Calum Fyfe opens up chance on to 'fulfill dreams' and repay wife back home in Scotland

At a time when rich golfers are back in the spotlight as players leaving LIV Golf eye returns to the DP World Tour, Fyfe is a great example of what the majority of aspiring professionals actually are.

If it wasn’t for the financial support he’s received from Trinifold Sports Management, the 29-year-old Glaswegian says he wouldn’t be playing the game for a living at the moment.

Slowly but surely, though, Fyfe has found his feet on the HotelPlanner Tour and now finds himself in the DP World Tour card hunt heading into this week’s Grand Final at Club de Golf Alcanada in Mallorca.

With the top 15 securing a step up to the main tour for the 2027 season, Fyfe sits 24th - four spots below compatriot Marc Warren - on the points list after recording no less than five top-ten finishes on the second-tier circuit this year.

Twelve months ago as David Law, Daniel Young and Euan Walker all secured DP World Tour cards by finishing in the top 20, Fyfe ended up 29th and, understandably so, has returned Port d’Alcudia feeling buoyed by that effort.

“Absolutely,” he told The Scotsman. “I’ve been getting better and better each year out here and the goal was to be back here and be either in the top 15 or as close as possible to it. So it’s job done in that and now go for it this week and learn from the experience last year.

“I feel like the game is there, having put myself in a position to get the win a few times. For one reason or another, it’s just not fallen my way yet. But I’ve just got to keep going and hopefully this is the week, you never know.”

His best chance to land a maiden victory so far came in the Jonsson Workwear Open in Durban back in February. “I’ve proven to myself I can do it as I’ve been in the mix a good few times this year,” he said. “It’s just a different mentality I’ve had this year. I feel I am ready - I just need to go and do it.

“I had a real chance in Durban, where I would have won if I’d birdied the last but finished with a double bogey. Even then, there were certain things I did mentally that I know I can learn from so the next time I’m in that position I will be better off for it.”

Something that is often overlooked by lots of people is the support that up-and-coming players require when they make the switch to the paid ranks, with Fyfe admitting that Trinifold Sports Management - the company’s golf programme seeks to empower young athletes through a set of support systems that equips them for both life and sport - deserves huge credit for where he currently stands among 45 players battling it out for coveted DP World Tour cards.

“I’ve got a great team behind me in Trinifold Sports Management,” he declared. “They’ve been fantastic. They’ve helped me from the start of my career and I wouldn’t be playing professional golf now if it wasn’t for them.

“Keith Wilson, one of the shareholders, has helped me so much this year. He’s part of Trinifold and he’s helped me with everything this year, just not the financial side of things. It’s great to have people like that because it gives you the opportunity to go and fulfill your dreams. Without them, there would have been no chance of that happening in my case.”

How did that actually come about? “Years ago, when I was still an amateur, I played golf at Cawder with a guy called Brendan McKenna,” he said. “He knew Jimmy Byers, who is Trinifold's CEO. and Brendan knew my scenario i.e. being a decent player but not having the finances or the opportunity. Straight away, they came in and, since the kids have come along, they’ve continued to be great. I can’t thank them enough.

“It’s the same with my wife Sarah, who looks after the kids - our daughter Luna is seven and Albie, our wee boy, is five - back home when I’m away playing golf and allow me to try and fulfill my dreams. It’s obviously an amazing job, but the downside is being away from home and that is the hard part for me. If I could make it all worth it, that would be perfect. That’s my motivation.”

Fyfe, who once again has Jamie Savage, a fellow Cawder man and former Scottish international caddying for him this week, admitted he is pinching himself to be playing the Saltire in the 45–man field for the season finale with Warren, a four-time DP World Tour champion and a World Cup winner alongside Colin Montgomerie.

“I remember walking around St Andrews watching Marc play in The Open,” he admitted. “Now we are good friends and he’s been really good with me off the course. He’s given me some ;pointers, so it’s great to have had someone like that around. It shows you the hard work pays off and you’ve just got to keep believing. It also shows you how you can watch someone and want to be like them and it’s great that we are both here this week.”

Club de Golf Alcanda, owned by the Porsche family, is staging the season finale for the fifth year in a row and sixth time in total. “It’s a great test of golf and I feel like the main thing about here is learning where to miss the greens because they are so fast and slopey,” observed Fyfe. “I learned last year there are certain greens out here where you can really use the undulations and slopes, so I have been working on that the last few days.”

Though it is difficult to say for certain, if there was one player this week who could describe becoming a DP World Tour card as a life changing experience, then it just might be Fyfe. “It would mean everything,” he confessed. “Literally, the only reason I’ve been away from home so much is to try and become a DP World Tour player.”

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