It was a little bit of a watered down victory for Tommy Fleetwood.
The Southport born golfer grabbed his long-awaited first PGA Tour win on Sunday on the Tour Championship and was surrounded by mates and colleagues because the emotion came visiting him.
Nonetheless, his spouse of eight years, Clare, was not there to have a good time the $10 million win.
It was later revealed that she watched from dwelling.
Clare, 57, beforehand admitted in 2023 that she has felt paranoid over the general public's chatter about her and Fleetwood's 23-year age hole.
“It form of is and isn't. I imply it was far more firstly,” she stated of the hole placing a pressure on the connection on the “Performance People” podcast in 2023.
“It was form of not really for us, however it was simply once more pondering what different individuals are excited about on a regular basis and inside the trade. It was form of massive information in our circle, so I used to be slightly bit paranoid about all that, actually. However not for any cause of our relationship, and I had full religion as soon as we fell in love.”
The couple first met in 2015 by way of Fleetwood's brother, and Clare went on to function the golfer's agent earlier than sparking a romantic relationship. They acquired married two years later.
‘We've acquired a 23-year age distinction,' she stated when explaining why she turned him down within the early levels of their romance.
“After all, I turned him down. I used to be like, “Don't be silly.”‘
Clare has two older kids from a earlier marriage and has a son with Fleetwood, Frankie, who lives with them within the United Arab Emirates.
Clare nonetheless manages Tommy's golf profession, which she says provides her a full image of her husband.
“I do know the whole lot on each facet – so there's the sponsorship facet, the logistics facet, the PR facet, the accounts facet, the whole lot,” Clare stated.
“Possibly generally an excessive amount of, you understand, as a result of then that's all I take into consideration generally, however that's simply the completely different dynamic. I take a look at one query – it might need 15 solutions for me. Have you learnt what I imply? It's slightly bit extra sophisticated for me as a result of I see issues, you understand, like, are we going to dwell?
“I don't see it as a way of life selection essentially, I'll take a look at it as a enterprise selection as effectively.”
On Sunday, Fleetwood closed the match with 2-under 68 for a three-shot victory, to lastly break by way of with the most important title of his profession.
Fleetwood had blown final-round leads on the Traveler's Championship and St. Jude's Championship earlier this summer time.
“It's straightforward to say you're resilient however it's laborious when you need to be,” Fleetwood stated. “I really feel fortunate I've needed to present that facet of myself. And I really feel fortunate that it's paid off.”
