Tommy Fleetwood fired an outstanding 63 to hitch American Russell Henley in a share of the lead at 13 underneath par after the second spherical of the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

The Englishman made eight birdies, with the one blemish to his scorecard arriving on the sixteenth when he left his strategy properly in need of the flag after discovering a fairway bunker off the tee.

It was a wonderful show from Fleetwood, who narrowly missed out on victory on the St Jude Championship and Vacationers Championship earlier this season.

The 34-year-old is but to win a PGA Tour occasion regardless of having 44 top-10 finishes.

He joked earlier this week that he would discover it “fairly humorous” if he have been to triumph this weekend to say the FedExCup and a cheque of $10m (£7.4m) within the season-ending occasion.

“All I can do is continue learning from the issues that I may need acquired. I truly really feel like I’ve performed very, very properly when I’ve led the tournaments and been in rivalry,” mentioned Fleetwood.

“It is simply I may need not acquired issues proper on the finish. It isn’t like I’ve crashed and burned. It is simply that I’ve not fairly completed issues off.

“The people who win essentially the most are the fellows which might be in rivalry essentially the most after which they preserve successful in fact. That is simply what I need to do. That is the place I need to be. I preserve going.”

Henley, who began out on Friday two photographs away from his taking part in accomplice Scottie Scheffler, recorded well timed birdies on the seventeenth and 18th holes to signal for a four-under 66.

His US compatriot Cameron Younger sits two photographs again at 11 underneath after a scintillating efficiency, that includes six birdies on the again 9, helped him to a 62, the day’s greatest rating.

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is one shot additional behind at 10 underneath alongside Patrick Cantlay.

Nevertheless, world primary Scheffler was unable to make vital inroads on the high of the leaderboard, together with his 69 together with three bogeys to place him at eight underneath.

Scheffler’s efficiency was encapsulated when he gave a fist pump after lacking a par-saving putt on the 14th in a uncommon present of frustration.

On the identical inexperienced, Eire’s Shane Lowry holed a outstanding birdie putt from simply over 97 ft – the longest in FedExCup play-offs historical past and sixth-longest on the PGA Tour since 2003.

That arrived as Lowry surged up the leaderboard after the flip, taking part in the ultimate 9 holes in six underneath.

It meant he added a 63 to his opening level-par 70 and put Lowry on seven underneath general, together with Northern Eire’s Rory McIlroy who loved a bogey-free 67.