England’s Matt Fitzpatrick is headed for the biggest victory of his pro career in posting a second round six-under par 64 to lead by a shot at nine-under par very late on the day at the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational.

‘Fitz’, as his affectionately known, commenced his second round with four straight birdies as the 24-year old seeks to capture a sixth European Tour sanctoined event.

Aussie Cameron Smith, and seeking a first individual PGA sanctionded Tour titles, signed for a 68 to be sharing second place with American Patrick Cantlay at eight-under par very late in the round on the TPC Southwind course.

Rory McIlroy added a three-under par 67 to be just outside the top-10 at four-under par.

“I drove the ball well again which is good, and clearly did not make the mistakes when I had a bit of a bad run in the middle of my round yesterday,” said McIlroy.

“As you can see no bogeys today and three birdies,  so it was quite uneventful sort of a little slow but a good round of golf and all I am doing is trying to keep hanging around over the weekend.”

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