Tommy Fleetwood was delighted to make it through to the weekend at the BMW PGA Championship after holing his clutch birdie putt on the 18th green to make the cut on the number.
The home favourite has received a warm welcome at his first event in England since his memorable FedEx Cup triumph and was roared on by bumper crowds as he battled to make the cut on Friday.
His opening-round 73 had given him work to do and after mixing two birdies with two bogeys on the front nine on day two, he needed something special to avoid an early exit.
Birdies at the 11th and 16th left him requiring one more birdie and, in a dramatic finish, he got it from seven feet on the 18th to send his many fans wild.
Ryder Cup star Fleetwood said: "I haven’t been great really for two days. Like yesterday, particularly, I was poor off the tee and had an awful day on the greens. I felt terrible.
"I worked on that yesterday, putted well to keep myself in it and then when I had my chances on the back nine I missed a couple and then it just came down to the last.
"I ground it out, making the cut is always important. It gives you the chance to play two rounds at the weekend and see if we can work our way up the leaderboard. That's a nice feeling just to get that done in the end.
"I was pretty nervous playing the last. It’s a good lesson, I was happy. I would rather not be in that position on a Friday but it’s nice to have the juices flowing and have those nerves.
"I was nervous over the second shot and the putt. I hit a really nice putt there. I’m always learning things.
"Making the cut means a lot. You just don’t know what you’re going to do at the weekend. I might play poorly but I might play really well and end up feeling like I have had a really good week. If I missed that putt on the last I might not get to do that.
"I have had two weeks off. You never really want to rest on your laurels. I have had a great time on the course, this summer I have played really well.
"The game is fickle, hard and very humbling. I felt like yesterday it did a good job of that for me and today, really.
"The more competitive rounds you play, the sharper you get. I will try to put things right what I feel has not been good over the two rounds and then put it into competition play the next two days.
"It’s a big difference between practising on the range and playing in competition and I will work on my game and see if I can get it right over the weekend."
