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The pressure of a major championship in your hometown is immense. For Tommy Fleetwood, the nerves were real, but the support was even stronger. Hear him explain in his own words how the fans became his biggest asset on the course.
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00:00Like first tee's don't bother me that much, like I'm always alright on the first tee, but I was pretty
00:03nervous today.
00:05The support today was a massive lift for me, especially like round that turn where I felt like my poor
00:13goal started to catch up with me a little bit, like I'd scrambled really well, it's always going to catch
00:17up with you at some point.
00:18I felt like the crowd really helped me, like they definitely sort of carried me a little bit through that
00:24patch and then managed to get that great finish.
00:27Like 15 was a really cool moment, like managing the whole foot in front of the biggest crowd of the
00:30day there and that was a great three and yeah, it was a pleasure to play in front of everyone,
00:35I'm so grateful for the support.
00:36Yeah, it means a lot to me and like the first tee is a very special experience at an open
00:44in Southport for me and I was pretty nervous to be fair on the first tee.
00:49Yeah, I said to, I said to Finno, so normally like after I'd hit my tee shot, I said I'm
00:55not like first tee's don't bother me that much, like I'm always alright on the first tee, but I was
00:58pretty nervous today, just with excitement and stuff.
01:01But they've been great and like they're, whether I play well or not, like that's the thing and that's what
01:09I'm very aware of, like it's, I don't want to miss out on the experience, like it's been amazing so
01:15far and the crowds are amazing and it's really cool to play in front of everyone.
01:19I don't know how many thousands are here today, but it's like thousands of positive attitudes there and supporting you,
01:24so it does make a difference and in all honesty, like they definitely helped me a lot today throughout like
01:32a day where I was struggling with my game, they were absolutely amazing, so they're an absolute pleasure to play
01:38in front of, like unbelievably supportive of me and actually everyone else, but yeah, they helped me a lot today.
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