{"id":212522,"date":"2025-09-09T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212522\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:00:15","slug":"rory-mcilroy-and-tommy-fleetwood-share-heartwarming-embrace-at-bmw-pga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212522\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood share heartwarming embrace at BMW PGA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood shared a heartwarming embrace on the practice range ahead of this week’s BMW PGA at Wentworth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

McIlroy<\/a>, 36, was seen walking over to his good pal Fleetwood<\/a>, 34, to congratulate him for the first time on his FedEx Cup victory two weeks ago at East Lake.<\/p>\n

The win marked Fleetwood’s first of his career on the PGA Tour<\/a> in his 164th <\/strong>appearance.<\/p>\n

McIlroy was a conspicuous absentee from the celebrations as Fleetwood secured his long-awaited first victory on American soil.<\/p>\n

The popular Englishman was congratulated by several of his European Ryder Cup teammates at the back of the 18th green at East Lake.<\/p>\n

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One of them was his good friend and fellow Englishman Justin Rose.<\/p>\n

But reigning Masters<\/a> champion Masters was already out of Atlanta by the time Fleetwood holed the winning putt.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman was boarding his private jet<\/a> alongside his caddie Harry Diamond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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McIlroy and Diamond were heading off to watch tennis ace Carlos Alcaraz take on Reilly Opelka in the second round at the 2025 US Open.<\/p>\n

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The World No.2 is a huge fan of the sport and is routinely spotted in the stands at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

But fast forward two weeks, and McIlroy finally got to congratulate his good pal in person.<\/p>\n

Scroll down to watch the video…<\/p>\n

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McIlroy congratulates Fleetwood at Wentworth<\/p>\n

Fresh off his Irish Open exploits on Sunday evening, McIlroy starts favourite at odds of 6\/1 to win a second career title at the BMW PGA this week.<\/p>\n

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LIV Golf superstar Jon Rahm (13\/2) is second in the betting market.<\/p>\n

Rahm, who is our confident pick to win <\/a>the BMW PGA, is going in search of a first victory this season and also a first BMW PGA title.<\/p>\n

Fleetwood is then next up in the market at odds of 12\/1 and he too is looking to win a first title at Wentworth<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read our BMW PGA betting tips<\/a> feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McIlroy and Fleetwood are expected to pair up<\/a> with each other in the foursomes at the 2025 Ryder Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Watch Mcllroy and Fleetwood’s warm embrace on the practice range at Wentworth ahead of this week’s BMW PGA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sergio Garcia<\/a> also went to watch his Spanish compatriot Alcaraz at the US Open.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview<\/a> with GolfMagic<\/strong>, Garcia told us he pulled out of last week’s Irish Open after learning he had not received a pick from Luke Donald on the European Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n

He told GolfMagic he was not in the right mental state to compete and so wanted to spend time with his family instead to “recharge the batteries”.<\/p>\n

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Garcia spent time with his wife Angela watching Alcaraz compete in his quarter-final, semi-final and final, where he went on to defeat Jannik Sinner and win his second US Open title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alcaraz and Garcia also played a round of golf on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

They were joined by Garcia’s Fireballs GC teammate David Puig and Alcaraz’s tennis coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz and Puig teamed up to defeat Garcia and Ferrero by the smallest of margins on the 18th green.\u00a0<\/p>\n

GolfMagic got the scoop on that too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Read our exclusive as Garcia spoke more about his golf match with Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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