U.S. Open 2026: Tommy Fleetwood on Fatherhood, Fashion, and His Season So Far

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Tommy Fleetwood is trying not to be a golf dad. It’s late May, and the English golfer is just getting back from watching his middle son (stepson Murray “Mo” Craig) play in a tournament. “Our middle boy, he doesn’t really respect my opinions very much,” Fleetwood says with a smile. “He doesn’t really listen that much. He likes having his own mindset and doing things, but then he’ll ask me afterwards. I don’t mind at all. I’d like to think I’m pretty chilled, but I don’t know. You’ll have to ask the others that; hopefully I hide my emotions behind it.”

Fleetwood, 35, has three sons: stepsons Oscar and Mo, and 8-year-old son Frankie Fleetwood, with wife Claire. His youngest made headlines at the Masters Par 3 tournament last year when he gave an adorable interview, sounding like a seasoned golfer, about practicing to get it over Ike’s Pond on the ninth hole. “Well, I’ve been doing my hardest to get it over the green. I’ve been practicing as hard as I can. Just not reaching it this year, but I’m just trying my hardest,” Frankie told an interviewer, completely serious.

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Tommy and Frankie in October 2025.

Being a dad has changed Fleetwood’s golf game. “My kids become my biggest sort of motivation,” he tells T&C. “I want to be the best example for them as well… I do feel like there’s times when I achieve things and I love being able to show them that dreams are possible. I love that. That’s where I get my most satisfaction.”

He adds, “If my kids get to watch me be successful, I feel like I can tell them it is possible. You just put the work in that. But also, the way that you end up handling yourself because you have kids and you want to be the best example to them, I feel like it helps you in that way. And of course, in the present moment when I’m on the 15th hole, I probably completely forget all that when I’m starting to get grumpy with myself or whatever it is because that’s just natural. But in the grand scheme of things, they just make you want to be such the best version of yourself. That only helps me with my goals for my career.”

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Victory at last for Fleetwood after the final round of the TOUR Championship 2025 at East Lake Golf Club.

After a remarkable end to 2025—the best season of his career—that included his first PGA Tour victory, Fleetwood has enjoyed a strong start to his 2026 season. Through mid-June, the Englishman has recorded a string of high finishes, including top-10 results at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T4), Genesis Invitational (T7), THE PLAYERS Championship (T8), Truist Championship (T5), and the Memorial Tournament (T4).

He’s contemplative about the year so far. “My season, it’s a funny one really,” Fleetwood says. “It’s been a little bit, I would say, hit and miss, but overall it’s been pretty consistent. It’s always going to be difficult coming off such a incredible end to last season that I had going back to July, really. I just had a great spell of form and played really, really well and then you have your break and then start again in the new season. And I’ve played a lot of good golf.”

Fleetwood continues, ruminating, “The gist of it is I just haven’t really scored as well as I’ve played. So I’ve been very, very close to being where I want to be but not quite there. But at the same time, there’s not been anything that’s been that bad. So it’s been consistent enough in a way, but just not quite at the levels of the guys that have been playing the best so far.”

Going into the U.S. Open this weekend, he tries to keep his routine, well, consistent. “This year, I’m always playing the week before a major and I try and mirror how I would like to practice the week of the major in my practice the week before playing as well.” The important thing, he adds, is “you want to be as well prepared as possible on Thursday, but as well rested as possible as well. It’s going to be a long week. If you can get that combination, then that’s ideal. If not, then one of the two is great. And if you’ve got none of the two, then buckle up and do your best.”

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Fleetwood in a new campaign for TAG Heuer x TaylorMade.

At the four majors (the Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and The Open Championship), it’s also important to Fleetwood that he looks his best. “They’re the biggest showcase in our sport,” he says. “There’s obviously always an element of look good, feel good… feel good, play good. I know it doesn’t always follow that way, but still, I think it does have an effect.” Majors, Fleetwood says, stand out, serving as a break from the week-in, week-out grind of the tour. “You want that to bring out the best in every aspect that you have—including what you wear as well.”

Come end of June, his outfit will also feature his forthcoming collaboration between TAG Heuer and TaylorMade: The limited edition Connected Calibre x TaylorMade, an updated iteration of TAG Heuer’s new Connected E5 smartwatch. “I’ve won the Connected Watch for such a long time now, I always feel like it’s part of me,” says Fleetwood. “When you get ready for the day, that’s always something that goes on my wrist and then I carry it throughout my day. So it’s exciting to have this newer version.”

In tournaments, golfers are limited to what they can wear. In practice, however, Fleetwood is “always fiddling with the watch” for data. “You’re obviously always trying to grow and you’re always trying to find ways to improve.” He adds, “for anybody, at any level, to have the chance to use the same analysis and statistics as people do at the very top end of the game—that’s so cool. If I’m going to use it because I think it’s going to help me, it can help anybody.”

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Fleetwood embraces his youngest following his victory at the DP World India Championship 2025 at Delhi Golf Club.

It would be a fitting storyline if Fleetwood’s first major win arrived on Father’s Day. His kids will be watching, he says, unless an England game is on during the World Cup. “I might be second choice on that given day and I’ll completely accept it if England is doing well and I’m second choice,” he jokes. (He should be OK: Their first group stage match was yesterday, and the next two are on June 23 and June 27.) “If I’m in contention for the U.S. Open, I’m hoping that the main screen in the house has the U.S. Open. They won’t tell me if it’s not.”

Emily Burack (she/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.