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Full name | Thomas Paul Fleetwood | ||||||||||||||
Born | Southport, Merseyside, England | 19 January 1991||||||||||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Residence | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Clare Craig (m. 2017) | ||||||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||||||
Turned professional | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Current tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour | ||||||||||||||
Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour PGA EuroPro Tour | ||||||||||||||
Professional wins | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 9 (18 November 2018) [1] (as of 4 August 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
European Tour | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Other | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||||||||||
Masters Tournament | T3: 2024 | ||||||||||||||
PGA Championship | T5: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Open | 2nd: 2018 | ||||||||||||||
The Open Championship | 2nd: 2019 | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Thomas Paul Fleetwood (born 19 January 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He has won seven times on the European Tour. He won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Fleetwood was born on 19 January 1991 in Southport, Merseyside, England. He had a distinguished amateur career which included wins in the 2009 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship [2] and the 2010 English Amateur, [3] and runner-up finishes in the 2008 Amateur Championship, the 2010 New South Wales Amateur and the 2010 Spanish Amateur and the 2010 European Amateur. Fleetwood represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup in 2009. He also reached number 3 in The R&A's World Amateur Golf Ranking, and number 1 on the Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings. [4]
In July 2010, Fleetwood finished as runner-up to Daniel Gaunt in the English Challenge on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. [5] Fleetwood won the English Amateur at the beginning of August and turned professional shortly afterwards.
Fleetwood made his professional début at the 2010 Czech Open on the European Tour, [6] where he made the cut and finished tied for 67th. In September 2011 he claimed his first Challenge Tour win at the Kazakhstan Open, which secured his place on the European Tour for 2012.
In August 2013, Fleetwood won his maiden title on the European Tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. He won in a three-man sudden death playoff, after a birdie on the first extra hole to see off Stephen Gallacher and Ricardo González. [7]
On 22 May 2015, Fleetwood scored an albatross on the par-5 4th hole at the Wentworth Club during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship.
In January 2017, Fleetwood won his second European Tour event, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, by one stroke over Dustin Johnson and Pablo Larrazábal after a final round 67. [8] In March, Fleetwood was runner-up in the WGC-Mexico Championship, a shot behind Johnson. In April, he lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Shenzhen International to Bernd Wiesberger, at the first extra hole. Fleetwood had come from eight strokes behind on the final day with a stunning round of 63 to set the clubhouse lead. In the playoff, Fleetwood found the green in two, but Wiesberger from trouble fired an approach to within five feet and holed the birdie putt for the victory. [9] In June, Fleetwood finished fourth in the U.S. Open, while in July, he won the Open de France, beating Peter Uihlein by a stroke, after a bogey-free final round 66. He moved from 99th in the World Rankings at the start of the year into the world top-20. In November 2017, Fleetwood won the European Tour season-long Race to Dubai and won $1,250,000 from the bonus pool. [10]
Fleetwood won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship by two strokes from Ross Fisher to begin the 2018 season. He had a final round of 65, with six birdies in the last nine holes.
Fleetwood is the sixth golfer to shoot a 63 in U.S. Open history, tying the championship's single round scoring record. He did this in the fourth round of the 2018 U.S. Open on 17 June at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York. He finished one stroke behind the winner Brooks Koepka. [11]
In the 2018 Ryder Cup, Fleetwood paired with Francesco Molinari. They became the first pairing to win all four of their matches, [12] [13] as Europe won 17.5–10.5 [14]
In July 2019, Fleetwood finished second in the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. [15]
In November 2019, Fleetwood made three eagles in the final round to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa. Fleetwood won in a playoff over Marcus Kinhult. This event was part of the European Tour's Rolex Series and was co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour. [16]
In October 2020, Fleetwood birdied the 72nd hole to join Aaron Rai in a playoff at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. However he was defeated when he missed a par putt from short-range on the first extra hole. [17]
In September 2021, Fleetwood played on the European team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Fleetwood went 0–1–2 including a tie in his Sunday singles match against Jordan Spieth.
