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.
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 Southport golfer has a three-shot lead over fellow Englishman Justin Rose 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.
A birdie for Rose, who is trying to play his way into the Ryder Cup team as he currently sits two places outside of automatic qualification, after returning early on Saturday morning to complete two holes of his second round moved him into outright second on 10 under after a 66.
TOMMYLAD leads by 4️⃣ heading into the weekend in Memphis!
Highlights from @TommyFleetwood1's second round @FedExChamp ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/wvD1Mewfwu
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 8, 2025
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.”
"I seemed to stay hot early on" 🔥
Tommy Fleetwood holds a four-shot lead at the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship with his sights set on an elusive PGA Tour title 🤞 pic.twitter.com/JpFCMrM3fc
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) August 9, 2025
World number one Scottie Scheffler, the reigning Open and US PGA champion, is six off the lead in a share of eighth.
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 captain Luke 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 after returning with five straight pars on Saturday morning 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.
