PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Was that last 5-wood Tommy Fleetwood hit into the water Sunday at the Honda Classic influenced by an overzealous fan screaming in his backswing?
Did those ear-splitting words – “Get in the hole” – pierce the air too early, with Fleetwood in his backswing? Did they alter the event’s outcome, helping push his shot into the water at the 18th hole?
“It didn’t affect anything,” Fleetwood said, standing in the parking lot at day’s end.
He said he didn’t hear it, and it wasn’t a factor.
“I’d be making excuses if I said it was,” Fleetwood said.