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WHAT A RESPONSE
Cantlay may have suffered a nightmare at the second, but this is why he’s world class – the quality of the response. Having found the fairway, Cantlay drops a perfect approach right next to the flag and will likely recover one of the shots he just let slip. He does. Confidently punched home.
Fleetwood, meanwhile, is safely on the green, but roughly 30 feet out to the right.
MCILROY FROM RANGE
Like I said earlier, it’s not been McIlroy’s week. But that’s a nice moment for the World No.2. At the par-3 11th, he helps one fall from around 20 feet.
On a side note, McIlroy is playing with Harry Hall today. Might they be reunited at Bethpage Black next month, I wonder?
FLEETWOOD FIRING
What a putt from Fleetwood! The European drains his birdie attempt from 20 feet and moves to 17-under, two strokes clear of Henley. Just the start he would have been after following that disappointing opening to the FedEx St Jude Championship two weeks ago.
HORROR SHOW
Oh, Patrick Cantlay. This is a horrible start. From the edge of the second, he doesn’t hit his first putt powerfully enough and it tumbles back towards him. From maybe 33% closer, Cantlay again comes up short before missing his third putt from six feet. That’s a four-putt double-bogey for Cantlay. He’s fallen to 13-under all of a sudden.
HENLEY MAKES A MOVE
Russell Henley takes advantage of the easier par-4 third by rolling in a birdie putt from 10 feet. He’s up to 15-under now and solo second.
BIRDIE CHANCES
At the par-3 second, Fleetwood and Cantlay are both safely aboard the green, although it is the Englishman who has the much better chance of making a gain. Cantlay’s ball is possibly double the distance and down in a little hollow on the left edge of the green, so this is more like two-putt territory.
CANTLAY BOGEY
Tommy Fleetwood now leads alone after rolling his birdie putt from off the green hole high and tapping in for par. That occurred after Cantlay narrowly failed with his 25-foot par attempt. He’s back to 15-under with the par-3 second to come.
SCHEFFLER RESPONDS
The World No.1 does indeed find the find the birdie at three and jumps back to 12-under. Can’t keep a good man down, and he is great.
CONTRASTING APPROACHES
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