{"id":1253130,"date":"2024-08-17T00:48:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T00:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1253130"},"modified":"2024-08-17T07:25:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T07:25:03","slug":"fedex-st-jude-championship-2024-r2-hideki-matsuyama-denny-mccarthy-tied-at-halfway-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/fedex-st-jude-championship-2024-r2-hideki-matsuyama-denny-mccarthy-tied-at-halfway-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Hideki Matsuyama & Denny McCarthy tied at halfway point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hideki Matsuyama and Denny McCarthy found their touch on the greens and are tied in first place at 11-under at the FedEx St Jude Championship.<\/p>\n

Matsuyama<\/a> \u2013 without his regular caddy and coach after their passports were stolen in London \u2013 recovered from finding the water on the short fourth hole to fire a 64, McCarthy going one better after holing three birdie putts from 25 feet or longer.<\/p>\n

They moved to 11-under par at a sweltering TPC Southwind in Memphis, the opening leg of the end-of-season FedEx Cup play-offs, to sit one ahead of Sam Burns who went out in 29 en route to a 63.<\/p>\n