If there’s one golfer on the PGA Tour who’s become all too familiar with agonisingly missing out on big prize money, it’s Tommy Fleetwood. His inability to get over the line has come at a hefty cost, which skyrocketed following his dramatic second-place finish at the Travelers Championship . The 34-year-old was leading by three strokes going into Sunday’s final round at TPC River Highlands, but ended up shooting two over on Sunday, resulting in yet another title slipping through his fingers. Instead, Keegan Bradley swooped in to take the crown in Connecticut, along with the 拢2.65million ( $3.6m) grand prize that came with it. The 拢1.3m Fleetwood pocketed for sharing second place with Russell Henley is certainly nothing to sniff at. Yet, his bogey on the tournament’s final hole represented a 拢1.34m loss on what could have been – and it’s far from his first time. In fact, the Englishman has now missed out on just over 拢4m from six second-place finishes on the PGA Tour. Those six narrow defeats have been lost by a total differential of just 13 strokes, equating to a cost of 拢305,814 per shot in missed prize money. The Travelers Championship marked his most costly slip-up to date. But that doesn’t mean any of Fleetwood’s other near misses were much easier to swallow. Take, for instance, his runners-up at the 2018 US Open, where he settled for 拢957,152 while winner Brooks Koepka raked in 拢1.59m. That equated to a heart-wrenching loss of 拢636,345, though he couldn’t be too disheartened as it was only an extraordinary 63 in the final round that put him within touching distance of the top spot. The following year, Fleetwood once again had to settle for second place at a major, this time trailing behind Shane Lowry at the 2019 Open Championship. And there was a similar gulf between his 拢824,723 winnings and the 拢1.43m Lowry took home for finishing first. Again, however, Fleetwood couldn’t be too upset given there were six strokes between him and the champion. And that tournament alone accounts for roughly half the total shots that have kept him from the big money in his runner-up disappointments on the PGA Tour. Perhaps even more gut-wrenching than Sunday’s collapse was Fleetwood’s play-off defeat to Nick Taylor at the 2023 Canadian Open. Taylor drained an eagle from 70 feet on the fourth hole to become the first Canadian in 69 years to win the tournament. Fleetwood walked away from that competition 拢723,109 richer, but that was still a hefty 拢471,016 less than Taylor secured for his legendary victory. And it was a similar amount that separated Fleetwood and Dustin Johnson at the 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship, where it was once again a single stroke that saw him collect 拢453,366 less than his American rival. Lastly, Fleetwood partnered Sergio Garcia at the 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans and scored 23-under as a duo. They were three shots behind winners Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer, who won 拢774,096 compared to the second-place prize of 拢312,009. That all adds up to a total missed jackpot of 拢4m, or an average of roughly 拢663,201 per tournament. The sting of coming in second likely hasn’t eased over time. Luckily for Fleetwood, he’s still sitting comfortably with total PGA Tour earnings of 拢22.92m. Yet, he might be willing to part with a significant portion of those winnings if it meant he could finally add ‘PGA Tour winner’ to his CV one day.