'Hurt and angry' Tommy Fleetwood shows true colours over Travelers Championship loss and makes vow

English star wanted to sulk but insists he'll be back for his big PGA Tour day after his gut-wrenching defeat to Keegan Bradley
Gutted Tommy Fleewood admitted feelings of anger and hurt after failing to crush his PGA Tour hoodoo and wanted to sulk.
But the shattered English star is adamant he'd be stupid to let his gut-wrenching Travelers Championship loss linger and he'll fight back to finally have day in the US sun.
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Fleetwood suffered a torturous finale at TPC River Highlands with a 72nd calamity denying him a PGA Tour win at 159th attempt.
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The Southport ace was one shot ahead of Keegan Bradley standing on the 72nd tee of the tournament and looked odds-on to seal the deal when he split the fairway with his drive.
However, from that point, it went badly wrong. Fleetwood misjudged his final approach with winds making club-selection tricky and a three-putt bogey opened a door for the USA Ryder Cup to boot down as he crashed in a birdie to flip the scores and take the title.
The European star was a picture of devastation afterwards as he was consoled by his family with the pain of defeat scrawled across his face.
Fleetwood didn't hide his frustration in the aftermath, but is adamant he won't let it linger as he said: 'I'm upset now, I'm angry. When it calms down, I'll look at the things that I did well, look at the things that I can learn from.
'I haven't been in this situation for a while, so felt like I did a lot of good things, but there was things that I definitely can do better and I have to do better. I did plenty of things well enough this week to win, I didn't do that, it hurts.
'When it calms down, the most stupid thing to do and the worse thing to do would be make a week like this a hindrance to what you do going forwards.
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"I obviously played great, I put myself in a great position, I was leading the tournament for 71 holes. I just want to make sure that I can put myself in this position as soon as possible again and try and correct what I did this time.
'Leading by two with three to play and leading by one going down the last and you don't even make it to a play-off. It's kind of the worst way that it could go, but Keegan did great down those closing stretches.
"I'm gutted really. Right now, I would love to just go and sulk somewhere and maybe I will do, but there's just no point making it a negative for the future really, just take the positives and move on.'
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Fleetwood has now recorded 42 finishes in the Top 10 in the United States without getting a win and knows it'll remain a point of discussion.
He continued: 'Obviously there's a lot of chat about it. I would have loved to have done it, search goes on, I guess. When it happens it will be very, very sweet. I don't know, really. I led for 71 holes and it didn't happen.
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'In my mind, yeah, I've won loads of PGA Tour events, I just haven't done it in reality and I'm sure that time will come if I keep working.
"I had a good chance down the last, probably as close as I came. There's been a handful of times where coming down the last with a chance. But this was a very close one, this is the longest I've led a tournament, so yeah, this probably is the closest.
'From where I was, I should at least be in a play-off, so it's a crappy way to finish. I didn't really feel like I hit that many bad shots execution-wise, just sort of a couple of bad decisions and didn't clean them up, which is pretty poor and things that I have to work on.'
Gracious Fleetwood, who next heads to the Genesis Scottish Open before The Open, offered congratulations to home hero Bradley and added: 'I always feel like I have amazing support. If there's one guy around here that you're going to go against, obviously, Keegan's going to get the majority of support.
"I felt like the crowd was great with all week. I always feel like I'm very lucky with how the people are with me and how they warm to me. I enjoyed playing, it was a great atmosphere to play in. It really was. I enjoyed that side of it.'

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