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He successfully defended his Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title in 2018 and was then runnerup in the US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills where he posted a final round 63 – the equal lowest round ever recorded in a US Open and tied-second lowest score in the history of all four Major Championships . Fleetwood made a recordbreaking Ryder Cup debut at Le Golf National in France in September of 2018 , as he and his great friend Francesco Molinari became the first European partnership to win four matches out of four over two glorious days in Paris . Fleetwood and Molinari , or Moliwood as they became affectionately known , were the foundations for Team Europe ’ s unforgettable 17½-10½ victory over the USA . At the end of 2019 , Fleetwood captured the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City in South Africa . One of the European Tour ’ s most prestigious events , the Nedbank Challenge has long been called ‘ Africa ’ s Major ’ due to the difficulty of the golf course at the Gary Player Country Club and the consistently world-class field of players the tournament attracts .
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