Tommy Fleetwood mocked by LIV Golf star after being forced to wear borrowed clothes
Tommy Fleetwood no longer has his lucrative sports apparel endorsement after his deal came to an end.
Tommy Fleetwood has been panned by a LIV golf star for what he has been wearing after parting ways with Nike.
Fleetwood was signed by the swoosh brand back in 2010 and penned a long-term endorsement deal, wearing Nike apparel whenever on the green.
However that partnership has now come to an end, with Fleetwood now a free agent when it comes to clothing.
He has not rushed to ink a deal with a different brand and at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the first PGA event of the year, he hit headlines for his attire.
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Fleetwood was seen sporting clothes from the Pebble Beach shop and the Olympics silver medallist's choice of clothes even prompted a comment from someone in the LIV golf set-up.
Ben An, the youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur, only recently made the jump to the breakaway competition in the off-season after his stint on the PGA Tour.
He poked fun at Fleetwood not having a clothing deal and even offered to send him some freebies from his own club.
Taking to social media, he wrote: "Looks like Tommy Fleetwood is a free agent on clothing. Let me know if you want some Korean Golf Club clothes.
"Happy to send you some. Relax, people, it’s a joke... maybe."
The Merseyside golfer has also been wearing bands such as Lululemon, G/FORE, Vuori and Malbon - having been gifted some clobber from ambassador Jason Day - according to Golf Digest.
He even wore Masters-branded attire and appears to be quite enjoying the change up.
"Our contract was ending and it just turned out like we sort of didn’t end up in a place where I’m wearing Nike stuff this year," he said after his opening round at Pebble Beach, as per the Express.
"Who knows what’s going to happen in the future. But this is cool. I don’t know, I feel like I’m a big golf fan.
"I really like golf stuff, so it’s quite nice to be wearing Pebble Beach clothing. I mean, my kids would absolutely love this stuff so I feel pretty lucky to have it on."
He added: "But no, I do like it. I mean there's some amazing logos around the world, and I also think they're just like memorable pieces, right, when you come to a special place. My collection's got a bit bigger, that's for sure."
The world No.3 collected £640,000 after finishing on 20-under and is now gearing up for the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Tiger Woods' charity tournament.
Fleetwood won his first PGA Tour Championship last August and will look to continue his strong form no matter what brand he is wearing.
Topics: Golf
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