Tommy Fleetwood still looking for elusive first PGA Tour victory
By Kasey Kuhrts
Tommy Fleetwood recorded his best PGA Tour finish of 2020 this past weekend after finishing third at The Honda Classic in South Florida. Unfortunately for Tommy is he becoming more known on the PGA Tour for not winning than winning.
Tommy Fleetwood has won five times on the European Tour but is still looking for his first win on the PGA Tour. After his third-place finish yesterday Tommy has 17 top-ten finishes on the PGA Tour in his career, including 12 in the top five.
Fleetwood held his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour going into Sunday and started his day quickly. Tommy made back to back birdies on the first two holes of the day, growing his lead.
Unfortunately for Tommy Fleetwood, he would make three bogeys before he would make another birdie. It was a mostly par day for Fleetwood, paring 11 of his 18 holes. Which is usually a good strategy with a Sunday lead, but not on this Sunday. Sungjae Im’s round of -4 66 was enough to chase down Fleetwood and get his first career PGA Tour win.
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Tommy did fight back on the 17th when he sunk a huge birdie putt that was just over 24 feet. The putt put him at -5, one back of Im who was already in the clubhouse, and a chance to force a playoff with another birdie.
However, the drama quickly faded. Fleetwood ended up with his fourth bogey of the day, giving him a +1 71 for his Sunday. The bogey also dropped him out of his tie for second with Mackenzie Hughes, having him finish in solo third.
As Fleetwood’s PGA Tour misfortune has been well documented, the majority of golf fans believe it is only a matter of time for Fleetwood to get that elusive PGA Tour victory. He is only 29 years old and has proven he can win on the European Tour. I believe Fleetwood will be a multiple major winner before his career is over. He has finished in the top five in two of his four U.S. Open starts and finished second in The Open last year.
Fleetwood will have a great chance to pick up that first PGA Tour win in one of the next two weeks, as he is in the field for the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando this coming week. Fleetwood finished in a tie for third last year in the tournament, as well as a tie for tenth in 2017.
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If not in Orlando, Fleetwood will have a shot at The Players Championship the following week, a place where Tommy has finished in a tie for seventh in 2018 and fifth in 2019.