Players 2026: Tommy Fleetwood says family is in Dubai but safe amid Middle East conflict | Golf News and Tour Information
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Tommy Fleetwood mentioned his family is safe amid the navy conflict in the Middle East.
Fleetwood hails from England but calls Dubai house, shifting to the United Arab Emirates in 2022. He additionally runs a golf academy at Jumeirah Golf Estates, which serves because the season-ending host of the DP World Tour Championship. However, the UAE—together with websites in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman—had been bombed in retaliatory strikes by Iran following bombings by the United States and Israel.
Speaking to reporters on Monday forward of the Players Championship, Fleetwood mentioned that whereas his family is nonetheless in the nation, they aren’t in instant hazard.
“Yeah, it’s been a strange time. I can honestly say that my… you know, my family has been very, very safe,” Fleetwood mentioned. “I believe the UAE, the nation, has carried out an unbelievable job at making everybody really feel very safe and very safe and dealing with that. So I believe we really feel very fortunate.
“They’re supposed to travel soon, so I think they’re looking at traveling whenever they can, but the main thing has been that they are safe. I honestly can’t speak highly enough about how well the country has handled things for the people that are over there. Just I haven’t experienced it. I’ve been over here. But, no, my family are sort of happy or as comfortable as they could be in the situations that are going on. So I think we’re all very grateful for how everyone’s handled it over there.”
Given the state of affairs, it is not shocking that, after back-to-back high 10s to start out his tour season, Fleetwood completed forty ninth final week on the Arnold Palmer Invitational, though Fleetwood didn’t wish to use it as an excuse.
“I definitely won’t be one to say whether it has a role in how I play or not. I think Bay Hill’s hard enough, you know,” Fleetwood mentioned, laughing. “But I believe you simply do the most effective with no matter playing cards you are handled and attempt and simply, when I’m working or enjoying or training, simply throw myself into that. No doubt I might love my family and everybody that is concerned in the mean time or in and across the space to be in a form of extra snug state of affairs, but like I say, they’ve dealt with it unbelievably properly. All I can say is that my family have felt very, very safe. So, yeah, like I do not know. I’m right here attempting to enjoying golf and engaged on it. Golf has its ups and downs, but I’m form of nonetheless having fun with the method of training and engaged on that every thing’s OK.”
Fleetwood enters the week No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He shall be in the Players’ featured pairing on Thursday and Friday with Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas.
