All day today I was thinking about whether I could put myself in a position to do it. It's one of those little things that means a lot to me, a lot, said Tommy Fleetwood after speaking to reporters at the DP World Tour Indian Championship on Sunday. He had just won another title for a record that has grown rapidly in recent weeks.
At 34, the Englishman is undoubtedly the player of the moment. It's true that other big names may shine brightly if you go back a few months, but if you only consider the last few weeks, there's no one in the world of golf who could smile more right now.
Tommy Fleetwood, results
On August 24, Fleetwood had gone more than a year and a half without winning a single tournament. His last success came at the Dubai Invitational on the European Tour, where he narrowly defeated Thriston Lawrence and Rory McIlroy in January 2024. But since then, he hasn't stopped winning, including the two biggest events that have been on the cards since then.
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The first was the Tour Championship, which decided the PGA Tour FedEx Cup champion at the end of August. Taking advantage of the new format that decided the regular-season champion, with everything at stake for everyone on one card, Fleetwood, who had never won a tournament on the American circuit, swept to a commanding victory in the season-ending event, thus achieving two successes in one: his first PGA Tour victory and an overall win of the season, the greatest achievement of his career.
The reality of the situation a month later, at the end of September, can be disputed. The Ryder Cup, the quintessential event in world golf, not only resulted in a hard-fought victory for Europe on the road against the United States, but Fleetwood was the great leader of the blue team in the event. After continuing his brilliant form, the Englishman was the only player in the competition to score four points for his team, in an absolutely decisive performance for Luke Donald's team.
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The strong part of 2025 was over, but not for Fleetwood, who still had unfinished business. He participated in the Alfred Dunhill (twenty-first) and this Sunday he took home another prestigious title in India, among a cast of European golfing greats. Brilliant especially on Friday and Sunday, he added his eighth title on the continental tour to end a drought of one year and nine months.
"Despite all the good things that have happened this year, I've been disappointed with a couple of things," Fleetwood said after his victory, highlighting how hard he's had to fight to experience this moment. The majors, in fact, haven't seen him challenge at the top, with a sixteenth place at the British Championship being his best result.
It will be a pending challenge for 2026, but before that, he wants to continue building on his magical 2025 run, as his victory this Sunday grants him a spot in the final tournaments of the European Tour in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Tommy Fleetwood's magical moment will be a great one to cap off.
