Tommy Fleetwood stays within the hunt for a breakthrough PGA Tour title and FedExCup glory regardless of letting a three-stroke lead slip throughout an eventful third spherical on the Tour Championship.
Fleetwood took a share of the lead into the weekend at East Lake and grabbed management of the match with a sensational four-birdie run on his entrance 9, with the world No 10 three clear till a double-bogey on the par-three fifteenth.
Cantlay jumped forward with a three-birdie end to put up a third-round 64 and set the clubhouse goal, with Fleetwood additionally ending on 16 below after two birdies within the final three holes closed a three-under 67.
The pair maintain a two-shot buffer over Henley, who began the day tied with Fleetwood, whereas Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley moved inside three of the lead after a round-of-the-day 63.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler is 4 again in fifth spot as he seems to be for back-to-back FedExCup titles, whereas three-time FedExCup winner Rory McIlroy dropped 10 strokes again after closing a third-round 71 with successive bogeys.
Fleetwood in FedExCup combine after eventful Saturday
Fleetwood grabbed the outright lead when Henley bogeyed the primary, with the Englishman having to scramble pars over the following two holes earlier than lacking from six ft to avoid wasting par on the fourth.
That bogey briefly dropped him in a three-way tie for the lead alongside Henley and Cantlay, who had made back-to-back birdies from the second, just for Fleetwood to start out his birdie burst with a 15-foot birdie on the par-four fifth.
Henley matched Fleetwood’s birdie however fell two behind when his enjoying associate transformed from 12 ft on the par-five sixth and holed a sensational 45-footer on the par-four subsequent, with each then profiting from the quick par-four eighth gap.
Fleetwood’s birdie run ended with a bogey on the par-three ninth, which noticed his lead halved when Henley responded to a bogey on the identical gap by beginning his again 9 with an eight-foot birdie.
Fleetwood blended seven birdies with two bogeys and a double-bogey in his spherical
A two-shot swing on the par-four thirteenth noticed Henley miss a 10-foot par save and Fleetwood make a six-foot birdie, briefly placing him three clear, just for Cantlay to comply with a 15-foot birdie on the 14th by selecting up a shot on the sixteenth to get inside two.
The match was thrown huge open when Fleetwood discovered water off the fifteenth tee and made a double-bogey 5, permitting Cantlay – enjoying two teams forward – to leap into the solo lead by holing a 25-foot birdie on the seventeenth.
Fleetwood blended seven birdies with two bogeys and a double-bogey in his spherical
Fleetwood responded brilliantly by birdieing his subsequent two holes to tug stage with Cantlay, who two-putted from 50 ft to birdie the final and set the clubhouse goal, with a par on the final leaving the 2 enjoying alongside one another on the ultimate day.
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