Open Championship: Tommy Fleetwood wants to draw on Portrush experience after moving into contention at St Andrews

16.07.2022 - 20:37 eurosport.com

Tommy Fleetwood powered into contention and the clubhouse lead at the Open Championship, and is looking to draw on his experience at the majors on Sunday.

The Ryder Cup star, a runner-up at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in 2019, has been struggling with his game for a couple of years.

Ad/> He has not found the winners’ circle since 2019, but has looked in better form in recent weeks. The OpenLowry chips in twice in successive holes for back-to-back eagles3 HOURS AGO Fleetwood arrived at St Andrews on the back of a solid fourth-placed finish in the Scottish Open, but he got off to a slow start on Thursday.

His scores have steadily improved and he backed up Friday’s 69 with a 66 on Saturday to catapult himself to nine-under — which at the time of signing his card was five off the lead.

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