Tommy Fleetwood had one other large closing stretch with 4 straight birdies, giving him a six-under 64 and the 36-hole lead within the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship together with his sights set on an elusive PGA Tour title.
Fleetwood sits at 13-under, 4 pictures away from Collin Morikawa (65) and Akshay Bhatia (69).
Justin Rose was additionally at nine-under par after a birdie on the par-five sixteenth when storms rolled into the realm, forcing spectators to go away the course with play suspended.
“It hasn’t happened for me yet out on the PGA Tour, but I would much rather be up there and not quite get it done than not there at all,” Fleetwood stated. “And who knows? Maybe this weekend is the weekend and we’ll see, and we’ll crack on from there.”
Fleetwood made three birdies in a row early, together with a 30-footer from the perimeter on the par-three fourth gap at TPC Southwind. He additionally had a pair of key par saves across the flip earlier than happening one other run.
He holed a pair of 15-foot birdie putts on the thirteenth and 14th, then stuffed a wedge to 5 ft for birdie on the fifteenth. And he reached the par-five sixteenth in two and two-putted from about 30 ft for a fourth straight birdie.
His solely bogey got here on the remaining gap when he went from the bunker into thick tough, and the protected shot from there was some 50 ft lengthy of the pin.
“Of course, when you shoot two good scores, it’s easy to say everything has been going well,” Fleetwood stated. “But I think for the most part I’ve been very good off the tee, put myself in position to have a go at the course. My iron play has been good and solid, and I’ve rolled the ball well.”
Fleetwood is No 15 on this planet with seven wins on the European tour in opposition to a number of the stronger fields. He has thrived on a giant stage abroad, significantly the Ryder Cup. It is simply that small matter of a PGA Tour title.
He was on the verge in late June on the Vacationers Championship till a shocking flip on the finish, when he took three putts from simply in need of the inexperienced for bogey and Keegan Bradley made birdie to beat him.
The Playoffs had been launched in 2007 and have acquired a number of tweaks to the qualification and format since, with this 12 months’s version having three tournaments that every one provide restricted subject sizes.
Solely the highest 70 within the season-long standings qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, held at TPC Southwind in Memphis from August 7-10, with the highest 50 after that progressing to the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Membership in Maryland from August 14-17.
Each of these occasions provide 2000 FedExCup factors to the winner – 4 instances the quantity awarded for an everyday PGA Tour occasion, with each additionally not having a 36-hole minimize.
The highest 30 within the standings after these tournaments qualify for the Tour Championship, happening from August 21-24 at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta, with all three occasions solely reside on Sky Sports activities.
