BMW Championship 2020: Hideki Matsuyama Holds 1-Stroke Lead After Thursday
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Hideki Matsuyama did not maintain his game all together on the front nine.
Fortunately, he place together the ideal nine-gap stretch of someone Thursday to place himself within the lead at the 2020 BMW Championship. Matsuyama has a one-stroke lead over Tyler Duncan after taking pictures a three-under 67 within the gap round of the second FedEx Cup event.
After making the turn at one over par, Matsuyama shot a 31 over his closing nine holes, knocking down a putt from 67 toes out to cap off his round.
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Mackenzie Hughes is in third place at one under and became once the closing player to shoot an under-par rating within the gap round at Olympia Fields in Illinois. Ten golfers, in conjunction with Rory McIlroy, are tied for fourth place at even par.
The sphere of 69 golfers struggled amid critical-like conditions, that comprises solid wind gusts and a company course that made even traditional photographs maintain a excessive stage of scenario.
Tiger Woods told reporters coming into the event:
“This golf course is determined up extra like a U.S. Open than it is a normal Tour event. However right here is the playoffs. It is supposed to be arduous. … Pars will possible be at a top class, striking the ball within the golf green and looking out for to engage the ball within the most attention-grabbing spots. The greens are posthaste, arduous and company for now. The weather is supposed to be truly hot the following three days and possible breaking Friday evening. However till then right here goes to be a actually advanced golf course.”
Woods is tied for 35th place after carding a three-over 73. He bogeyed his closing three holes, lacking par putts internal 10 toes on each and every gap.
“The course is in most attention-grabbing shape,” Woods stated after the round, per Daniel Rapaport of Golf Digest. “Not the plot I desired to end, however the golf course is having fun with advanced for obvious.”
The BMW Championship is the closing event sooner than the season-ending Tour Championship subsequent week. Woods must end no worse than sixth to maintain a shot at qualifying for the event.
Duncan and Hughes would hobble into the stop 30 if their performances carried over into the weekend.