A biography for Tommy Fleetwoodhasn’t been written yet.
“The majors and big events eventually bring the best players to the top so if I play well or not I always find playing the big events very motivating because it shows you where the game is at.”
“There's a lot of worse things going on in the world than me hitting a bad five wood.”
“Golf has been the sport of the social elite, with lawyers and doctors. But I have never been embarrassed by the looks I've been given by others. I have sometimes been looked at with condescension and it still happens now, but I know how to deal with it - I know whose opinions count.”
“I'm 28, your career is a long time. We're not tennis players or football players. I'm just about reaching what should be my peak year.”
“Every time you tee off as a professional golfer, whether people say it or not, your first prerogative is to make the cut. You can't win if you don't make the cut.”
“The American fans have taken to me, so I'm very grateful for that.”
“You can't really force four tournaments a year.”
“When I started playing well all I wanted to do was win. Which was a problem. When it became clear I wasn't going to win, I would get fed up. I played poorly on a few Sundays, finishing 50th because I wasn't interested in finishing 30th. But I've learned not to do that.”
“Winning is just such a good feeling.”
“You can roll the ball a long way with a stroke that has the force of a five-yard chip. Good rhythm and less effort are how you control the putterface and, in turn, the ball.”
“Every time I'm practicing, playing or prepping, Majors are always going to be the ones everybody wants to win. But putting the urgency or too much pressure on yourself is not going to do any favors.”
“I have one idiosyncrasy that helps my driving accuracy. I grip down on the club. This makes it easier to control the clubface.”
“It's good for me to get home and re-connect with everyone.”
“It's so easy to just give up or get angry with the course or the conditions, but you can't do that.”
“Struggling has done a couple of things for me. It is an experience to have and it makes you appreciate the good stuff.”
“I just had to get on the golf course and play holes whether it was practice or tournaments. Just keep playing. There's nothing else you can do.”
“I'm not saying I'm anywhere near the David Beckham league, but because I played well and Moliwood and probably the hair and everything, I did start to get recognized more and more.”
“I've pictured winning the U.S. Open a lot of times before.”
“I'd much rather be in this position where people might be talking about me as a contender than turning up and sort of being a no-show.”
“Good putting starts with understanding the difference between a stroke and a hit. You want to make a stroke and let the energy of that back-and-through motion carry the ball to the hole.”