Tommy Fleetwood eyes major fix following stellar season

It was a year to remember for Fleetwood. He finally broke his PGA Tour duck when he won the season-finale Tour Championship last August. The Englishman then added an eighth European Tour title to his storied journey at the DP World India Championship in October. This culminated in Fleetwood reaching a career-high third in the world rankings.

However, his form in 2025’s majors was left to be desired. Fleetwood missed the cut at the US Open, finished T41 and T21 at the PGA Championship and Masters, respectively, then rounded the majors off with a T16 at The Open. Coming from a player who recorded four top-five finishes in the three seasons before, he thought it was not good enough.

"A hundred per cent, Majors are there, and everybody that plays the game would love one of them, two of them, three of them, whatever it is, you want to put them on your resumé, and I always look towards that," he told the DP World Tour website this week.

"One of the disappointing things of 2025, as good as my year was and finishing the year at World Number Three and so much good stuff, my Major performances were not what I would want, really. I didn't feel like I contended in any and I didn't play how I wanted to in those events.

"So that's something I can look towards how maybe I can do something different preparation-wise or play better in those to see if I can get to Sundays in a Major in contention a little bit more."

This week, Fleetwood is set to tee off at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. It's an event where Fleetwood hasn't fired, as he's had just two top tens, but also missed just two cuts in 15 editions.

"I know how to play the course," he continued.

"Like I can see the shots. You see how the winners played in the past and how they scored. It's just doing it that's the issue.

"I think there are times I've played very well around this course and I just haven't put the all-around game together. There's times where maybe I've let myself down on the greens or haven't scored as well, or times where I've not played the par fives as well. It's just putting everything together where you can contend.

"I think I've been in the last group once or twice on Sunday and fallen back. I just haven't quite put it all together around here. I love the challenge and I really do enjoy playing around here. And there's a lot of aspects about the course that suit the way I see golf. I feel like it's a course that I can play well around."