Tommy Fleetwood
Quick Facts
Biography
Thomas Paul Fleetwood (born 19 January 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Fleetwood was born in Southport, Merseyside. He had a distinguished amateur career with included wins in the 2009 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the 2010 English Amateur, and runner-up finishes in the 2008 Amateur Championship, the 2010 New South Wales Amateur and the 2010 Spanish Amateur and the 2010 European Amateur. He represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup in 2009. He also reached number 3 in The R&A's World Amateur Golf Ranking, and number 1 on the Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings.
In July 2010 Fleetwood finished as runner-up to Daniel Gaunt in the English Challenge on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. He won the English Amateur at the beginning of August and turned professional shortly afterwards, making his début at the Czech Open on the European Tour, where he made the cut and finished tied for 67th. In September 2011 he claimed his first Challenge Tour win at the Kazakhstan Open, which secured his place on the European Tour for 2012.
Fleetwood had a mediocre start to his first season on the European Tour, but after finding some form in the autumn he managed to retain his playing rights with a top ten finish in the South African Open his last tournament of the season.
In August 2013, Fleetwood won his maiden title on the European Tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. He won in a three-man sudden death playoff, after a birdie on the first extra hole to see off Stephen Gallacher and Ricardo González.
On 22 May 2015, Fleetwood scored an albatross on the par-5 4th hole at the Wentworth Club during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship.
In January 2017 Fleetwood won his second European Tour event, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, by one stroke over Dustin Johnson and Pablo Larrazábal after a final round 67.
In April 2017, Fleetwood lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Shenzhen International to Bernd Wiesberger, at the first extra hole. Fleetwood had come from eight strokes behind on the final day with a stunning round of 63 to set the clubhouse lead. In the playoff, Fleetwood found the green in two, but Wiesberger from trouble fired an approach to within five feet and holed the birdie putt for the victory.
Amateur wins (2)
- 2009 Scottish Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- 2010 English Amateur
Professional wins (5)
European Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 Aug 2013 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | −18 (68-65-67-70=270) | Playoff | Stephen Gallacher, Ricardo González |
2 | 22 Jan 2017 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | −17 (67-67-70-67=271) | 1 stroke | Dustin Johnson, Pablo Larrazábal |
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2013 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Stephen Gallacher, Ricardo González | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2017 | Shenzhen International | Bernd Wiesberger | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 Sep 2011 | Kazakhstan Open | −15 (68-69-66-70=273) | 2 strokes | Knut Børsheim |
Other wins (2)
- 2011 Formby Hall Classic (PGA EuroPro Tour)
- 2013 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship
Results in major championships
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
U.S. Open | DNP | T27 | DNP | |
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico Championship | DNP | DNP | T71 | DNP | 2 |
Match Play | DNP | DNP | QF | DNP | T39 |
Bridgestone Invitational | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |
HSBC Champions | T18 | T24 | T30 | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners)
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2009
- Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2010 (cancelled)
Professional
- Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2013