Max Homa fired a second-round 62 to move 2 clear of Chris Kirk at the BMW Champion; Matt Fitzpatrick 3 back with Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler 5 behind; see the 3rd round reside on Saturday from 3pm by means of the red button on Sky Sports Golf, ahead of complete protection from 6pm
By Ali Stafford
Last Upgraded: 18/08/23 11:08 pm
Rory McIlroy sits 5 strokes off the midway lead at the PGA Trip’s BMW Champion
Rory McIlroy was not able to develop on his quick start to the BMW Champion as Max Homa opened a two-shot midway lead over Chris Kirk in Illinois.
McIlroy held a share of the lead after the opening day and made a strong start to round 2 by rolling in from 12 feet at the 3rd, with the ruling FedExCup champ holing from 10 feet to conserve par at the seventh as he reached the turn in 34.
The world No 2 ended a run of pars when a stubborn drive into the trees at the par-five 15th led to a charge drop and a bogey, with McIlroy not able to contribute to his birdie tally along the closing stretch on his method to a level-par 70 at Olympia Fields Nation Club.
-10 Max Homa (U.S.A.)
-8 Chris Kirk (U.S.A.)
-7 Brian Harman (U.S.A.), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
Others: -5 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Scottie Scheffler (U.S.A.); +2 Jon Rahm (Esp)
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McIlroy accidently struck himself with his own club after a tee shot
McIlroy heads into the weekend in a five-way tie for 5th put on 5 under, while Homa charged top of the leaderboard by blending 10 birdies with 2 bogeys in a sensational second-round 62.
” Pretty average,” McIlroy stated about his round. One birdie, one bogey. Offered myself lots of possibilities. I seemed like I struck great putts, simply struck a great deal of edges and the ball simply sort of moved by. I do not seem like I played too various to how I played the other day, I simply got a bit more out of my round the other day.”
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Homa made the most of the par-five very first and made 3 birdies in 4 holes from the seventh, just to stop working to get up and below the greenside bunker at the par-three 8th and close a front-nine 32.
The American made 5 birdies in a six-hole stretch from the 10th and rushed a bogey at the par-three 16th after almost discovering water off the tee, then holed from 20 feet at the beside return to 10 under.
Max Homa is going after a 3rd triumph of the PGA Trip season
Kirk published a 2nd succeeding 66 to get solo 2nd ahead of Open champ Brian Harman and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, who carded rounds of 68 and 67 respectively, while Justin Rose opened with 4 straight birdies on his method to a four-under 66.
Rose is signed up with on 5 under by McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Harris English and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler – who had a hard time on the greens once again and signed up simply one birdie in a bogey-free 69 – with two-time safeguarding champ Patrick Cantlay a more stroke back in tied-10th.
Scottie Scheffler is 5 strokes off the midway lead at the BMW Champion
FedExCup leader Jon Rahm dropped to tied-35th and 12 strokes off the lead after a second-round 74, while Ireland’s Ryder Cup confident Seamus Power props up the leaderboard after rounds of 76 and 72.
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