Local hero Fleetwood eyes storybook finish at Birkdale


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 22 Jul 2017

Golf - The 146th Open Championship - Royal Birkdale - Southport, Britain - July 20, 2017 England’s Tommy Fleetwood hits his tee shot on the second hole during the first round REUTERS/Paul Childs

(Reuters) - Tommy Fleetwood's romantic adventure at the Open championship took another "lovely" upward turn on Saturday as the local hero shot a four-under-par 66 to leave him still dreaming of a storybook finish to his remarkable week.

The Englishman's back story -- that of the lad who would sneak on to the course at Royal Birkdale as a seven-year-old to play a few cheeky shots -- captured everyone's imagination in the tournament build-up.

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