T ommyFleetwood has been thinking about this coming July for some time. He makes no attempt to try and play the occasion down, nor bat questions back with cliches. This is not just another Major Championship. The 150th Open Championship at the Home of Golf is “the one”.
The Southport pro has had numerous putts to win The Open... at Formby Hall, mainly, where he grew up playing. Lifting the Claret Jug is still the dream, although these days it’s not so much of a fantasy.
Runner-up to Shane Lowry at Royal Portrush in 2019, Fleetwood knows he has what it takes to go one better and fulfil a lifelong ambition.
“The Open is the event I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid,” he says. “For as long as I play the game, that will be the one event I would
