SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE Ryder Cup star’s wife Clare Craig repeatedly turned him down due to 23-year age gap but now they’re ‘pioneers’
TOMMY FLEETWOOD once described him and his wife Clare Craig as “pioneers” when asked about the couple’s 23-year age gap.
Tommy, 32, and wife Clare, 55, met in 2015 when she approached him to be his agent.
Clare is a well known name in the sports agency world, with her initial speciality being in motorsport.
But in 2015, her company Hambric Sports Management began expanding its golf roster and the two met in a professional setting.
Speaking in 2015 when Clare began representing him as his manager, Tommy told Golf Monthly: “I get on well with Clare Craig, too, who is vice-president of Europe. She’s always been around on Tour, and I’ve chatted to her a lot over the years.”
Once Clare became Tommy’s manager, he said it only took a matter of months for the two to fall in love.
He said in a January interview with The Times: “We spent more and more time together and it just so happens we fell in love.”
