The wicked conditions at Olympia Fields werent conducive to scoring on Friday, yet Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay handled to kip down their very first under-par rounds of the week as they enter Saturday as co-leaders at the BMW Championship. Cantlays 2-under-par 68 was connected for the finest round of the field in Round 2, which bumped him from simply outside the top 10 on the leaderboard to T1, while McIlroy strung together his most total round today led by a massive 355.5 yard average off the tees as his length and precision powered his run up the standings.
Behind the duo stands Hideki Matsuyama in 3rd at even-par connected with Dustin Johnson, who completed his day with successive birdies after a slow start to his day. Adam Scott, Brendon Todd, Louis Oosthuizen, Tony Finau and Billy Horschel are all hiding at 1 over and two strokes off the lead.
Elsewhere on the course Friday, Tiger Woods fell from the pack with a 5-over par 75 to drop outside the top 50 as he struggled with his putter for a second straight day. Justin Thomas had similar struggles getting going, carding a 4-over par 74. Tiger requires a big weekend to qualify for the Tour Championship next week, and Thomas needs a weekend rebound to get back momentum with next weeks FedEx Cup finale looming.
Below are the complete Round 3 tee times and pairings for Saturday
BMW Championship tee times, pairings for Saturday.
All times Eastern|Included groups are italicized
Hole No. 1
8:10 a.m.– Marc Leishman 8:15 a.m.– Talor Gooch, Kevin Streelman 8:25 a.m.– Sungjae Im, Andrew Landry 8:35 a.m.– Cameron Champ, Matt Kuchar 8:45 a.m.– Jason Day, Charles Howell III 8:55 a.m.– Adam Long, J.T. Poston 9:05 a.m.– Tiger Woods, Collin Morikawa 9:15 a.m.– Joel Dahman, Cameron Smith 9:25 a.m.– Dylan Frittelli, Robby Shelton 9:35 a.m.– Scottie Scheffler, Maverick McNealy 9:45 a.m.– Daniel Berger, Ryan Palmer 9:55 a.m.– Mark Hubbard, Justin Thomas 10:10 a.m.– Nick Taylor, Byeong Hun An 10:20 a.m.– Jon Rahm, Kevin Na 10:30 a.m.– Max Homa, Richy Werenski 10:40 a.m.– Harris English, Adam Hadwin 10:50 a.m.– Matthew Fitzpatrick, Paul Casey 11:00 a.m.– Sebastian Munoz, Jason Kokrak 11:10 a.m.– Michael Thompson, Brian Harman 11:20 a.m.– Gary Woodland, Corey Conners 11:30 a.m.– Carlos Ortiz, Danny Lee 11:40 a.m.– Harry Higgs, Patrick Reed 11:50 a.m.– Viktor Hovland, Abraham Ancer 12:00 p.m.– Tom Hoge, Tyler Duncan 12:15 p.m.– Russell Henley, Jim Herman 12:25 p.m.– Brendan Steele, Lanto Griffin 12:35 p.m.– Alex Noren, Joaquin Niemann 12:45 p.m.– Tyrrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau 12:55 p.m.– Matthew Wolff, Xander Schauffele 1:05 p.m.– Kevin Kisner, Bubba Watson 1:15 p.m.– Billy Horschel, Mackenzie Hughes 1:25 p.m.– Louis Oosthuizen, Tony Finau 1:35 p.m.– Adam Scott, Brendon Todd 1:45 p.m.– Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson 1:55 p.m.– Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy
