Tommy Fleetwood hit 4 birdies within the ultimate 4 holes on the St Jude Championship, the primary spherical of the FedExCup play-offs, to complete one shot off the lead on day one.
Englishman Fleetwood, 34, was two underneath on the flip however hit an outstanding run of type coming in to finish the day with a seven-under 63 – one behind chief Akshay Bhatia in Memphis.
Fleetwood’s compatriots Harry Corridor and Justin Rose are an additional shot again in joint-third, together with USA’s Bud Cauley.
American Bhatia got here into the event forty fifth within the FedExCup standings, with a top-50 end qualifying gamers for the next seasons signature occasions.
After Memphis, the highest 50 will advance to the BMW Championship in Maryland on 14-17 August.
The season-ending Tour Championship, that includes the highest 30 gamers, takes place in Atlanta the next week.
Bhatia mentioned: “Im simply actually making an attempt to have a bit of extra peace on the golf course.
“I feel this recreation can eat your life, your happiness, and so I am simply making an attempt to determine methods to alter that as a result of I really feel like I do not actually need to dwell my life based mostly off of an unstable recreation.”
Bhatia’s remarks are just like these made by world primary Scottie Scheffler earlier than he gained the Open final month.
Scheffler is 5 pictures off the lead after a bogey at 18.
Three-time FedEx Cup winner Rory McIlroy, 36, struggled on the St Jude Championship final yr, ending joint-second final on 9 over par, and isn’t enjoying this week.
