Golf
Tommy Fleetwood did not crack a smile. He did not allow himself to bounce on the balls of his feet, his stride careful and the mood pensive as he worked his way through the final few holes and sought to finally get across a PGA Tour finish line in first place.
He did, in a way that’ll prove to be remembered. Fleetwood won the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake County Club in Atlanta, beating a field of the other 29 best players on the PGA Tour in a winner-takes-all shootout for a $10 million check.
When it was over, shooting 18 under par over four days and a 68 on Sunday to beat Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley by three shots, Fleetwood did crack a smile. A rather large one, as his stepson hugged him and a lot of the rest of the field cheered him on from the clubhouse steps. Fleetwood had 30 top-five finishes in 164 PGA Tour starts, but now he has the win.
“This is hopefully one win and the first of many to come. You can’t win plenty if you don’t win the first one and I’m happy that I got it done,” Fleetwood told NBC.
