US Open: Tommy Fleetwood units new main landmark after ‘superb’ final-round 63 in Los Angeles

Tommy Fleetwood turns into simply the fourth participant in historical past to put up a number of 63s in majors, following on from Greg Norman, Vijay Singh and Brooks Koepka; Fleetwood missed a birdie putt on the ultimate gap of the US Open to match the lads’s main document of 62

Tommy Fleetwood threatened to put up the bottom spherical in males’s main historical past on his option to setting a brand new US Open document throughout the ultimate spherical in Los Angeles.

The 32-year-old went into the ultimate spherical at Los Angeles Nation Membership some 12 strokes off the tempo, solely to cost up the leaderboard with one other spectacular main Sunday.

Fleetwood combined two eagles and 4 birdies with a lone bogey throughout the ultimate day, changing into simply the fourth participant in historical past to card a number of majors 63s and grow to be the primary to shoot 63 on the US Open twice.

Tommy Fleetwood ended the week on 5 below after a final-round cost

“Missed a six-footer on the primary, missed a five-footer on the final, after which the whole lot in between was actually, actually good,” Fleetwood mentioned. “I hit some superb golf pictures. Wonderful coming down the stretch and taking part in so properly and capturing these scores on a Sunday in a US Open.”

Fleetwood missed from 5 ft on the par-five first however birdied the subsequent and eagled the driveable par-four sixth after a surprising tee shot, with back-to-back positive aspects from the eighth seeing the Englishman race to the flip in 30.

An in depth-range birdie on the eleventh and 20-foot eagle on the 14th took Fleetwood to eight below for the day, placing the US Open document of 62 set by Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele within the opening spherical below risk, solely to bogey the sixteenth after discovering a fairway bunker off the tee.

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Tommy Fleetwood made eagle on the par 5 14th gap at Los Angeles Nation Membership to go eight below for his spherical.

Fleetwood responded by holing from 15 ft to avoid wasting par on the subsequent, though did not grow to be the primary participant to shoot 62 within the ultimate spherical of a significant after lacking his five-foot birdie strive on the final.

The quick end comes 5 years on from his 63 at Shinnecock Hills, the place it helped him to tied-second behind Brooks Koepka, though Fleetwood admitted to by no means feeling in main competition this time round.

“I used to be simply seeking to try to put the most effective rating I probably may,” Fleetwood added. “I used to be fairly acutely aware of making an attempt to shoot the bottom rating I probably may.

“By no means actually felt in competition. I believe that was one of many variations between at the moment and Shinnecock actually. Shinnecock, as quickly as I received halfway via the again 9 I used to be in with an opportunity so I had an extended interval the place I used to be making an attempt to win a significant.

“At the moment it was nearly shoot the most effective rating you possibly can, and I used to be having fun with it and trusting my sport. In fact a pair extra birdies and a ridiculous spherical like a 61, perhaps you’d begin enthusiastic about it.”

Rahm finishes strongly in Los Angeles

World No 2 Jon Rahm additionally made a giant transfer up the leaderboard on the ultimate day, a five-under 65 lifting him again to a few below for the event, with the Spaniard happy to see indicators of progress regardless of failing to get himself in competition.

Jon Rahm is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, together with at The Masters again in April

“Ball-striking smart, it slowly received a bit bit higher every day,” Rahm mentioned. Yesterday [Saturday, round three] went to the vary within the afternoon and located a really comfy really feel that I felt like I may replicate typically.

“After the actually constructive session yesterday afternoon, I went with some confidence at the moment and form of took over principally the place I left it off. Bought to that first tee with much more — I would not say perception, however I believe it was rather a lot much less rigidity in my swing at the moment and it confirmed.

“By no means will get previous to play good golf, particularly on a golf course like this one. Had it going early, too. Just one small hiccup on 10, however we do not normally hit four-footers with 4 ft of break, in order that was my second one of many day. Apart from that, it was a extremely good spherical of golf.”