Tommy Fleetwood fired a seven-under par 63 on Friday to tie Russell Henley for the midway lead within the Tour Championship and place himself for an additional run at a coveted first US PGA Tour title.
Three adrift to begin the day at East Lake Nation Membership in Atlanta, Georgia, Fleetwood nabbed 4 birdies in six holes on the again 9 and bounced again from a bogey at 16 with back-to-back birdies for a 13-under par complete of 127.
Henley, who led by two after the primary spherical, closed with back-to-back birdies in a four-under 66 to assert his share of the lead.
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The highest duo have been two strokes away from Cameron Younger, who charged up the leaderboard with an eight-under 62 that noticed Younger make six of his 9 birdies on the again 9.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and Patrick Cantlay shared fourth on 10-under and world primary Scottie Scheffler was alone in sixth on eight-under.
MacIntyre and Cantlay each shot 66 — Cantlay rebounding after a bogey-bogey begin to decide up 4 strokes in his final three holes because of birdies at 16 and 17 and an eagle at 18.
England’s Fleetwood stated rain-softened East Lake provided loads of scoring possibilities — however nonetheless demanded accuracy off the tee.
“I feel when you begin dropping it a bit of bit off the tee and also you’re within the tough, it clearly turns into much more troublesome to attain,” stated Fleetwood, who hit 12 of 14 fairways and 13 of 18 greens in regulation.
The seven-time DP World Tour winner suffered his newest PGA Tour close to miss on the St. Jude Championship this month, and was tied for fourth on the BMW Championship final week.
“I feel I’m taking part in actually good golf,” he stated. “Very best situation, put your self in competition. Play nicely, put your self in competition, and go from there.
“I really like the thrill when I’m in competition,” added Fleetwood, who now finds himself within the hunt for a primary title in a event that carries a $10 million first prize. “I’m simply excited for the chance once more.” Henley had rolled in 207 ft of putts as he sizzled on the greens in a gap 61. However after a hole-out birdie on the first he had three birdie putts of about 5 ft earlier than rolling in his longest birdie of the day, a 14-footer, on the final.
“I hit my driver superior,” Henley stated. “I hit a whole lot of photographs right now that have been actually good photographs that perhaps didn’t find yourself fairly shut sufficient or perhaps gave myself a bit of little bit of an ungainly birdie putt.
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“However nonetheless really feel like I putted it nicely, hit my strains very well, and simply hit a bunch of fairways. That’s what you’ve obtained to do round right here.” With low scoring the norm, Scheffler endured a irritating day that included three bogeys.
However the American, whose 5 wins in 2025 embrace the PGA Championship and British Open, stretched his streak of sub-par rounds to 19 along with his fourth birdie of the day on the par-five 18th.
Within the tough off the tee, he took lifeless purpose along with his third shot from the green and landed it one foot from the pin.
“It’s simply a type of days the place it appeared like I wasn’t getting rewarded for what I used to be doing,” Scheffler stated. “My sport undoubtedly doesn’t really feel off however you take a look at 18, find yourself a foot off the green.
“Seventeen I’ve to chip out sideways, 14 I felt like I hit a god shot in there and it kicked proper into the bunker … Simply wasn’t as sharp as I wanted to be.”