DP World Tour : BMW PGA Championship.. Weather Leaderboard
Weather : Mostly cloudy and very windy with scattered showers 40% P.O.P. Chance of a Thunderstorm, winds gusting 15-25mph SW. Temperature 17*c.
Edit >> The cut fell at -2 saving a lot of prominent players red faces, like Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Bob MacIntyre who all made it on the number. See the tee times above.
Now there will be a 3rd round cut today, currently projected at -3
Hideki Matsuyama leads the BMW PGA Championship by one shot at the halfway stage after firing two extraordinary eagles in his second-round 64, but he has a world-class chasing pack waiting to pounce over the weekend.
The tournament debutant found himself four shots off the lead at the conclusion of the weather-affected first round on Friday morning but soon set about closing the gap when he teed off in the afternoon.
The Major Champion turned in 31 after making an eagle and two birdies on the front nine before a run of three birdies in four holes after the turn catapulted him up the leaderboard.
Matsuyama bogeyed the 15th following an errant tee-shot but bounced back in style roaring back into the lead with one of the shots of the day at the 17th, chipping in from 14 yards away. with a chip-in eagle to take the outright lead on -12.
"This is my first time playing Wentworth. I wasn't expecting I would play this good. So very happy with the round today.
"It's obviously a very challenging golf course. You know, I'm just trying to focus on my game, trying to do the same thing for tomorrow and the weekend. So looking forward to the weekend.
"I would love to achieve something big right here, but obviously the conditions are going to be changing for the weekend, so hopefully I can adjust to that and looking forward to the weekend."
European Ryder Cup stars Justin Rose 67 66 carded eight birdies and two bogeys, Ludvig Åberg 64 69 featured five birdies and two bogeys, and Viktor Hovland 67 66 fired four birdies and a spectacular closing eagle, shared second place on -11 with Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal 67 67, another stroke further back at -10.
Round 3 well underway with the new cut projected to be -3.
edit >> Both Canadians, Aaron Cockerill 68 76, Corey Conners 76 67 missed the cut.
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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