Southport golfer Fleetwood is without doubt one of the hottest gamers on the PGA Tour and this was clear to listen to on the primary tee at Atlanta’s East Lake course when he was given a far louder ovation than American taking part in associate Cantlay.
The pair have been locked at 16 below after the primary three rounds, however Fleetwood was 4 clear inside two holes after he birdied the second whereas Cantlay opened with a bogey and double bogey.
Scheffler’s problem was dealt a setback on the primary when the world primary, who was beginning 4 pictures adrift, hit his opening tee shot out of bounds.
However any ideas that Fleetwood would stroll to the title have been checked by a bogey on the fifth.
Bounce-back birdies on the sixth and seventh moved him three clear with 9 to play, however the drama was removed from over.
A bogey on the tenth, coupled with a Cantlay birdie, noticed his lead diminished to 1. And the pair have been additionally requested to extend their velocity of play, given they’d fallen nearly two holes behind the group in entrance.
Fleetwood pushed his lead again out to 2 with birdies on the twelfth and thirteenth holes.
However Scheffler, a winner of the Open Championship and US PGA Championship this yr, was nonetheless lurking. A birdie on the 14th lifted Scheffler to fifteen below and two again, Nonetheless, his problem lastly ended within the water on the par-three fifteenth as he posted a double-bogey 5.
Moments later US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley’s hopes suffered the identical destiny.
Bradley, who will on Wednesday determine whether or not to choose himself amongst his six choices for subsequent month’s contest at Bethpage Black, flirted with the highest of the leaderboard all through Sunday earlier than dumping his tee shot into the lake.
He had denied Fleetwood a primary victory on the Vacationers Championship in June however he ran out of steam in Atlanta.
Bradley’s taking part in associate Russell Henley additionally hung round with out making any vital strikes. He missed quite a few birdie putts in a one-under 69 that left him joint second with Cantlay on 15 below.
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