BEAMING Tommy Fleetwood had to "steal" an umbrella for his second-round surge at the Open - because he doesn't have a sponsor to give him one.
The English golfer - who made around 4million last year - fired a six-under 65 to charge up the leaderboard at Carnoustie.
But he found himself in trouble when the heavens opened around the time of his 7.30am tee time.
Club and clothes manufacturers usually never miss an opportunity to get their branding on a top player.
Yet Fleetwood had nothing to protect himself from the downpour and had to get an Open-branded one as a last resort.
Asked if he had to buy the umbrella for his round, Fleetwood said: "No, we stole it.
Jon Rahm loses his cool at the Open as he SMASHES golf club to the floor after getting triple bogey"We got one given for free, actually. We didn't steal it. We got one given for free, but we don't always carry an umbrella.
"See, we don't have a sponsor. We don't have a manufacturer sponsor. So it just so happens this week that we've got a nice Open Championship brolly. It
looked quite nice, the yellow and the course."
Fleetwood was the hometown favourite at last year's Open at Royal Birkdale but was "kicked in the teeth" after a nightmare first round.
One year on the new dad couldn't be better placed to mount a challenge and is relishing the chance to win his first Major.
Tiger Woods believes hes still in contention of WINNING the Open despite not as strong second round performanceHe added: "I think last year was definitely a bit more difficult than this year in terms of expectation not coming very quickly for me, struggling with my game, and that was a home Open Championship.
"You put all the work in, and I've played very well, and I've had some performances that I'm very proud of."