{"id":189014,"date":"2025-08-25T21:40:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/tommy-clare-fleetwoods-23-year-age-gap-receives-scrutiny-following-pga-tour-win\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:40:36","slug":"tommy-clare-fleetwoods-23-year-age-gap-receives-scrutiny-following-pga-tour-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/tommy-clare-fleetwoods-23-year-age-gap-receives-scrutiny-following-pga-tour-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy &#038; Clare Fleetwood&#8217;s 23-Year Age Gap Receives Scrutiny Following PGA Tour Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Tommy Fleetwood won the FedEx Cup \u2014 his first PGA Tour victory \u2014 and pocketed a $10 million payday in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it was a pretty nice Sunday for the 34-year-old golf veteran.<\/p>\n<p>But fans took notice of the fact that Fleetwood\u2019s cheering section was incomplete, as Clare Fleetwood, his wife of eight years, was not present.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Fleetwood of England poses with his wife Clare Fleetwood after his third round of the Dubai Invitational at Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club on January 13, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\" class=\"wp-image-533397 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-960x659.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-1080x741.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1929813109.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tommy Fleetwood of England poses with his wife Clare Fleetwood after his third round of the Dubai Invitational at Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club on January 13, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Warren Little\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-golf-fans-express-confusion-at-clare-fleetwood-s-absence\">Golf fans express confusion at Clare Fleetwood\u2019s absence<\/h2>\n<p>Now, there could have been many reasons for this. <\/p>\n<p>The Fleetwoods both hail from England, and they spend the better part of their year in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>They have a young son together, and Clare has two kids from a previous marriage, so it\u2019s possible that the trip to Atlanta simply wasn\u2019t feasible for logistical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>But Tommy\u2019s relationship receives more scrutiny than the marriages of most pro athletes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Fleetwood of Team Europe and wife Clare Fleetwood attend the Gala Dinner prior to the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 27, 2023 in Rome, Italy.\" class=\"wp-image-533398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-639x960.jpg 639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-719x1080.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-799x1200.jpg 799w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-scaled.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Fleetwood of Team Europe and wife Clare Fleetwood attend the Gala Dinner prior to the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 27, 2023 in Rome, Italy.\" class=\"wp-image-533398 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-639x960.jpg 639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-719x1080.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-799x1200.jpg 799w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-scaled.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1711001570-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tommy Fleetwood of Team Europe and wife Clare Fleetwood attend the Gala Dinner prior to the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 27, 2023 in Rome, Italy.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ross Kinnaird\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s because Clare is 23 years Tommy\u2019s senior.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the sort of thing that would probably pass without comment if the genders were reversed.<\/p>\n<p>But as it is, not many male athletes marry women who are more than a couple decades older than them, and so, golf fans can\u2019t help themselves from obsessing over the Fleetwoods\u2019 relationship.<\/p>\n<p>To their credit, the couple has never shied away from discussing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/aaron-taylor-johnson-celebrates-58-year-old-wifes-birthday-gets-slammed-for-creepy-age-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">age gap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Fleetwood of England poses with the Race to Dubai trophy, partner Clare Craig and son Franklin during the final round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 19, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. \" class=\"wp-image-533399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Fleetwood of England poses with the Race to Dubai trophy, partner Clare Craig and son Franklin during the final round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 19, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. \" class=\"wp-image-533399 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-876213484-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tommy Fleetwood of England poses with the Race to Dubai trophy, partner Clare Craig and son Franklin during the final round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 19, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ross Kinnaird\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a recent podcast interview, Clare recalled telling Tommy, \u201cDon\u2019t be stupid\u201d when he proposed (per <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/25\/entertainment\/tommy-fleetwoods-wife-clare-misses-golfers-first-pga-tour-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>She also admitted that she was \u201cparanoid\u201d about how their relationship would be perceived by outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe just eventually gave in, I think, and thought, \u2018I\u2019ll just give him some time.\u2019 \u2026 And then I didn\u2019t mess up,\u201d Tommy chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>In another interview, Tommy admitted that he and Clare \u201cdefinitely get comments,\u201d but insisted that the age difference has \u201cnever been a thing\u201d to them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Golfer Tommy Fleetwood (L) and wife Clare Fleetwood look on from the Royal Box during the Men's Singles second round match between Andy Murray of Great Britain and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during day five of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2023 in London, England.\" class=\"wp-image-533400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Golfer Tommy Fleetwood (L) and wife Clare Fleetwood look on from the Royal Box during the Men's Singles second round match between Andy Murray of Great Britain and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during day five of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2023 in London, England.\" class=\"wp-image-533400 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1522965413-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golfer Tommy Fleetwood (L) and wife Clare Fleetwood look on from the Royal Box during the Men\u2019s Singles second round match between Andy Murray of Great Britain and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during day five of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2023 in London, England.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cClare actually looks very young for her age and I look old \u2014 it\u2019s probably all that sun,\u201d Tommy remarked. \u201cShe\u2019s incredibly cool and I\u2019m not cool at all, though I am quite mature for my age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We might never know why Clare wasn\u2019t on hand for Tommy\u2019s big win. But it sounds like her absence had nothing to do with the state of their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not like Tommy was lacking support.<\/p>\n<p>In a post-round interview, he explained that he\u2019s \u201calways so lucky with the support [he] get[s]\u201d from fans, saying it \u201cmakes [him] a bit emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019m proud of what I\u2019ve done \u2026 and where I\u2019ve been so far knowing I\u2019ve still got a way to go and a lot to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Tommy\u2019s stepson Oscar was on hand to help him celebrate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/tommy-clare-fleetwoods-23-year-age-gap-receives-scrutiny-following-pga-tour-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the weekend, Tommy Fleetwood won the FedEx Cup \u2014 his first PGA Tour victory \u2014 and pocketed a $10 million payday in the process. Needless to say, it was a pretty nice Sunday for the 34-year-old golf veteran. But fans took notice of the fact that Fleetwood\u2019s cheering section was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-189014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}