GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, ITALY (SNN-TV) – Tommy Fleetwood has never won a PGA Tour event in the United States, but the Englishman sure has broken plenty of American hearts when the Ryder Cup is played on European soil.
Fleetwood won the clinching point for the European team with a 3-and-1 victory over Rickie Fowler in the 44th Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club yesterday. The Europeans needed 14.5 points to win back the Ryder Cup, and Fleetwood’s win after Fowler conceded on the 16th hole gave them a 15-10 lead with three matches left on the course in their eventual 16.5 to 11.5 victory.
It was the American team’s seventh straight Ryder Cup defeat outside the U.S. It last won in a road match at the Belfry in Warwickshire, England, in 1993.