go again.”
Fleetwood could have one other alternative to finish his watch for PGA glory on the BMW Championship in Maryland, the place the highest 50 within the FedExCup standings are in motion stay on Sky Sports activities Golf from Thursday.
The highest 30 within the standings after this week’s event will qualify for the Tour Championship, going down from August 21-24 at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta.
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Watch the three play-off holes JJ Spaun and Justin Rose performed to determine the winner of the St Jude Championship
Requested what positives he is drawing on and the way the followers encourage him, Fleetwood stated: “As long as they stay with me and stay on my side, then we can all look for the positives.
“I am fortunate with the assist that I get, and I’ve loved – I have never been in rivalry a lot this yr, after which Vacationers clearly main and I felt prefer it was an excellent ambiance and I loved enjoying in that ambiance after which, once more right here I get the group on my facet and I really like their assist. I am so appreciative of it. Form of on this journey collectively right here.”
Did Fleetwood do anything wrong?
Ryder Cup team-mates Fleetwood and Rose had holidayed together in Portugal last week, but failed to spark each other into life in the final group on Sunday
Fleetwood did not make a birdie until holing his longest putt of the week from 33 feet at the 12th to put him back in a share of the lead.
Birdies at the 13th and 15th edged him two in front on 16 under, but as he was escaping with a par after chipping across and off the green with his third at the 16th, Spaun was tying the lead with a birdie at 17.
Fleetwood’s weak attempt at a seven-foot par putt at the 17th never threatened and needing a birdie at the last just to make a play-off, he drove into a bunker and missed the green with his approach.
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“He didn’t do a lot wrong,” stated Sky Sports activities Golf’s David Howell
“You want to play smart, you want to play strategic – we hear that about Scheffler who always does the right thing at the right time. Maybe next time is to play like you’re one behind, even if you’re one in front.”
Sky Sports activities Golf’s Simon Holmes added: “For me, Tommy still feels incredibly optimistic about what’s happening in his game. That’s incredibly positive. He will learn from this. He made a few mistakes. He got ahead, then hoped he could hang onto it.
“The issue is, when you have Rose and the opposite guys, they do not thoughts in the event that they end fifth as a result of they need to win, then it is exhausting to cease these guys from hitting extremely good pictures, then it is exhausting to influence your self that is the shot it is best to hit since you attempt to play the secure factor, not make a mistake, then you definately get swamped.”
How to watch BMW Championship live on Sky Sports?
Sky Sports will have extended coverage from all three of the FedExCup Playoffs, with all tournament rounds on Sky Sports Golf and bonus coverage on Sky Sports+.
Early coverage of the BMW Championship begins at 2.15pm over the first two rounds on Sky Sports+, ahead of full coverage from 5pm on Thursday and Friday and 6pm over the weekend on Sky Sports Golf.
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