If Fleetwood – one of the pro golf’s few true ‘good guys’ – being accused of dabbling in the dark arts struck you as odd, you weren’t alone. In fact, Fleetwood himself was surprised by the interpretation of events on Sunday, offering a very simple explanation for the delay.
Aaron Rai survived a playoff against the reigning FedEx Cup champion in Tommy Fleetwood and the lowest round of Rory McIlroy’s DP World Tour career to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
DP World India champion Tommy Fleetwood had only recently broken through for a long-awaited maiden PGA Tour win at the season-ending Tour Championship when his son, Frankie, set him a new challenge.
Scheffler’s efforts at the Tour Championship earned him some $US2.6 million in prizemoney, but it would have been a lot more under the staggered-start format that had been used from 2019 to 2024.
Not only did those at East Lake Golf Club show their appreciation, moments after the final putt dropped on the PGA Tour season, many of the world’s top sports stars went to social media to send their love to Fleetwood.
Yes, Tommy Fleetwood can see himself winning the Tour Championship. With a share of the 36-hole lead in Atlanta—the second time in three weeks atop the leaderboard—he has every reason to believe it can finally happen.
Viewed through the prism of Brian Rolapp’s press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday morning, the 2026 PGA Tour schedule that was released on Tuesday could be the last that resembles a familiar make-up in its order and competitive model.