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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

Tommy Fleetwood delivers feelgood factor in ending his US drought

Tommy Fleetwood celebrates winning his first PGA Tour title
Tommy Fleetwood shows his joy after sinking the winning putt to gain a long-awaited victory on the PGA Tour. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images

Some of us have always known that deep inside Tommy Fleetwood lurked a cold‑blooded winner. Back in the late 90s I was working at the golf magazine Fore! when the deputy editor, Simon Caney, returned to the office after being thrashed 6&5 by a tiny eight-year-old who had shown him no mercy. His name? Tommy Fleetwood. Now the rest of the world knows that killer instinct exists, too.

But Fleetwood’s FedEx Cup victory, his first in 164 events on the PGA Tour, also reinforced something else. Everyone loves Tommy. Right. Left. Maga. Liberal. Whatever. It doesn’t matter.

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