Tommy Fleetwood might well have the edge over the remainder of the field as he aims to declare another playing golf gold for Team GB this summertime.

Fleetwood and 2022 United States Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick are Great Britain’s agents in the males’s golf occasion at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Justin Rose declared gold for GB at Rio 2016 while Paul Casey simply lost out in the 7-man bronze medal play-off in Tokyo last time out.

Now, Fleetwood, who completed a reputable T16 in Japan, will wear the Team GB colours when again and will have terrific memories flooding back as he goes back to Le Golf National.

Fleetwood is a seven-time winner on the European Tour and has actually taken pleasure in another great season, impressing at the Masters and United States Open following his sensational screen at the Ryder Cup last fall.

But in spite of all his profession success, the 33-year-old from Southport is yet to genuinely declare a breakout international win.

That is something he’ll aspire to protect in Paris and he’s been offering a location that fits him down to a tee.

Fleetwood won the Open de France at the Olympic course in 2017, romping to success by 4 strokes.

He then returned a year later on for the 2018 Ryder Cup and took the program once again, this time along with terrific good friend Francesco Molinari.

Coining their now well-known ‘Moliwood’ label, the duo produced among golf’s biggest ever like stories, winning all 4 of their matches together.

They beat Tiger Woods 3 times and saw off the fantastic United States group of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas en path to motivating Europe’s thrilling success.

Fleetwood now goes back to France with high hopes of a podium surface and he can’t wait to start.

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He’ll get his competition up and running at 8:44am UK time and has actually been organized with Wyndham Clark and Hideki Matsuyama for the opening 2 rounds.

On being selected for the group, he stated: “Since we left Tokyo in 2021, I’ve wanted to hear the news that I’ve been selected to represent Team GB again!

“An incredibly proud moment in my career and I can’t wait to be in Paris this summer with the rest of Team GB.”

The Olympics will likewise see a psychological return for Fleetwood’s caddie Ian Finnis.

Finnis has actually been with Fleetwood because 2016 and was on the bag for his French Open and Ryder Cup wins.

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However, the 44-year-old needed to just recently go through open-heart surgical treatment to repair a deadly problem.

He went back to his responsibilities before the Scottish Open last month and will now be by Fleetwood’s side once again at the Olympics.

The duo will be amongst the leading medal hopefuls in an occasion that includes 8 of the world’s top ten gamers.

The U.S.A. group consists of Masters champ Scottie Scheffler and Open winner Xander Schauffele in addition to previous significant winners Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa.

Fleetwood’s Ryder Cup team-mates Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg are simply a few of the other leading names in the field.

But it will Fleetwood who has the very best memories and course understanding of Le Golf National and he’ll intend to follow in Justin Rose’s steps and claim British gold.

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