Seventh-ranked Max Homa set a course record with an eight-under par 62 to seize a two-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship, the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event.
The 32-year-old American made 10 birdies against two bogeys at Olympia Fields in suburban Chicago to break the old mark of 63 shared by Fiji’s Vijay Singh and American Rickie Fowler.
“It was fun. It was pretty cool,” Homa said. “It’s rare you get to kind of just point and shoot but that’s what it felt like.
“I was putting uphill a lot, I made a couple sidewinders, just kind of did everything well, so it was a very fun day.”
Homa matched his career-low PGA round from last year’s Tour Championship to stand on 10-under 130 after 36 holes, two better than compatriot Chris Kirk with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, the 2022 US Open champion, and American Brian Harman, last month’s British Open winner, sharing third on 133.
“I know 36 holes is a long way to go but at the same time I’m going to enjoy what I did today,” Homa said. “I’m going to take with me that I’m playing some very good golf.”—AFP
