Young gun Fitzpatrick sets the pace in Sweden


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 04 Jun 2016

Britain's Matthew Fitzpatrick tees out on hole ten during the second round at Bro Hof golf club during the Nordea Masters tournament in Stockholm, Sweden June 3, 2016.TT News Agency/Fredrik Persson/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Matthew Fitzpatrick, who claimed his first European Tour victory in the British Masters at Woburn in October, surged to the top of the Nordea Masters leaderboard with a second-round 65 on Friday.

The 21-year-old Englishman's seven-birdie effort gave him an 11-under total of 133, three ahead of fellow countrymen Ross Fisher (68) and Andrew Johnston (69), Swede Alex Bjoerk (68), Scott Henry of Scotland (69) and Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts (66).

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