Tommy Fleetwood

Tommy Fleetwood shoots a third round 66 to put himself in contention as Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith and Rory McIlroy duke it out at the top of the St ...

A birdie-birdie start with two more at the fifth and sixth took him to the turn in 32. Went in like a thimble.” A new course record 62 looked gettable before bogeys at 12 and 17 pegged him back to 65. You come off and think, ‘oh, I’d like to get a couple more out of it.’ Fleetwood is emerging from a quiet spell since following Shane Lowry home in the final group at Portrush two years ago. Just ask Tommy Fleetwood, who took moving day literally to race up the Open Championship leaderboard with a third round 66.

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"I know better than that and you can't get too greedy. In simple terms, you want to be one of the guys making it look easy more often than not, and it's not always like that." I lacked rhythm throughout the year. “It's tough, and I think every week you get to a golf tournament, there are players that are making the game look easy and there are players that are really struggling. He said: "I always sort of treasure the experiences that I have there and the opportunities there are to essentially try and achieve my ultimate dream, which is winning The Open. "Hopefully when it comes to July, I'll be right in form and I can try and compete again in that tournament."

Tommy Fleetwood is one of them, and he will be eager to one better than at Royal Portrush in 2019 when Shane Lowry got the better of him. He is nine-under at St Andrews after a round of 66.

"I've always liked testing myself against the best players on the toughest courses. So it's nice to be sort of having a go again and seeing what we can do.” "Portrush feels like a long time ago at the moment.

Tommy Fleetwood is hoping his strong finish to Saturday's round has put him in the mix to challenge ...

That put him alongside Kisner on seven under for the tournament, with Tommy Fleetwood joining them after picking up four shots through his first six holes. American Trey Mullinax and Italian Francesco Molinari also went low with six-under 66s, after both began on level par, while South African Dean Burmester had a 67 to reach five under through 54 holes. American Kisner needed two birdies in his final three holes on Friday to reach level par, the cut mark, and he capitalised on an early tee time on day three to card nine birdies in a seven-under 65, moving at least briefly into the higher reaches of the leaderboard.

Tommy Fleetwood powered himself into contention and the clubhouse lead at the Open Championship at St Andrews.

"I've always liked testing myself against the best players on the toughest courses. So it's nice to be sort of having a go again and seeing what we can do.” "Portrush feels like a long time ago at the moment.

Tommy Fleetwood powered himself into contention and the clubhouse lead at the Open Championship at St Andrews.

"I've always liked testing myself against the best players on the toughest courses. So it's nice to be sort of having a go again and seeing what we can do.” "Portrush feels like a long time ago at the moment.