BMW Championship 2020: Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay Tied for Lead After Round 2

How advanced is Olympia Fields taking half on this weekend? Here is a theory: Only eight of the 68 gamers on the BMW Championship shot beneath par on Friday. The bottom obtain of the day changed into a two-beneath par 68. 

The country club 45 minutes south of Chicago is serving as the second leg of this year’s FedEx Cup Playoffs and or no longer it will purchase a championship-like performance to beat it. After Round 2 or no longer it is impossibly halt to resolve who it will advance from. 

Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay currently fraction the lead at one-beneath par heading into animated day whereas the tip 10 on the leaderboard are separated by fair three strokes. With Saturday’s action looming, the match is smooth entirely up for grabs. 

Here’s a survey at where things stand after two rounds.

2020 BMW Championship Friday Leaderboard

T1. Patrick Cantlay (-1)

T1. Rory McIlroy (-1)

T3. Hideki Matsuyama (E)

T3. Dustin Johnson (E)

T5. Adam Scott (+1)

T5. Brendon Todd (+1)

T5. Louis Oosthuizen (+1)

T5. Tony Finau (+1)

T5. Billy Horschel (+1)

T10. Mackenzie Hughes (+2)

T10. Kevin Kisner (+2)

T10. Bubba Watson (+2)

Notables: T13. Matthew Wolff (+3), T13. Xander Schauffele (+3), T13. Bryson DeChambeau (+3), T30. Gary Woodland (+5), T39. Jon Rahm (+6), T55. Tiger Woods (+8), T61. Jason Day (+10)

Fleshy leaderboard by PGATour.com 

Highlights

In a season that is viewed a new cut of younger gamers shine on a couple of of the Tour’s excellent phases, or no longer it is significant to appear a main ten stuffed with expertise after two rounds. 

Matthew Wolff, Viktor Hovland, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Collin Morikawa are all on the open air taking a survey in precisely now. Morikawa (9 over), Fitzpatrick (5 over) and Hovland (four over) will all deserve to existing resilience on Saturday to construct distinct they construct the tip 30 and produce a group up in subsequent week’s tour championship in Atlanta. 

They need no longer look extra than the play of McIlroy. 

The Irishman hadn’t performed in the tip ten at any match since March easiest to advance again roaring again on the BMW. McIlroy sank 5 birdies on Friday with three on the again 9 to retain himself atop the leaderboard. It helps that he hit 61.11 percent of his greens in regulation largely as a result of the more or much less drives he overwhelmed early in the second spherical. 

Now to now not be outdone, Cantlay’s short game changed into equally spectacular set up for a double bogey on No. 16.

Cantlay sank four birdies and one eagle on one amongst the shots of the day. 

It changed into the construct of precision Tiger Woods would possibly maybe furthermore’ve historical at any level on Saturday. As one more, Woods banked 5 bogeys and one double bogey on fair two birdies as his driving accuracy fell to 50 percent and he lost 1.198 strokes on the fairway. After making par on each of his first four holes, the 44-year-faded fell apart on No. 5, stumbled all over again on No. 7 and changed into unable to construct up better except No. 18.

Woods ended his spherical with a 36-foot putt to set up par and stroll off with a obtain of 75 for the day—shedding him 20 spots on in the standings.