Fleetwood Claims Share Of Lead At Tour Championship

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-13 T Fleetwood (Eng), R Henley (US); -11 C Young (US); -10 R MacIntyre (Sco), P Cantlay (US); -8 S Scheffler (US)

Selected others: -7 S Lowry (Ire), R McIlroy (NI), J Thomas (US); -6 L Aberg (Swe), C Morikawa (US); -5 H Hall (Eng)

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Tommy Fleetwood fired a superb 63 to subordinate American Russell Henley successful a stock of nan lead astatine 13 nether par aft nan 2nd information of nan Tour Championship successful Atlanta.

The Englishman made 8 birdies, pinch nan only blemish to his scorecard arriving connected nan 16th erstwhile he near his attack good short of nan emblem aft uncovering a fairway bunker disconnected nan tee.

It was an fantabulous show from Fleetwood, who narrowly missed retired connected triumph astatine nan St Jude Championship and Travelers Championship earlier this season.

The 34-year-old is yet to triumph a PGA Tour arena contempt having 44 top-10 finishes.

He joked earlier this week that he would find it "pretty funny" if he were to triumph this play to declare nan FedExCup and a cheque of $10m (£7.4m) successful nan season-ending event.

"All I tin do is support learning from nan things that I mightiness person got. I really consciousness for illustration I've played very, very good erstwhile I person led nan tournaments and been successful contention," said Fleetwood.

"It's conscionable I mightiness person not sewage things correct astatine nan end. It's not for illustration I've collapsed and burned. It's conscionable that I've not rather vanished things off.

"The group that triumph nan astir are nan guys that are successful contention nan astir and past they support winning of course. That's conscionable what I want to do. That's wherever I want to be. I support going."

Henley, who started retired connected Friday 2 shots clear of his playing partner Scottie Scheffler, recorded timely birdies connected nan 17th and 18th holes to motion for a four-under 66.

His US compatriot Cameron Young sits 2 shots backmost astatine 11 nether aft a scintillating performance, featuring six birdies connected nan backmost nine, helped him to a 62, nan day's champion score.

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is 1 changeable further down astatine 10 nether alongside Patrick Cantlay.

However, world number 1 Scheffler was incapable to make important inroads astatine nan apical of nan leaderboard, pinch his 69 including 3 bogeys to put him astatine 8 under.

Scheffler's capacity was encapsulated erstwhile he gave a fist pump aft missing a par-saving putt connected nan 14th successful a uncommon show of frustration.

On nan aforesaid green, Ireland's Shane Lowry holed a singular birdie putt from conscionable complete 97 feet - nan longest successful FedExCup play-offs history and sixth-longest connected nan PGA Tour since 2003.

That arrived arsenic Lowry surged up nan leaderboard aft nan turn, playing nan last 9 holes successful six under.

It meant he added a 63 to his opening level-par 70 and put Lowry connected 7 nether overall, on pinch Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy who enjoyed a bogey-free 67.