Victorious European Ryder Cup hero Tommy Fleetwood was not only disappointed with his day’s play but revealed he had to retire his victoirous Rome winning driver after cracking its face during the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
It was Fleetwood who holed the winning putt that sealed Europe’s eventual five-point vicvtory on the host Marco Simone course.
However the proud Englishman was sounding a little disheartned following his second round one-over par 73 for two-under two-round tally.
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“I feel fine, and there’s still plenty of gas in the tank, but it was just a disappointing day with a few things going wrong, including playing the par-5s in two-over”, he said.
“Also, my driver cracked. It was the one I was using last week at the Ryder Cup, and it’s one I’ve had for a while. It’s a Stealth 2, so that was disappointing as it’s been really good to me.
“So, it was just one of those days”.
Though if there has been one strong positive for Fleetwood and his handful of victorious Roman colleagues this week, and it’s that almost everywhere they turn there is golf fans eager to congratulate them following their winning efffort in the Italian capital.
“Yes, everyone’s been great. So, I’ll take a bad day today as we had three unbelievable days last week,” he said.
“I will try and play well tomorrow and pick-up a few birdies around the Old Course and get myself back into the tournament”,
