Tommy Fleetwood fired a superb 63 to join the American Russell Henley in a share of the head at 13 sous after the second round of the Tour championship in Atlanta.
The Englishman did eight birdies, with the only defect in his dashboard arriving on the 16th when he left his approach well below the flag after finding a fairway bunker out of the tee.
It was an excellent display of Fleetwood, which barely missed victory in the St Jude championship and travelers earlier this season.
The 34-year-old man has not yet won a PGA Tour event despite 44 top-10.
He joked earlier this week that he would find “funny enough” if he was triumphing this weekend to claim the Fedexcup and a check for $ 10 million (7.4 million pounds sterling) during the end-of-season event.
“All I can do is continue to learn things that I could have. I really feel like I played very well when I directed the tournaments and I was in the running,” said Fleetwood.
“It’s just that I might not have things at the end. It’s not like I crashed and burned. It’s just that I don’t quite finish things.
“The people who earn the most are the guys who are most in the running and then they continue to win of course. This is exactly what I want to do. This is where I want to be.” I continue. “
Henley, who started on Friday, two shots away from his game partner Scottie Scheffler, recorded Birdies in a timely time on the 17th and 18th holes to sign a four-mine of 66.
His American compatriot Cameron Young is two shots at 11 years after a sparkling performance, with six birdies on the nine rear, helped him at 62, the best score of the day.
Robert Macintyre, in Scotland, is a blow further at 10 under Patrick Cantlay.
However, the world number one of Scheffler was unable to make significant breakthroughs at the top of the ranking, with its 69 including three Bogeys to put it eight sous.
Scheffler’s performance was encapsulated when he gave a hand pump after missing a savings putt on the 14th in a rare demonstration of frustration.
On the same green, Shane Lowry from Ireland has pushed a remarkable Birdie putt of just over 97 feet – the longest in the history of the Fedexcup playoffs and the sixth longer of the PGA Tour since 2003.
This happened while Lowry increased the ranking after the round, playing the last nine holes in six sous.
This meant that he added a 63 at his level of opening 70 and put Lowry on seven sous Global, with Rory McILroy from Northern Ireland who appreciated a 67 without Bogey.
