Tommy Fleetwood came within a whisker of winning the Canadian Open last year and he’s back again in 2024 to have another go.
Fleetwood lost out to home favourite Nick Taylor in a playoff in one of the more dramatic finishes to a tournament we had in 2023.
Of course, Fleetwood was gutted at the time to not get over the line but the scenes as Taylor won were memorable for a number of reasons.
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The Englishman is one of the calmer members of the PGA Tour when it comes to doing press.
And chatting before his opening round on Thursday, Fleetwood told the press that he still looks back on last year’s second place with fondness.
Tommy Fleetwood shares his feelings on the Canadian Open crowd after 2023 near miss
Speaking in his pre-first-round presser (via Irish Golfer), Fleetwood admitted he has good memories of playing the Canadian Open from last year.
“Yeah, it was actually on its way to being a Ryder Cup. I think — there was a couple of really cool things for me. I think, look, the support for Nick, he had a whole nation behind him, and I think that was amazing. I know what that feels like and it’s great,” Fleetwood said.
“I actually, they weren’t that bad with me, they just definitely didn’t want me to win, which was fine.
“A bunch of the European players came out to watch the playoff and I think when I saw those guys coming out I think that was one of the coolest moment, just having that support from those guys. For me, that was really cool and a really sort of touching moment that they would come out and watch me play and support me, because they sort of understood what the atmosphere was.
“Yeah, it was great. I think to have tournaments like that and atmospheres like that is, yeah, it’s a huge reason of why we do what we do.
“Those events and those moments live in everybody’s memory as players, really, and they’re very, very cool. It was enjoyable.”
Tommy Fleetwood can win in Canada
It has to happen sometime, surely?
Tommy Fleetwood has yet to win on the PGA Tour and it’s actually quite remarkable to think he hasn’t when you see how good a player he is.
Seven wins on the European Tour, including two wins in the Rolex Series, plus his fine performances for Europe in Ryder Cups, leaves a lot of fans scratching their head as to how Fleetwood hasn’t got over the line on the PGA.
Indeed, Fleetwood has even come within a whisker in all four majors. Second places at both the US Open and The Open, along with a third at the Masters this year and a fifth at the PGA in 2022, very much shows he can be in the thick of things.
UK golf fans, then, will be hoping this week is finally the week for the 33-year-old.
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