England’s Tommy Fleetwood has shot a second-round 65 to take a share of the lead in the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. The 34-year-old, who shot a first-round 66, sits on nine under par alongside world number one Scottie Scheffler and his fellow American Justin Thomas.
Fleetwood, who is searching for his first PGA Tour title, carded a modest level-par opening half but then surged up the field in the last six holes at TPC River Highlands. He eagled the par-five 13th by finding the green in two shots then sinking a 10-foot putt before holing out from the fairway with a 30-yard shot on the par-four 14th to pick up two more strokes. A 12-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th gave him a share of the lead in the championship .
“I’ve been having a good season and I felt like my game was in a really good place going into the US Open last week,” Fleetwood told Sky Sports. “For whatever reason – I’ll never understand the game – I played really poorly but in golf there is always another week and this week is a big week. I came out motivated to take whatever there is to learn to make you better for the coming weeks and so far this week I’m happy with how I bounced back.”
Thomas Fleetwood reeled off five consecutive birdies in his six-under 64, while Scheffler carded a 69 to also sit atop the leaderboard. World number two Rory McIlroy, who was two off the first-round lead, had a frustrating day with a one-over 71 that dropped him to four behind. McIlroy made three bogeys in his opening four holes and turned in three-over 38, but three birdies in his next six holes recovered the damage.
The leaderboard is tightly packed, with several players in contention for the title. Australian Jason Day sits one shot back, while other notable players, including McIlroy and Shane Lowry, are still within striking distance of the leaders.