Tommy Fleetwood hit 4 birdies within the last 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 below on the flip however hit an excellent 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 extra shot again in joint-third, together with USA’s Bud Cauley.

American Bhatia got here into the match 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 attempting to have a little bit extra peace on the golf course.

“I believe this sport can devour your life, your happiness, and so I am simply attempting to determine methods to vary that as a result of I really feel like I do not actually need to stay my life primarily based off of an unstable sport.”

Bhatia’s remarks are just like these made by world primary Scottie Scheffler earlier than he received 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 12 months, ending joint-second final on 9 over par, and isn’t enjoying this week.