In November 2022, Fleetwood won the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Gary Player Country Club in South Africa. He successfully defended this title, having been last played in 2019. It was also his first victory since then as well. [18]
In June 2023, Fleetwood tied on top of the leaderboard of the RBC Canadian Open after 72 holes with Nick Taylor, forcing a playoff. He lost the playoff on the fourth hole after Taylor made a 72-foot eagle putt. [19] One week later in the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, Fleetwood made history by becoming the first man ever to shoot multiple final round score of 63 in the U.S. Open history. [20] In September 2023, Fleetwood played on the European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia, Rome, Italy. He was paired with Rory McIlroy for the Friday and Saturday foursomes. Dubbed as "Fleetwood Mac", [21] the pair won both their matches. He lost the Saturday fourballs session playing with Nicolai Højgaard. He scored the decisive point in his single match win on Sunday against Rickie Fowler to help the European Team reclaimed the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2018. [22] He went 3–1–0 on the event.
In January 2024, Fleetwood won the first edition of Dubai Invitational to open his 2024 season. He shot a final round 67 with a birdie-birdie finish to beat Rory McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence by one shot. [23] In April 2024, Fleetwood achieved his career-best finish to date at the Masters, finishing tied for third with Max Homa and Collin Morikawa. He played the tournament with local caddie, Gray Moore after his caddie, Ian Finnis had to miss the tournament due to illness. [24]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Fleetwood won a silver medal after finishing the tournament 18 under par, one shot behind gold medalist Scottie Scheffler. [25]
In 2017, Fleetwood married Clare Craig, who also acts as his manager and is 23 years his senior. They have one son together named Frankie. [26] Fleetwood also has 2 stepsons from Clare's first marriage, Oscar and Murray. In April 2024, Oscar made his first appearance on the Challenge Tour at the UAE Challenge, where Fleetwood acted as his caddie for the week. [27]
Legend |
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Rolex Series (2) |
Other European Tour (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 25 Aug 2013 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | −18 (68-65-67-70=270) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 22 Jan 2017 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | −17 (67-67-70-67=271) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 2 Jul 2017 | HNA Open de France | −12 (67-68-71-66=272) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
4 | 21 Jan 2018 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship (2) | −22 (66-68-67-65=266) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 17 Nov 2019 | Nedbank Golf Challenge 1 | −12 (69-69-73-65=276) | Playoff | ![]() |
6 | 13 Nov 2022 | Nedbank Golf Challenge 2 (2) | −11 (70-70-70-67=277) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
7 | 14 Jan 2024 | Dubai Invitational | −19 (66-69-63-67=265) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but unofficial money event.
European Tour playoff record (2–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2013 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | ![]() ![]() | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2017 | Shenzhen International | ![]() | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2019 | Nedbank Golf Challenge | ![]() | Won with par on first extra hole |
4 | 2020 | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open | ![]() | Lost to par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 11 Sep 2011 | Kazakhstan Open | −15 (68-69-66-70=273) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 5 Aug 2011 | Formby Hall Classic | −16 (67-68-65=200) | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 8 Aug 2013 | Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship | −4 (52-52=104) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2023 | RBC Canadian Open | ![]() | Lost to eagle on fourth extra hole |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T17 | |||
U.S. Open | T27 | 4 | 2 | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T27 | T12 |
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T61 | T35 |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Masters Tournament | T36 | T19 | T46 | T14 | 33 | T3 |
PGA Championship | T48 | T29 | CUT | T5 | T18 | T26 |
U.S. Open | T65 | CUT | T50 | CUT | T5 | T16 |
The Open Championship | 2 | NT | T33 | T4 | T10 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
Totals | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 27 |
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Players Championship | T41 | T7 | T5 | C | CUT | T22 | T27 | T35 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Championship | T71 | 2 | T14 | T19 | T18 | T44 | |||||
Match Play | QF | T39 | T17 | T24 | NT1 | QF | T35 | T52 | |||
Invitational | T28 | T14 | T4 | T35 | T46 | ||||||
Champions | T18 | T24 | T30 | T20 | T7 | T53 | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No Tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
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