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Max Homa racked up 10 birdies, fired an 8-under-par 62 and grabbed the lead on the BMW Championship on Friday at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club.
Homa, who broke the course file for PGA Tour and main championship occasions, piled up six of his birdies on the again 9 to get to 10-under 130 for the occasion.
He is 2 photographs forward of Chris Kirk, who posted his second straight 66, coming into the weekend on the FedEx Cup playoffs’ second of three occasions. Matt Fitzpatrick of England (67 Friday) and first-round co-leader Brian Harman (68) are tied for third at 7 below.
Homa entered the week No. 6 in FedEx Cup factors and would rocket to No. 1 with a victory on the BMW, permitting him to start out subsequent week’s Tour Championship with a two-stroke benefit on the sector.
After going out in 32 with 4 birdies and a bogey, Homa sank a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 tenth gap and a downhill, right-to-left birdie putt from 22 toes on the par-4 eleventh. He rang up three extra in a row at Nos. 13-15, from 18, 13 and 6 toes away, respectively.
Homa took his second bogey of the day on the par-3 sixteenth gap when his tee shot almost discovered a water hazard, however he rebounded at No. 17 together with his tenth birdie, a 21-footer.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, who shared the first-round lead with Harman, had only one birdie and one bogey on his card Friday for a 70. He stayed at 5 below and heads to the weekend tied for fifth with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (69 Friday), Rickie Fowler (69), Harris English (67) and England’s Justin Rose (65).
Two-time defending champion Patrick Cantlay shot his second straight 68 and is a part of a tie for tenth at 4 below. FedEx Cup factors chief Jon Rahm of Spain tied for the worst spherical of the day, a 4-over 74 with no birdies, and dropped to 2 over for the week.
Hideki Matsuyama of Japan withdrew earlier than his second-round tee time resulting from a again harm. He is not going to qualify for the Tour Championship.
–Field Level Media