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

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. Fleetwood made seven birdies, including an excellent momentum-saver on 18, and is looking to make a fast start on Sunday to put pressure on the leaders.

Open Championship Round Three updates LIVE Lowry chips in twice in successive holes for back-to-back eagles 'Viewers at home are going to be outraged' — DeChambeau gets huge slice of luck “Yeah, I think, if they don't get too far away, it will be nice teeing off tomorrow feeling like we have a chance and see if we can get some momentum going on the front nine," Fleetwood said. «It would be very cool and very special to be able to have a go again like down the stretch on a Sunday at the Open.” The 31-year-old will look to draw on his experience at Portrush, as he added: “I think my experience of playing on a Sunday, I didn't win or anything, but I felt like I did a pretty good job. »It's nice to be playing well again.