I WANT TO MAKE GOLF COOL
TOMMY FLEETWOOD wants to make golf “cool” and see his kids play the sport in tracksuits and trainers. have the look of a golfer. Do look like a rock star?
“I didn’t make it playing guitar so I started playing golf! Seriously, as a father, I want golf
ITHE new rules of golf come in tomorrow. Here are the main changes:
No penalty if you accidentally move your ball or marker on the green. Or if you are looking for a lost ball. Replace the ball and carry on
Player can now repair spike marks on the green
Three minutes to search for a lost ball (not five)
Drop a ball back into play from knee height (not shoulder height)
You can remove loose to be cool for my children. Easy to access. If they want to play in tracksuits and trainers, why not?”
The world No.12, who won the When you hit Out of Bounds, you do not have to return to the tee to replay the shot. A player may drop a ball anywhere Race to Dubai last year and finished second at the US Open in June, comes from a workingclass background on Merseyside. And he revealed he used to suffer Open champion Francesco Molinari said: “We’ll all have to adapt. Tapping down spike marks worries me a bit for slow play. It depends how guys take it. Hopefully they will have a bit of common sense and won’t tap the whole way from 15 feet. Putting with the flag in is more for amateur golf than us and it’s a great change to speed up the game. They are good changes in general.” disapproving looks on his arrival at the clubhouse.
“It is a fact,” said Fleetwood. “There is an etiquette where, in a load of clubs, you have to wear a suit. I have never liked having to dress like this, I have always liked to feel comfortable. Golf has been the sport of the social elite, with lawyers and doctors.
“But I have never been embarrassed by the looks I’ve been given by others.
“I have sometimes been looked at with condescension and it still happens now but I know how to deal with it – I know whose opinions count.”
The Southport star added: “Golf is self-centred but my motivation is not about myself. It comes from people who count in my eyes. This sport is my passion but if I had never played it, I would be just as happy to work in a hotel or on the roads, like my father. I am not materialist.
“It is not money or big cars or beautiful houses that motivate me. My happiness does not come from that. For me, what is most valuable is family and friendship.”