The 34-year-old Englishman had two strokes lead ahead of the last three holes in the PGA tour playoff's first tournament in Memphis.
But after finishing par, bogey, par, Tommy Fleetwood did not even get to participate in the playoff. Justin Rose won ahead of JJ Spaun with Fleetwood and Scottie Scheffler one stroke behind on shared third place.
I am close, that is the positive. But of course I am disappointed. As I said last time, there is a lot of positive to take with you even if it does not quite feel that way right now, he says to the PGA tour.
I will review what I could have done and how close it was. But we continue, a new tournament already this week and I must continue to look forward and try to put myself in that position again.
Fleetwood is playing his eighth season in the USA. He has been second six times and third six times and in total it has resulted in 29 top-five finishes.
He has won eight times on other tours, but thus not a single time in the USA.
But I would rather be up there without quite getting it done, than not being up there at all, said Fleetwood after the second round in Memphis.
The next attempt to win will be at Caves Valley GC in Owing Mills in Maryland this week.
