Fleetwood on privilege of playoffs: 'Enjoy the heat...make the most of it'
Tommy Fleetwood discussed embracing the conditions and the privilege of competing in the playoffs after the first round at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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Yeah, you're good.
Tell me how you're feeling after the, the first round.
Yeah, I feel good.
Didn't really play very good in the practice days.
Game's not really been that great.
Or, you know, I've been showing a lot, like some good and, and some really not so good.
Hit it great off the tee today.
Still, like my, my iron play was iffy, but like I did a good job of managing it for the most part.
Still hit some really good shots, and I mean, you can never like underestimate how good a You know, I think shooting under par on this golf course is very good.
I think it's easy to think I hit it off, I hit it off the tee really well, so it's easy to think that I had chances all the time, which I kinda did, but it's just, you can't take that for granted really.
So very happy.
You've been out here since Monday dealing with the conditions.
So being the fact that nothing's really changed, how has that kind of just, I guess, helped your performance to this point?
It's just, it's just hot, isn't it?
It's just, Yeah, yeah, I mean, like yeah, you just have to be really sort of disciplined and specific with the work that you wanna do and try and time manage as much as possible.
But yeah, I mean, it's, it's just the, this time of year and, the playoffs.
I mean, you would definitely rather be here grinding away than not.
So, so enjoy, enjoy it really.
Enjoy the heat and everything and, and make the most of it.
How much just being out here, how much do you think about last year's tournament being here and kinda using that as motivation, and how much confidence do you have from how you played today?
I, I think it's more, it's always nice coming to a golf course where you have like positive memories of like good shots, good feelings on tees and into greens and stuff.
So, so I think, I think that's al- that's always a help.
I, I've had, I've had two or three really good results around here.
I, was obviously playing very, very well last year.
I put myself in a good position.
And you just You know, all you can do is prepare as best you can and, and go out there and, and see if your golf's good enough to put you in that position.
Yeah, again, but I do, you know, I enjoy, I enjoy this golf course, I think.
W- it's, it's right there in front of you and, and you're gonna get rewarded for playing well and you're gonna get punished for playing poorly.
You got nine under today between you and Jordan.
What was the dynamic like between the two of you?
Yeah, I, we'd have had a good, we'd have had a really good better ball score actually probably.
I wonder what it would be.
But he's, you know, Jordan's always great to play with.
I, have a really good time with him.
He played great.
So yeah, it's always, it's always helpful, when you have like momentum in the two ball really.
So, that was nice.
You know, like especially, you know, on hot days we weren't really grinding it out.
It was nice to be kinda stress-free for the most part.
So, all, all of that sort of makes a difference.
All right.
Thanks.
Thanks, guys.
