Tommy Fleetwood Chases RBC Canadian Open Redemption

Tommy Fleetwood is back in the danger zone at the RBC Canadian Open, and this one has history written all over it.

Fleetwood sits tied for third at 11-under after rounds of 67-65-67 at TPC Toronto, just two shots behind leader Jackson Suber entering Sunday.

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Bud Cauley is one shot off the lead, but Fleetwood may be the name with the most emotional weight on the board.

He’s not just chasing his first PGA TOUR win of the season; he’s chasing a tournament that once ripped his heart out.

Three years ago, Fleetwood was on the wrong end of one of the loudest moments in Canadian golf history when Nick Taylor buried a 72-foot playoff putt to win the RBC Canadian Open.

Taylor became a national hero. Fleetwood became the guy standing in the frame while the place exploded.

Now, he’s got another shot.

Saturday didn’t look like a runaway. Fleetwood opened with an eagle on the par-5 first, then went quiet with 10 straight pars while others made noise around him.

It would’ve been easy for the round to drift into missed-opportunity territory.

Then came the push.

Fleetwood made birdie at No. 12 from 8 feet and added another at No. 14 from 5 feet, pulling himself right back into the fight.

A bogey at No. 17 stung after a loose approach missed badly to the right, but a closing par kept him firmly in Sunday’s conversation.

“I think it was a really solid day,” Fleetwood said. “I did a lot of good stuff and overall, I think it was a good round.”

That’s classic Fleetwood. No meltdown. No theater. Just calm, honest assessment.

But the stakes are real.

Fleetwood started the year No. 3 in the world and now sits No. 7. He’s 10th in the FedExCup standings with six top-10 finishes, yet the near-misses keep piling up.

He tied for fourth at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, contended late at the Memorial Tournament and now gets another Sunday chance in Canada.

Suber is trying to win his first PGA TOUR title. Cauley is lurking. Canadian hopes Sudarshan Yellamaraju and Matthew Anderson remain within sight, though not right on top of the lead.

That could make Fleetwood a crowd favorite.

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Canadian fans remember 2023, but they’ve never turned on him. If anything, Fleetwood says they’ve embraced him.

Now he gets one more shot to flip the script. The heartbreak was loud. Sunday could be louder.

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