Fleetwood on Familiar Turf and Shares Lead as Olympic Chase for Golf Takes Shape

Fleetwood on Familiar Turf and Shares Lead as Olympic Chase for Golf Takes Shape
Tommy Fleetwood, of Great Britain, taps hands with fans as he walks to the 15th tee during the second round of the men's golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, on Aug. 2, 2024. George Walker IV/AP Photo
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France—British golfer Tommy Fleetwood is on familiar turf and chasing another gold trophy at Le Golf National, this one an Olympic medal instead of that 17-inch Ryder Cup trophy.

The medal chase in men’s golf began to take shape Friday with Fleetwood sharing the 36-hole lead with defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama, giving another sellout crowd plenty of star power at the top.