Golf Fleetwood 'so happy' to finally get first PGA Tour win

TOMMY Fleetwood finally ended his long wait for a maiden PGA Tour victory with a three-shot success at the Tour Championship in Atlanta to be crowned FedEx champion.

- George SESSIONS

Southport-born Fleetwood has long been a household name in the sport and was runner-up at the US Open in 2018, but none of his 10 professional wins had occurred in America.

After recent near-misses at the BMW Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship, Fleetwood entered the final day with a share of the lead alongside Patrick Cantlay and a solid two-under-par proved enough to clinch the title at East Lake.

The majority of the heavy lifting by the Englishman had occurred on Thursday and Friday with an opening-round 64 followed up with 63 to become joint-leader going into the weekend.

A format change at this year’s Tour Championship, with the starting-strokes format scrapped, meant the winner of the tournament would be FedEx champion and pocket £7.4million.