Tommy Fleetwood was helped by an surprising supply on the BMW Championship.
The Englishman made a flying begin to his remaining spherical at Caves Valley Golf Membership in Maryland on Sunday.
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Having began the day at seven-under, Fleetwood birdied the par 4 second gap to climb up the leaderboard.
Nonetheless, it had regarded like he must accept par as his putt stopped agonisingly in need of the opening.
His effort rested on the lip of the cup earlier than lastly dropping in as Fleetwood approached the ball.
The second was met with cheers from the gang surrounding the inexperienced because the 34-year-old set free a wry smile.
Replays confirmed he was given a serving to hand by a fly, although.
The insect had been on the ball because it stopped earlier than transferring to the opposite facet of the ball, prompting it to rotate and fall into the cup.
Dame Laura Davies noticed the fly on commentary for Sky Sports activities earlier than being confirmed proper by the replay.
The four-time main winner stated: “There he comes and he goes, ‘no, I’m not having this, I’m going to wander over the equator’. And in we go, thanks very a lot.”
Fleetwood’s early birdie noticed him transfer to eight-under-par for the week and was the primary of three throughout his remaining spherical.
Though he dropped a shot on the fifth gap, he was capable of finish the day in a tie for fifth.
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Fleetwood’s prize cash
In doing so, he heads into subsequent weekend’s Tour Championship fifth within the FedEx Cup rankings.
Consequently, he’ll scoop a bonus of $1.45million (£1.07m) along with his $728,750 (£538,000) in prize cash from the BMW Championship.
It adopted a tied-third place end eventually week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship for Fleetwood.
The world no.13 surrendered a 54-hole result in finish the occasion one shot behind Justin Rose and JJ Spaun.
Rose went on to beat the US Open champion in a play-off to clinch victory.
In the meantime, Fleetwood now has 30 prime 5 finishes regardless of not successful a PGA Tour occasion.
Nonetheless, he has already certified for subsequent month’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.
Fleetwood joins Rose and Rory McIlroy as computerized qualifiers for Group Europe.
The six computerized berths might be finalised on August 24 following the British Masters.
Group USA’s computerized picks are confirmed on the finish of the BMW Championship.