T1. Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay (-1)– Cantlays huge move on Friday came with a hole-out eagle on the par-4 11th hole, which was drivable. Cantlay holed out from 48 lawns and utilized that as a springboard to shoot 33 (with a double!) on the back 9. McIlroy, too, made the most of the short 11th. He drove the green and got up and down from the neck right in front of it for birdie. It was part of a hot start that assisted him to his 2nd consecutive round at par or much better. Todays story is the opposite of recentlys for him. After insisting over the first 2 days that hes enjoying a “correct golf” test, he showed it with a driver that let him down last week at TPC Boston. McIlroy ranks first in the field off the tee and from tee to green, and if the putter takes off over the weekend, we could get a runaway champ.
He in fact ran his score all the method to 4 under thru 8 holes on Friday but played his last 10 in 4 over to settle at even. You almost constantly look first to his putter, however hitting three fairways and simply six greens was in fact the perpetrator for his 73 in Round 2. D.J. somewhat silently got in the home with three birdies in his last 5 holes, consisting of a bomb at the last that put him in the second-to-last pairing on Saturday with Matsuyama.
T5. Adam Scott, Brendon Todd, Louis Oosthuizen, Tony Finau, Billy Horschel, Bubba Watson (+1)– As much as I want to believe in Brendon Todd winning the BMW Championship today and challenging for the FedEx Cup next week, his strokes-gained putting numbers are perturbing. Todd leads the field by a wide margin after 36 holes at Olympia Fields, and will practically certainly return to the pack over the next 36. His business here is stiff and consists of a few of the much better ball-strikers (Finau, Scott, Watson) at the top of this board. I would anticipate those to separate themselves from Todd over the next two days.
It was part of a hot start that assisted him to his second successive round at par or much better. You practically constantly look initially to his putter, but hitting three fairways and just six greens was actually the offender for his 73 in Round 2. Mackenzie Hughes, Kevin Kisner, Jim Herman (+2)– Kisner has actually been playing lights-out golf over the last few tournaments, and hes been in the top 10 in strokes acquired on approach shots over the first 2 rounds at Olympia Fields. That can alter in a rush, however, and hes an appealing option to pop up a little bit over the next two rounds. Tiger Woods (+8)– Tough week for Big Cat through 2 rounds.
T11. Mackenzie Hughes, Kevin Kisner, Jim Herman (+2)– Kisner has been playing lights-out golf over the last few tournaments, and hes been in the top 10 in strokes gained on technique shots over the very first two rounds at Olympia Fields. Hughes closed playing his last four holes in 4 over on Friday.
The former college winner on this golf course is leading five in this field in driving and strokes acquired from tee to green, but is getting squashed on the greens. That can alter in a rush, though, and hes an appealing option to pop up a little bit over the next 2 rounds. DeChambeau won the U.S. Amateur here back in 2015 and has actually quietly played well therefore far.
Barring a miraculous weekend, hell miss out on the Tour Championship for the 2nd straight year (after winning it in 2018), and we will next see him at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
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Tiger Woods (+8)– Tough week for Big Cat through two rounds. Hes almost last in putting so far this week over the very first 36 holes, and at times has looked lost with what hes even trying to do. After striking his 2nd from a fairway bunker over the green, Woods was unable to get his pitch on the green.
When once again, Olympia Fields flaunted in Round 2 of the BMW Championship, much like it carried out in Round 1. The scoring average was a hair lower than it was on Thursday, but as co-leader Rory McIlroy (-1) kept in mind in his post-round interview, the course seemed to get turned up a notch every 30 minutes approximately.
While this might not be a terrific thing for audiences who desire scoring, it does tend to determine the best ball-strikes in the field in any provided tournament. To wit: co-leaders McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay– who will play together on Saturday afternoon– are both in the leading 10 up until now in strokes acquired from tee to green..
Lets have a look at what both golf players did on Friday in a sweltering, perplexing Round 2 at Olympia Fields.
