Tommy Fleetwood has called for The Skins Game to be locked in as a permanent end-of-season showdown on the PGA Tour after finishing runner-up to Keegan Bradley in its long-awaited return on Friday.
The exhibition made a lively reappearance on Amazon Prime at Panther National—Jack Nicklaus and Justin Thomas’ bold new South Florida design—back on screens for the first time in 17 years. And Fleetwood loved every second of it.
“What a really great event! Hope we get to do that again soon,” Fleetwood posted on X / Twitter after the contest, clearly hoping a revived Skins Game becomes a regular fixture on the schedule.
“Thanks to Chad & Ben for inviting me and congrats to Captain Keegan on the win!”
What a really great event! Hope we get to do that again soon. Thanks to Chad & Ben for inviting me and congrats to Captain Keegan on the win!@the_skins_game pic.twitter.com/sNsoMZIU5Y
— Tommy Fleetwood (@TommyFleetwood1) November 28, 2025
Bradley walked away with a record $2.1 million after bagging 11 skins, including a monster $900,000 haul on a single hole.
Greg Norman’s all-skins sweep from 2001 remains untouched, but Bradley’s tally was more than enough to top the four-man field.
Fleetwood finished in second thanks to the biggest single-hole prize in Skins Game history—a clutch eight-footer for birdie on the par-4 16th that earned him $1.125 million and pulled him $400k shy of Bradley’s total.
Shane Lowry claimed third with $200,000, while Xander Schauffele ended the day skint—literally—waving and signing a cheque for $0, and delivering the bulk of the afternoon’s comedy with a string of impressions during walk-and-talk interviews.
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Keegan Bradley |
$2,100,000 |
11 |
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Tommy Fleetwood |
$1,700,000 |
4 |
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Shane Lowry |
$200,000 |
1 |
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Xander Schauffele |
$0 |
0 |
The revived Skins format—fast, fun, banter-heavy, and fully mic’d up—proved a hit with fans and players alike.
Fleetwood’s praise carried extra weight given he’s coming off the season of his life: a FedEx Cup title, a first PGA Tour win at the Tour Championship, and a starring 4-point performance in Europe’s Ryder Cup victory.
He’ll also rise to World No.3 next week, replacing Schauffele. Sorry Xander, it’s been a bad week for you.
Bradley also embraced the nostalgia, calling it “an honour” to compete after watching the event religiously as a kid. His victory doubled as a touch of Ryder Cup redemption after his painful captaincy defeat at Bethpage.
There was no shortage of bite between the Ryder Cup rivals, either. At one stage Lowry drained a 10-footer to swipe three skins away from Bradley, quipping on his way off the green: “I’ve just spent the last few months breaking Keegan Bradley’s heart.”
Bradley got the last laugh—banking more than $2 million.
Shane Lowry after making a putt to tie the hole with Keegan Bradley at the Skins Game:
“I’ve just spent the last few months breaking Keegan Bradley’s heart”
🤣🤣🤣🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) November 28, 2025
Schauffele, part of Bradley’s losing US side, took the double hit of leaving The Skins Game empty-handed, but at least kept the mood light.
If Fleetwood gets his wish, though, this won’t be the last time we see the boys mic’d up, trading jabs and playing for giant pots to close out the season. The Skins Game might just be back for good.
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