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Rory McIlroy & Scottie Scheffler both shot four-under par rounds to move within three shots of leader Lucas Glover; First-round leader Jordan Spieth is one shot back; Continue to watch the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Championship live on Saturday from 7pm on Sky Sports Golf

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler surged into contention at the FedEx St. Jude Championship as Lucas Glover took the lead after the second round at TPC Southwind.

Glover shot a 64 on Friday, nipping in front of fellow American Jordan Spieth to sit on top of the leaderboard.

Glover was six under for his 18 holes and 10 under overall, one stroke ahead of Spieth and two in front of a chasing pack of five including England’s Tommy Fleetwood.

An eagle at the 16th, Glover’s seventh hole, lit a fire under his round and he followed with a run of three birdies in four holes on the front nine as he put together a blemish-free card in Memphis.

Spieth followed his eye-catching 63 on Thursday with a patchier 68. He was two under on Friday’s play, peaking with a magnificent bunker shot that nestled in the hole from 16 yards and got him in in two shots at the short fourth.

That was one of six birdies he managed, but his progress was offset by four bogeys – two in succession immediately following his brilliant effort from the sand.

Tommy Fleetwood trails leader Lucas Glover by one shot

Fleetwood hit his second 66 in a row, but a dropped shot at the final hole saw the Brit end the day two shots back from Glover.

The top two ranked players in the world – Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy – are one further back on seven under.

The pair, who played together on Thursday and Friday alongside World No 3 Jon Rahm, could be paired once more on Saturday after both signing for 66 to stay in the hunt for a title tilt over the weekend.

They were both five shots back from Glover when entering the final four holes of the round, but managed to play the closing stretch in two-under to take up a menacing position on the leaderboard.

After a dreadful opening round, Rahm shot a much-improved 67 to finish at level par for the tournament, with the Spaniard aided by a spectacular recovery chip in from the bunker at the 18th having hit his tee shot in the water.

Well positioned at six-under are American duo Xander Schauffele and Max Homa, while Collin Morikawa and Patrick Cantlay are among the group a shot further back.

Who will win the FedExCup? Watch the FedExCup Playoffs live this August on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the FedEx St. Jude Championship continues on Saturday from 7pm on Sky Sports Golf.

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Ally Ewing holds the halfway lead at the AIG Women’s Open, with Charley Hull part of the chasing pack and chasing a maiden major victory; Watch the third round live on Saturday from midday on Sky Sports Golf

Pairings and tee times for the third round of the AIG Women’s Open, held at Walton Heath in Surrey and exclusively live on Saturday from midday on Sky Sports Golf.

USA unless stated; (X) denotes amateurs

Starting at hole one

0835 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha)

0845 Danielle Kang, Akie Iwai (Jpn)

0855 Cara Gainer (Eng), Wei-Ling Hsu (Tai)

0905 Lindy Duncan, Alice Hewson (Eng)

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Watch Charley Hull hole two huge birdie putts at the AIG Women’s Open!

0915 Haruka Kawasaki (Jpn), Georgia Hall (Eng)

0925 Maja Stark (Swe), Caroline Hedwall (Swe)

0935 Angela Stanford, Kylie Henry (Sco)

0945 Diksha Dagar (Ind), Klara Davidson Spilkova (Cze)

0955 Mao Saigo (Jpn), Yuri Yoshida (Jpn)

1010 Julia Lopez Ramirez (Esp) (x), Hae Ran Ryu (Kor)

1020 Anna Nordqvist (Swe), Charlotte Heath (Eng) (x)

1030 Johanna Gustavsson (Swe), Hyejin Choi (Kor)

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Charley Hull analysed her performance at round two of The AIG Women’s Open as she is tied for second at the end of the day.

1040 Celine Boutier (Fra), Xiyu Janet Lin (Chn)

1050 Amy Yang (Kor), Stephanie Meadow (NIrl)

1100 Gemma Dryburgh (Sco), Leona Maguire (Ire)

1110 Alim Kim (Kor), Nicole Broch Estrup (Den)

1125 Olivia Cowan (Ger), Pajaree Anannarukarn (Tha)

1135 Eun Hee Ji (Kor), Jiyai Shin (Kor)

1145 Emily Kristine Pedersen (Den), Kokona Sakurai (Jpn)

1155 Nelly Korda, Ruoning Yin (Chn)

1205 Na Rin An (Kor), Mina Harigae

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Watch Anna Nordqvist fail to get her ball in the air from the rough and scuff it down the fairway.

1215 Yuna Nishimura (Jpn), Megan Khang

1225 Rose Zhang, Grace Kim (Aus)

1240 Yu Liu (Chn), Jaravee Boonchant (Tha)

1250 Morgane Metraux (Sui), Jeongeun Lee6 (Kor)

1300 Ayaka Furue (Jpn), Jenny Shin (Kor)

1310 Lindsey Weaver-Wright, In Gee Chun (Kor)

1320 Miyu Yamashita (Jpn), Linn Grant (Swe)

1330 Ryann O’Toole, Perrine Delacour (Fra)

1340 Jin Young Ko (Kor), Nasa Hataoka (Jpn)

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Jodi Ewart Shadoff joins Sarah Stirk in the Sky Zone to discuss the atmosphere at the AIG Women’s Open and how the tournament is ‘amazing for women’s golf’.

