With Tommy Fleetwood dominating the Olympic Games right now, a LIV Golf star admitted to being envious of the British player.
Paul Casey, a star of LIV Golf, acknowledges that he is envious of Tommy Fleetwood, who has been making waves in this week’s Olympic Games in Paris. Casey and Fleetwood were paired to compete in the golf event for Team GB at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
In addition to making an appearance, he participated in the seven-person play-off for the bronze medal, having tied for third place with Hideki Matsuyama, C. T. Pan, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Sebastián Muñoz, and Mito Pereira. He would later lose to McIlroy in the opening stages, and Pan would take home the bronze.
Casey was not included in the British team this year, which consists of Matt Fitzpatrick and Fleetwood. Even though he supported his fellow Brits, he is jealous that they were able to compete in France.
Before the golf tournament, Casey made the following statement: “Tommy was a teammate that you could never ask for.” Even though Matt and I don’t play together, as the other Brit on the team this year, I think they’re going to be excellent for Team GB.
“So, part of me is actually very, very jealous, because it really was something amazing and I think Tommy and Matt have got a great chance of winning a medal. I wish them all the best and I will certainly be watching.”
Round four saw Fleetwood start one shot behind equal third-place finishers Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele. There’s still a good chance the British athlete will medal at the Olympics. Casey will need to exert every effort to reach the podium in light of the profound disappointment he had to bear when he failed to secure a medal. “It was pretty sobering to finish tied third and then walk away from the Olympics with nothing,” Casey remarked.
However, it helped me to comprehend what it’s like for Olympic competitors to have something for which they have trained so hard—four years in this case—and then occasionally have an extremely humble Olympic experience. We play practically every week in our sport, which is clearly quite different.
“On the bright side, I’ve never been a part of anything quite like that. To represent your country at any level, and I’ve done it from an amateur level all the way through to professional, the Olympics ranks right up there as one of the greatest things I’ve ever done, taking the results out of that.
“That was a mooted experience because it was Japan and it was Covid and we couldn’t stay longer than our event lasted and you couldn’t mingle the way you wanted to. Still it was unbelievable.”