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4 days ago
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Tommy Fleetwood confident leading from front at FedEx St Jude Championship
Tommy Fleetwood views his previous near misses on the PGA Tour as a positive as he again put himself in position to win at the halfway stage of the FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis. The Englishman takes a four-shot lead into the weekend after a second-round 64, which included four successive birdies from the 13th, after three in a row from the second, with his only bogey coming at the last after driving into a bunker. Fleetwood is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory in 161 events, having finished runner-up six times. The last of those came in June at the Travelers Championship when he looked like breaking his duck until a three-putt at the 72nd hole handed United States Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley the win. '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,' he said. 'Who knows, maybe this weekend is the weekend and we'll see, and we'll crack on from there. 'I'm happy to put myself in with a chance over the weekend. I think that's exactly where you want to be and keep testing yourself.' Fleetwood leads from fellow Englishman Justin Rose, who is trying to play his way into automatic Ryder Cup qualification as he currently sits two places outside of not needing a pick from captain Luke Donald, two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia. Rose has two holes to play when he returns to the TPC Southwind course on Saturday morning after lightning forced an early suspension. World number one Scottie Scheffler, the reigning Open and US PGA champion, is six off the lead in a share of seventh. Ludvig Aberg, a debutant in Rome two years ago and one behind Rose on the European list in ninth, shot a second successive 67 to sit a shot further behind, with Matt Fitzpatrick, currently 12th and still needing to convince Donald of his selection, on two under after a 71. Viktor Hovland, however, is still struggling for form with a two-under 68 only moving him to two over. Bradley, 10th on the United States' Ryder Cup list, is on the same score with five holes remaining as his hopes of playing his way onto the team on merit and becoming the first playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963 took a hit.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Tommy Fleetwood confident leading from front at FedEx St Jude Championship
Tommy Fleetwood views his previous near misses on the PGA Tour as a positive as he again put himself in position to win at the halfway stage of the FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis. The Englishman takes a four-shot lead into the weekend after a second-round 64, which included four successive birdies from the 13th, after three in a row from the second, with his only bogey coming at the last after driving into a bunker. Fleetwood is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory in 161 events, having finished runner-up six times. The last of those came in June at the Travelers Championship when he looked like breaking his duck until a three-putt at the 72nd hole handed United States Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley the win. '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,' he said. 'Who knows, maybe this weekend is the weekend and we'll see, and we'll crack on from there. 'I'm happy to put myself in with a chance over the weekend. I think that's exactly where you want to be and keep testing yourself.' Fleetwood leads from fellow Englishman Justin Rose, who is trying to play his way into automatic Ryder Cup qualification as he currently sits two places outside of not needing a pick from captain Luke Donald, two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia. Rose has two holes to play when he returns to the TPC Southwind course on Saturday morning after lightning forced an early suspension. World number one Scottie Scheffler, the reigning Open and US PGA champion, is six off the lead in a share of seventh. Ludvig Aberg, a debutant in Rome two years ago and one behind Rose on the European list in ninth, shot a second successive 67 to sit a shot further behind, with Matt Fitzpatrick, currently 12th and still needing to convince Donald of his selection, on two under after a 71. Viktor Hovland, however, is still struggling for form with a two-under 68 only moving him to two over. Bradley, 10th on the United States' Ryder Cup list, is on the same score with five holes remaining as his hopes of playing his way onto the team on merit and becoming the first playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963 took a hit.
Irish Times
4 days ago
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- Irish Times
Tommy Fleetwood fires second round 64 to take commanding lead at FedEx St Jude Championship
Maybe Tommy Fleetwood is about to crack the code, after the Englishman – who has yet to win on the PGA Tour – fired a superb second round 64 to claim the midway lead on 13-under-par 127 in the FedEx St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Competing in his 162nd career event on the PGA Tour, Fleetwood – who agonisingly lost out to Keegan Bradley in last month's Travelers tournament – moved closer to finally achieving a win on the US circuit with a round of seven birdies and a lone bogey, which came on his finishing hole where his drive on the 18th found a fairway bunker. In temperatures approach 40 degrees, Fleetwood got on hot streaks on both sides: he ran off a hat-trick of birdies from the second to the fourth and then produced four-in-a-row coming home, from the 13th to the 16th to claim a four-shot clubhouse lead over Collin Morikawa. '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. The greens are really true and I've had a nice eye on the greens and good reads and rolling it well. I think still you've got to focus on the good stuff and try and keep that going. READ MORE 'I'm happy to put myself in with a chance over the weekend. I think that's exactly where you want to be and keep testing yourself. 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, and who knows, maybe this weekend is the weekend. We'll see,' said Fleetwood. In the Nexo Open on the DP World Tour at Trump International Aberdeen, Scotland's Grant Forrest shot a course record 66 for a midway total of seven-under-par 137 to claim a one-stroke lead over England's Jordan Smith. Conor Purcell, the only Irish player in the field, carded a 72 for 145 to lie in tied-25th headed into the weekend. In the Irish Challenge at Killeen Castle on the Hotelplanner Tour, American Matt Sharpstene – looking for his maiden win on the circuit formerly known as the Challenge Tour – shot a 66 for seven-under-par 137 to hold a one-stroke lead over Oihan Guillamoundeguy and Stefano Mazzoli through 36 holes. Jonny Caldwell (72 for 142 in tied-17th) was best of the Irish with Alex Maguire and Robert Moran (143, tied-26th), Liam Nolan (144, tied-41st) and Max Kennedy, Paul McBride, Jack Madden and Liam Grehan (145, tied-57th) also surviving the cut into the weekend. On the Ladies European Tour, Germany's Laura Fuenfstueck and Virgin Island's Alexandra Swayne shared the first round lead after opening rounds of six-under-par 67 in the PIF London tournament at The Centurion Club. Annabel Wilson, with a 71 (tied-15th) was the best of the Irish players competing.
BBC News
02-08-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
McIlroy to miss PGA Tour play-off opener
Rory McIlroy will not play in the opening play-off event of the PGA Tour season next week. The Masters champion was not listed in the field for the FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis, which was released on Friday. Northern Ireland's McIlroy has not played since finishing tied seventh at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush last month. The tournament in Memphis will mark world number one Scottie Scheffler's return after his four-shot victory at the Open. Three-time FedEx Cup winner McIlroy, 36, struggled at the St Jude Championship last year, finishing joint second last on nine over par. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings after this week's Wyndham Championship will qualify for the St Memphis, the top 50 will advance to the BMW Championship in Maryland on 14-17 August. The season-ending Tour Championship, featuring the top 30 players, takes place in Atlanta the following week. McIlroy, who is second behind Scheffler in the FedEx Cup standings, is scheduled to play in the Irish Open at the K Club and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in September before returning to the United States for the Ryder Cup in New York.