1355 Minjee Lee (Aus), Aditi Ashok (Ind)

1405 Allisen Corpuz, Atthaya Thitikul (Tha)

1415 Jodi Ewart Shadoff (Eng), Angel Yin

1425 Gaby Lopez (Mex), Alison Lee

1435 Hyo Joo Kim (Kor), Lilia Vu

1445 Charley Hull (Eng), Minami Katsu (Jpn)

1455 Andrea Lee, Ally Ewing

When is the AIG Women’s Open on Sky?

Sky Sports will have extended live coverage from the final women’s major of the year, with seven hours of live action for each tournament day.

Coverage will begin from midday over the weekend, while there will be a daily one-hour highlights show to look back at the best of the previous rounds’ action on Sky Sports Golf.

You can download the Sky Sports App to get news, interviews, highlights, clips, leaderboard scores and a dedicated blog, while other special AIG Women’s Open programming will be available to download via Sky Sports On Demand.

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Dame Laura Davies has made 43 consecutive AIG Women’s Open appearances and won the event in 1986, before it was classified as a major, Englishwoman withdrew through injury mid-round at Walton Heath; Watch the AIG Women’s Open live this week on Sky Sports Golf

Dame Laura Davies remains hopeful of signing off her record-breaking AIG Women’s Open career at St Andrews in 2024 after being forced to withdraw from this year’s contest through injury.

The golfing legend, who said pre-tournament that her 43rd consecutive AIG Women’s Open “might be my last one”, only completed six holes of her opening round at Walton Heath before being forced to pull out with a wrist injury.

Past winners of the event aged 60 or under receive an exemption to play each year, with Davies – who won the event in 1986 before it became recognised as a major – turning 60 in October and remaining eligible to compete in the 2024 edition at St Andrews.

Dame Laura Davies is yet to commit to competing at the AIG Women’s Open next summer

Davies has only played a limited schedule in recent seasons and intends to scale back further over the year ahead, with the four-time major winner set to decide nearer the time whether she will extend her streak of AIG Women’s Open appearances at the Home of Golf.

“I’m probably not going to play any more regular tour events,” Davies told Sky Sports. “I’m going to be playing some seniors tour events next year and then, if I feel my game is good enough, I will have a go at St Andrews.

“It’s my favourite golf course in the world so couldn’t be better, but I’m not going to go there if I’m playing really horrible golf.

“Hopefully the senior events I play in will be enough to have some kind of game going in.”

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Highlights of the first round of the AIG Women’s Open from Walton Heath.

Davies was nine over for her round after four bogeys, a double bogey and a triple-bogey over the first six holes, with the Englishwoman calling time on her round after an errant drive at the seventh.

“I just kept hitting it in the deep rough and I went for one too many,” Davies explained. “I had been kind of hacking my way down the first three or four holes and then got to six and it was a really bad lie in the brambles.

“I went for it when I probably should’ve taken a drop and I just felt something in the wrist pop. On the tee shot on seven I felt it again and I thought ‘do you know what, I’m way over par, I’m getting in everyone’s way and it really hurts’, so I called for a ruling.

“The doctor has a look at it and said it was a rumbling tendon, which I don’t think I’ve had before! I don’t think I could have played today, so I think it was the right decision.

“It’s disappointing but sometimes you’ve got to know when it’s getting close to the end.”

Watch the AIG Women’s Open this month live on Sky Sports. The opening round is live on Thursday from 11am on Sky Sports Golf. Stream the AIG Women’s Open with NOW for £26 a month for 12 months.

Jordan Spieth, the 2015 FedExCup champion, holds one-shot lead over Tom Kim after opening round of FedEx St. Jude Championship; Continue to watch the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Championship live on Friday from 6pm on Sky Sports Golf

Jordan Spieth chipped in for eagle to take the first-round lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the FedExCup Playoffs, on Thursday in Memphis.

Spieth’s eagle at the par-five 16th hole at TPC Southwind vaulted him into the driver’s seat at seven under, and he made two pars to finish off a bogey-free 63.

Tom Kim of South Korea is in second at six-under 64, and Collin Morikawa and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo are tied for third at five-under 65. Lucas Glover, who qualified for the playoffs by winning last week’s Wyndham Championship, is part of a massive tie at four-under 66.

The top 70 players from the season-long FedExCup points race earned berths into the playoffs, and only the top 50 in the standings after this tournament will advance to next week’s BMW Championship. There is no 36-hole cut at the FedEx St. Jude Championship for the first time.

FedExCup points leader Jon Rahm had a double bogey and four bogeys en route to a forgettable, three-over 73, putting him tied for 65th.

Were he to finish the tournament that far down the leaderboard, he is still projected to hold onto the No. 1 spot. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, entering the week Nos. 2 and 3, each shot 3-under 67 on Thursday.

Spieth, the 2015 FedExCup champion, has not won on tour since the RBC Heritage in April 2022.

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