{"id":659502,"date":"2026-05-10T04:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659502\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:06:12","slug":"pga-tour-englands-alex-fitzpatrick-leads-truist-championship-as-rory-mcilroys-title-hopes-fade-at-quail-hollow-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659502\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour: England’s Alex Fitzpatrick leads Truist Championship as Rory McIlroy’s title hopes fade at Quail Hollow | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"

England\u2019s Alex Fitzpatrick takes a one-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Tour\u2019s Truist Championship, as Rory McIlroy\u2019s title hopes faded in North Carolina. <\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick mixed eight birdies with a lone bogey to post a sensational seven-under 64 at the Quail Hollow Club, lifting him to 14 under and a shot clear of Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan. <\/p>\n

Cameron Young fired a round-of-the-day 63 to jump to third and within two of the lead, with Nicolai Hojgaard four back in a share of fourth place alongside halfway leader Sungjae Im.<\/p>\n

\"Cameron<\/p>\n

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\n Cameron Young is chasing a third win of the PGA Tour season <\/p>\n

JJ Spaun and Justin Thomas both sit five behind on nine under, while Tommy Fleetwood – playing alongside Im in the final group and one back at the halfway stage – is also in the group tied-sixth after a one-under 70.<\/p>\n

McIlroy, a four-time winner of the event, was four strokes off the halfway lead but stumbled down the leaderboard – and out of contention – after a third-round 75.<\/p>\n

The back-to-back Masters champion birdied the par-four first but dropped shots on both par-threes on the front nine, then lost further ground after four consecutive bogeys on his back nine.<\/p>\n

McIlroy had to settle for birdie at the par-five 15th after missing his eagle attempt from 10 feet, with the world No 2 closing with three straight pars to head into the final day on one under.<\/p>\n

Who will win the Truist Championship? Watch the final round live on Sunday from 12.30pm on Sky Sports+ and 5pm on Sky Sports Golf. Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports<\/a> or stream with no contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Alex Fitzpatrick takes a one-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Tour\u2019s Truist Championship, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-659502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}