Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood moved into a share of the lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic golf tournament after round two.
The 33-year-old scored 64, putting him top alongside Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and America’s Xander Schaueffele.
Fleetwood finished with a bogey, but carded six birdies and an eagle to boost his position on the leaderboard. in Paris.
It was not a good day for Rory McIlroy. The Irishman went two-under 69, leaving him -5 overall and six shots back from the lead.
His two bogeys and double bogey cost him dearly but he still has two rounds left to claw his way back up into medal contention.
Matsuyama reached 13 under but double-bogeyed on the 18th hole after hitting the water with one of his shots.
Moving day 📈
Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick both shoot seven under on day two at Le Golf National, with Fleetwood tied for the lead on 11-under!#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/6K8xseTBal
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 2, 2024
Shauffele has already won two majors this year and is flying along nicely, recording seven birdies and just two bogeys.
Jon Rahm occupies fourth on -9, while world No.1 Scottie Scheffler remains on -6 and Matt Fitzpatrick is one back on -5.
Justin Rose won gold for Team GB back in 2016 and Fleetwood will be hoping to emulate that eight years later.
He won on this course during the French Open in 2017 and has played here during the Ryder Cup.
It is still all to play for as the pressure ramps up this weekend.
