PGA Tour star Tommy Fleetwood was consoled by his wife and son following a heartbreaking collapse at the Travelers Championship. The 34-year-old led the final round of the event on Sunday, but saw his lead vanish after he bogeyed two of the last three holes, handing Keegan Bradley the title who birdied from six feet on the 72nd hole.

It appeared as though the Brit was on course for his first PGA Tour victory at TPC River Highlands, but it wasn't to be for the golfer who also missed out on the £2.7million ($3.6m) winner's prize. Instead, he secured the runner-up prize of £1.2m ($1.7m), boosting his career earnings to an impressive £23.2m ($31.2m). Despite this substantial sum, Fleetwood needed consolation after his loss as he joined his family.

His wife Clare - who is also his manager and 23 years his senior - and their young son Frankie were waiting for the Southport-born star. He embraced his family in a touching moment that was shared on the official X account of the PGA Tour.

After expressing his disappointment to the media following the final round, Fleetwood remained optimistic about his chances of winning a PGA Tour event in the future, despite several near misses and being the unlucky record holder for earning the most prize money without securing a tournament victory, reports the Mirror.

"Right now I would love to, you know, just go and sulk somewhere and maybe I will do, but there's just no point making it a negative for the future really, just take the positives and move on," he said. "Obviously there's a lot of chat about it. I think-I would have loved to have done it today, search goes on, I guess. When it happens it will be very, very sweet."

Fleetwood admitted that he is determined to analyse his Connecticut performance to identify what went awry. "I haven't been in this situation for a while," he added. "I think, you know, when it sort of calms down -- I'm upset now, I'm angry -- when it calms down, look at the things that I did well, look at the things that I can learn from.

"When it calms down, the most stupid thing to do and the worse thing to do would be make a week like this a hindrance to what you do going forwards. I obviously played great. I put myself in a great position, I was leading the tournament for 71 holes. I just want to make sure that I can put myself in this position as soon as possible again and try and correct what I did this time."

For Bradley, Sunday's triumph marked his eighth PGA Tour triumph and second Travelers Championship win in three years, becoming the first golfer since Bubba Watson to clinch multiple titles on the Connecticut course.

Growing up in Vermont, the ex-PGA Championship victor attended the event as a child and now has further cemented his legacy there. Reflecting on his win, he described his success as: "Really, really crazy" and noted: "I felt like I was just too far behind the whole day. I was just chasing, chasing. I just had that feeling that I was just too far behind the whole day, but I came in here and made the putts when I needed to."