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 event 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 underneath after two birdies within the final three holes closed a three-under 67.
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Fleetwood prolonged his lead throughout the third spherical of the Tour Championship after an exceptional birdie on the par-four seventh
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 subsequent two holes earlier than lacking from six toes to avoid wasting par on the fourth.
That bogey quickly 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 accomplice transformed from 12 toes on the par-five sixth and holed a sensational 45-footer on the par-four subsequent, with each then making the most of 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 observe a 15-foot birdie on the 14th by choosing up a shot on the sixteenth to get inside two.
The event was thrown large 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 toes 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.
Henley birdied the final to put up a one-under 69 and guarantee a Sunday pairing with Bradley, who continues to weigh up whether or not to pick himself as a enjoying captain when he completes Ryder Cup line-up on Wednesday.
Fleetwood relishing recent likelihood for breakthrough title
“I really like the truth that I am enjoying so effectively,” Fleetwood mentioned after his spherical. “I really like the truth that I am getting rewarded for my work by being on this place. All of us grind so exhausting, all of us observe so exhausting, but it surely’s been so lengthy the place you do not get out of it what you place it. Golf simply is not like that.
“I really like that I am up there once more and it is simply one other likelihood. It is one other alternative. It is one other day the place I get to exit and do what I really like and revel in it and be in rivalry and simply go and hit the golf pictures. We’re attempting to win a golf event and do one thing very particular.
“There’s undoubtedly completely different pressures than that, whether or not it is attempting to maintain your card or no matter it’s. Very excited to enter tomorrow.”
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