Rory McIlroy didn’t mince his words id describing the final hole on day two of the BMW PGA Championship at ‘s**** show’.
Following an 80-minute fog delay at the start of day two at Wentworth the secound round ended amid farcical scenes with four groups waiting on the 18th tee, and the sight of Dane Thomas Bjorn exchanging words with a drunk spectator on the green at the closing hole of the famed West Course at Wentworth.
The final hole was in near darkness, except for the light of a scoreboard when Mcllroy two-putted from 45 feet for birdie to finish on the projected cut mark of one under par.
However, the four-time major will have to wait until the second round is completed on Saturday morning to learn his fate, while playing partner Ludvig Aberg continued his brilliant form by sharing the lead with fellow Swede Sebastian Soderberg on 10 under.
Rory McIlroy unimpressed by final hole ‘s*** shot on day two of the BMW PGA Championship
Asked to describe the late-night drama, McIlroy said: “It was a s***show.
“The fog obviously delayed things but I’ve never remembered having that many players on 17 and 18. It’s not as if they teed us off in tighter slots or anything.
“It’s hard for me trying to play the last well and make the cut, it’s a bit of a mad dash and a scramble to get finished. I don’t know what you could do about that apart from less players in the field.”
Soderberg had earlier made an eagle on the 18th to complete a superb eight-under 64 and set the clubhouse target which was matched by Aberg, who birdied the 16th, 17th and 18th in his 66.
The Swedish pair enjoyed a one-shot lead over Adrian Meronk, Tommy Fleetwood, Thomas Detry and Masahiro Kawamura, with Tyrrell Hatton on seven under and Jon Rahm and Matt Fitzpatrick another stroke back.
Australian Min Woo Lee cannot be rued out at halfway, also lying on six under in joint-16th place after a bogey-free 67, featuring five birdies, while Adam Scott also made it to the weekend at four under after a 69.
Jason Scrivener should make the cut too but must resume his second round on Saturday morning, lying at three under for the tournament with three to play.
Meronk said last week he was “shocked, sad and angry” not to receive a pick from Europe captain Luke Donald, especially after winning his third European tour title in the space of 10 months in May’s Italian Open at the Ryder Cup venue on the outskirts of Rome.
“I have accepted it,” the 30-year-old Pole said at Wentworth.
“The first couple of days after were tough, but I have moved on and am focused on my game. I want to finish the season strongly and that is my only goal now.
“I definitely think it is wrong. I feel I’ve deserved it. I feel I’ve shown in the last two years that I’ve played really good on the tour. If you look at the results and the numbers, I thought it was enough, but there’s nothing I can do now.”
Rahm looked in danger of missing the halfway cut when he thinned his second shot on the first into the face of a fairway bunker and ran up a double bogey, before also dropping a shot on the third.
However, the Masters champion responded with an eagle on the fourth, chipped in to save par on the sixth and covered his last 10 holes in six under par.
