the australian Adam Scott, with -8, leads the BMW Championship, the second stage of the FedEx Cup playoffsclosely followed by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth after Friday’s second round, where Jon Rahm improved his performance a bit compared to the first day but is still far from the top.
The Basque golfer signed a card of 70 strokes (-1) to put himself with a total of 143 (+1), 9 hits from Scottseeking his 15th North American PGA Tour title, had a quiet day, with four birdies in the bag, before running into No. 18.
A double-bogey conceded at the worst possible moment, allowing Spieth, who also made a fifth birdie at the 17th, to regain his level. however, Spieth also made a mistake on the final hole, dropping to second place.
Scott was ahead of him now, as were three other competitors who moved up to second: Canadian Correy Conners, and Americans Cameron Young and Scottie Scheffler. The latter, who proved irresistible in the spring with four titles, including the Augusta Masters, climbed 11 places.
The other leading player is tied for sixth place, two strokes behind the leader, as Rory McIlroy (N.3), Patrick Cantlay (N.4) and Xander Schauffele (N.6), who made a magnificent eagle on N.17.
Will Zalatoris (N.9), winner of the St. Jude Championship last Sunday, which was the first part of the FedEx Cup playoffs, was 22nd, five strokes behind Scott and still in the race.
Only the top 30 finishers of the BMW Championship will advance to the final round of the Tour Championship, scheduled for next week in Atlanta, Georgia. The winner of this final round will pocket a check for $18 million.
Sorting after the second day
1. Adam Scott (AUS) -8 (65-69)
2. Corey Conners (CAN) -7 (68-67)
. Scottie Scheffler (USA) -7 (68-67)
. Jordan Spieth (USA) -7 (68-67)
. Cameron Young (USA) -7 (67-68)
6. Patrick Cantlay (USA) -6 (68-68)
. Cameron Davis (AUS) -6 (69-67)
. Rory McIlroy (NIR) -6 (68-68)
. Xander Schauffele (USA) -6 (67-69)
. Scott Stallings (USA) -6 (68-68)
…
11. Shane Lowry (IRL) -5 (66-71)
. Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) -5 (70-67)
22. Sung-Jae Im (KOR) -3 (70-69)
. Collin Morikawa (USA) -3 (67-72)
. Justin Thomas (USA) -3 (66-73)
. Will Zalatoris (USA) -3 (70-69)
53. Jon Rahm (ESP) +1 (73-70)
Source: La Verdad
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