England’s Tommy Fleetwood is happy with the way in which he bounced again from his US Open disappointment after firing himself into competition for his first PGA Tour win on the Vacationers Championship.
The 34-year-old had an excellent remaining 4 holes at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut – the final Signature Occasion of the season – with two eagles and a birdie, with one other putt on the final brushing the opening.
His spherical of 65 put him right into a share of the lead on 9 below with world No 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who was one below on Friday, and two-time main winner Justin Thomas, who dazzled with a six-under 64.
World No 2 Rory McIlroy, who was two off the first-round lead, had a irritating day with a one-over 71 dropping him 4 again.
Fleetwood, who has not gained wherever in virtually 18 months, has had 4 PGA Tour top-10s this season however missed his first lower of the yr eventually week’s US Open.
“You do numerous sulking after which take a look at what you are able to do to enhance. Very disillusioned final week,” he informed Sky Sports activities.
“I have been having a superb season and I felt like my recreation was in a extremely good place going into final week.
“For no matter cause – I am going to by no means perceive the sport – I performed actually poor however in golf there’s all the time one other week and this week is a giant week.
“I got here out motivated to take no matter there’s to study to make you higher for the approaching weeks and thus far this week I am pleased with how I bounced again.”
Fleetwood’s spherical was going nowhere with one birdie and one bogey by 12 holes till he hit an outstanding 261-yard strategy to the par-five thirteenth and holed his nine-footer for eagle.
He then chipped in from the entrance of the drivable 299-yard fifteenth for eagle and picked up one other shot after hitting his tee shot to 12ft on the subsequent.
On the final he managed solely a 205-yard drive after his ball caught a tree however drilled a nine-wood to 11ft from 226 yards however couldn’t shut out with a birdie.
“I might have liked to have holed the putt however I would take 4 after that tee shot,” added Fleetwood, for whom the £2.6m first prize would increase his Ryder Cup prospects as he presently sits a spot out of the top-six automated qualifiers.
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Watch McIlroy hit his longest drive of the season with a 392-yard shot on the par-five twelfth gap at Oakmont in the course of the first spherical of the US Open
Fleetwood’s Ryder Cup team-mate McIlroy had three bogeys in his opening 4 holes as he turned in a three-over 38, though three birdies in his subsequent six holes recovered the injury.
However he did not profit from an enormous stroke of luck on the seventeenth the place his strategy from a bunker skipped off the lake again into the golf green just for him to race his chip 13ft previous and did not gap his par putt.
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