Alex Fitzpatrick leads Truist while former Wake teammate Cameron Young lurks after 63

Cameron Young and Alex Fitzpatrick overlapped one season at Wake Forest, in 2018-19. Young was a senior, Fitzpatrick a freshman, but Young asserts Fitzpatrick was too good to make carry his luggage or anything like that. Instead, Fitzpatrick quickly became a fixture in the Deacons’ starting lineup alongside Young, a mentor and friend.

“I have nothing but good things to say about Cam,” Fitzpatrick said. “He kind of really looked after me. ” When Fitzpatrick broke through on the DP World Tour to win the Hero Indian Open in late March, he received a congratulatory text from Young, who again reached out following Fitzpatrick’s maiden PGA Tour victory two weeks ago at the Zurich Classic, where Fitzpatrick teamed with his older brother, Matt, and earned not only his Tour card but spots in the remaining signature events and next week’s PGA Championship .

“I didn't think he was thinking he would see me in the next two weeks,” Fitzpatrick said of last week’s Cadillac Championship and this week’s Truist Championship. While Young got the better of Fitzpatrick at Doral , winning and beating his former Wake teammate by 10 shots, Fitzpatrick has backed up last week’s T-9 by taking a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round at Quail Hollow . Truist Championship - Final Rd Watch the final round of the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.

C. Fitzpatrick fired a 7-under 64 Saturday to move to 14 under, a shot clear of Kristoffer Reitan, who was part of one of the runner-up teams at the Zurich. Playing in the penultimate pairing is Young, who is two shots back after a third-round 63 and is chasing his third win of the year.