Tommy Fleetwood keeps knocking on the door.
Tommy Fleetwood keeps knocking on the door.
On Friday, the 34-year-old Englishman fired a 7-under 63 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta to share the 36-hole lead at the Tour Championship with Russell Henley.
Fleetwood, who has banked more than $33 million, the most money of any player on the PGA Tour without a victory, has finished T-3 and T-4 at the first two legs of the Playoffs. This week’s winner of the 30-man FedEx Cup finale will take home not one, but two trophies and a first-place check of $10 million.
“I think it would be pretty funny if I won this week and then got the FedEx Cup as well,” Fleetwood said on Tuesday. “I think that would be funny.”
Despite seven career victories on the DP World Tour, Fleetwood is winless in 163 career PGA Tour starts and has squandered two great chances to find the winner’s circle this year, blowing a two-stroke lead with four holes to go at the Travelers Championship in June and another two-stroke advantage with three to go in Memphis just two weeks ago.
“I'll finish it off at some point. I'll get it right and I'll get it right more than once. But being there is actually the hard part in a way,” Fleetwood said before this week’s Tour Championship.
He’s taking care of the first part, posting rounds of 64-63 to share the 36-hole lead at 13-under 127.
“Just because I guess things haven't worked out for me before doesn't mean they won't work out this week or next week or whenever that may be,” Fleetwood said. “Just happy that I've got off to a great start in another tournament and I'm there again.”
His approach game and putting have been the keys to his strong play again this week. Fleetwood canned a 10-foot birdie putt at 12 to tie for the lead at 10 under. He stiffed it at 13 to take the lead and drained a 35-footer at 15. He made his lone bogey of the day at 16 but answered with birdies at the final two holes.
“I'm enjoying this run that I'm on, and I'm enjoying how well I have played so far,” he said. “And yeah, I'd like to keep that going.”
Henley led with driver instead of putter on Friday
One day after making more than 200 feet of putts, Henley credited his driver this time for another successful trip around East Lake. He hit 13 of 14 fairways and shot 4-under 66. He ranks first for the week in driving accuracy.
“From the fairway you can attack,” said the Georgia native. “I love the Bermuda greens. I think they putt really true. There's just a good feeling I have with being back in Atlanta, being close to home.”
Henley picked up where he left off on Friday with a birdie at the first and he didn’t even have to use his putter. He holed a bunker shot to start in fine fashion.
“I had a really good lie,” Henley said, “and was able to clip it really nice. Obviously, a bonus for it to trickle in.”
Cameron Young is alone in third after shooting the low round of the day, a 62. Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and Patrick Cantlay, who eagled 18, shared fourth after a pair of 66s.
Scottie Scheffler looked frustrated, but he's still around
While everyone in the 30-man field is under par for 36 holes and only two golfers shot over par on Friday, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler struggled. He made three bogeys and needed to stick a wedge from 136 yards to a foot to make a closing birdie and keep his streak of under-par rounds alive. He settled for 69 and sits in sixth place at 8-under 132, five off the lead at the midway point of the FedEx Cup finale.
Scheffler’s frustration showed as he slammed a club in a bunker and also celebrated a missed putt with a mock fist pump.
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“It's just one of those days where it seemed like I wasn't getting rewarded for the stuff that I was doing; just a touch off all day,” Scheffler said. “Just wasn't as sharp as I needed to be, and I kind of paid the price for it today.”
Fleetwood is still riding the momentum and figures to have another chance to chase that elusive first victory on Tour.
“I love the buzz when I am in contention, and, yeah, I'm just excited for the opportunity again,” he said.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Tommy Fleetwood said winning the Tour Championship would be 'funny'
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