Fleetwood Again Banging Loudly On Victory Door, Looking To Make It A Fourth Time Lucky.

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Three times aready this PGA Tour season England’s Tommy Fleetwood has gone so close to a maiden Tour win.

Now in the final PGA Tour event of the season Fleetwood has another chance capture a maiden Tour title sharing the lead, as he does with American Patrick Cantlay at the Tour Championship heading into the last day on the famed East Lakes course to the east of Atlanta.

Fleetwood and Cantlay, an eight-time PGA Tour winner and 2021 Tour Championship champion, are out in the final group while Cantlay also would secure a spot in USA Ryder Cup side should he win.  He’s currently lying 15th on the points table.

Fleetwood has secured his European Ryder Cup cap, so it’s the ‘W’ is all he is thinking about.

And it was a question post the third round when he was asked a question earlier in the week at East Lake of ‘being his own best friend’ he was again asked about heading into the final day.

“I’ve caddied for my kids, and I know what I would say to them, and I think it’s all about being very clear with what you’re doing, having a great attitude, having a great frame of mind, make sure I’m telling myself all the right things and just commit to those things”, he said.

“Like I just said, there’s only 30 players this week. It could be 100, 150, whatever it is tees Sunday and in contention. That’s what everybody wants.

“I am lucky enough that I get to be one of those guys, so I’m having the time of my life out there and I’m playing great and I’ve got to enjoy it while it’s happening. You never know. Tomorrow might be my time, it might not, but I’ll still have a great time doing it.”

So well said, Tommy.

Third-Round Notes – Saturday, August 23, 2025

 Weather: Mostly cloudy with intermittent showers. High of 78. Wind E at 6-12 mph. Preferred lies were in effect for round three.

Third-Round Leaderboard

Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 Total
T1 Patrick Cantlay 64 66 64 194 (-16)
T1 Tommy Fleetwood 64 63 67 194 (-16)
3 Russell Henley 61 66 69 196 (-14)
4 Keegan Bradley 70 64 63 197 (-13)
5 Scottie Scheffler 63 69 66 198 (-12)

 

 

 

 

 

 Tommy Fleetwood (T1/-16)

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  • Fourth career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and third this season (most recent: 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship/finished T3)
  • One of three players this season with three or more 54-hole leads/co-leads:
    • Scottie Scheffler (4): THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson/Won, PGA Championship/Won, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday/Won, The Open Championship/Won
    • Sepp Straka (3): The American Express/Won, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am/T7, Truist Championship/Won
    • Tommy Fleetwood (3): Travelers Championship/T2, FedEx St. Jude Championship/T3, TOUR Championship/?
  • Seeking his maiden PGA TOUR victory in his 164th career start; entered the week ranked No. 5 in the FedExCup standings, the highest-ranked player in the FedExCup without a win this season
  • 30 top-five finishes are the most without a victory on TOUR since 1983
  • One of two players in the field this week without a PGA TOUR victory (other: Jacob Bridgeman)
  • Has sat T6 or better after the first 15 rounds in the FedExCup Playoffs
  • Would become the first player in the FedExCup era (since 2007) to claim his first career PGA TOUR title at the TOUR Championship
  • Would become the second player from England to win the FedExCup (Justin Rose/2018)
  • The last seven winners of the TOUR Championship were all in the final pairing during the final round

Patrick Cantlay (T1/-16)

  • Seventh career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (most recent: 2024 Genesis Invitational/finished T4); 3-for-6 converting to victory (2022 BMW Championship, 2021 TOUR Championship, 2021 BMW Championship)
  • Seeks his ninth career PGA TOUR victory and first since the 2022 BMW Championship; three of his last four PGA TOUR titles have come in FedExCup Playoffs events: 2022 BMW Championship, 2021 TOUR Championship, 2021 BMW Championship
  • 2021 FedExCup Champion seeks to become the third player with two or more FedExCup titles (Tiger Woods/2007, 2009; Rory McIlroy/2016, 2019, 2022)
  • Posts his second 64 of the week; in 28 career rounds at East Lake Golf Club prior to this week, 65 marked his low score (R2/2018)
  • Birdied Nos. 16-18 and is a combined 9-under on Nos. 16-18 through three rounds (7 birdies, 1 eagle)
  • Has played the back nine in a combined 12-under, three strokes better than the next-lowest total (Russell Henley)
  • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (5.876) through three rounds
  • Three top-five finishes in 18 starts this season (best: T4/Truist Championship); one of 12 players in the field without a win this season

Miscellaneous notes:

  • 36-hole co-leader Russell Henley (3rd/-14) has come from behind in the final round in three of his five PGA TOUR victories (2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard/1 stroke, 2017 Texas Children’s Houston Open/4 strokes, 2014 Cognizant Classic/2 strokes); seeks his first multiple-win season
  • After an even-par 70 in the opening round, U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Keegan Bradley (4th/-13) posts 64-63, with the latter the low round of the day; 63 ties his low 18-hole score of the season (R3/Travelers Championship/Won)
  • Reigning FedExCup Champion Scottie Scheffler (5th/-12) posts 66 for his 20th consecutive round in the 60s, one shy of Patrick Cantlay’s record of 21; trailed by four strokes through three rounds of last week’s BMW Championship before going on to win; would become the first player (since 1983) to win on TOUR in consecutive weeks when trailing by four or more strokes entering the final round
  • Scheffler seeks to become the first player to win back-to-back FedExCup titles and the third player to win multiple FedExCup titles (Tiger Woods/2007, 2009; Rory McIlroy/2016, 2019, 2022)


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