QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘This is a day I’ll never forget. Winning is the best feeling in golf by far and the way I felt coming down the stretch, the holes you have to play here and the shots you have to hit… well, I just flushed it every time and I feel very proud for all my team and the work they’ve put in for me.’

South port-born Tommy Fleet wood showed just how much he learned from finishing four that the US Open with his skilful delivery under pressure to claim the French Open on Sunday. Could am an win the Open on a course just a par-five or so from where he was born? It proved too much for Young Tom Morris at St Andrews over a century ago( although he did win it four times at Prestwick) but, now he’ s one of the world’ s top 15 players, why not another young Tom at B irk dale?