Top Scottish golfer Bob MacIntyre continued his brilliant birdie blitz at the BMW Championship adding a six-under 64 to his opening 62 and lead the FedEx Play-Off Series event by an impressive five shots at 14-under on the host Caves Valley course in Owings Mills, Maryland.

MacIntyre left World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and 48 other PGA Tour players eating his dust as he heads to a hopeful third PGA Tour triumph.

The Oban lefty made it look as easy on a course renovated, lengthened and also boasting new greens and still has not put up too much resistance without much wind.

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MacIntyre still putted well, except for the 5-foot birdie he missed on the 18th and another birdie chance inside 8 feet on the eighth hole. He has gained 6.8 shots on the field in putting through 36 holes to also ead the key putting statistic.

But he was rarely out of position even when he missed a fairway or green.

“Yesterday the putter was on fire. Today I felt like my iron play was exceptional,” MacIntyre said. “Obviously, coming from links golf back out to throwing darts is a bit different technique-wise, turf-wise, so it took a little bit of readjusting, but I’ve got the hang of it.”

MacIntyre was also asked the following:

Q. Do you remember ever having this big of a lead in a tournament?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Not as a professional, I don’t think. But I’ve had it before as an amateur. Yeah, again, it’s only 36 holes gone. There’s a long way to go. I’m comfortable with who I am. I’m comfortable with the team around me, and I’m comfortable on this golf course. Just go and play golf.

Q. Do you think you would have said the same a year and a half ago or two years ago? Do you feel like that comfort has really come on recently?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Yeah, I believe I’m able to compete at this level. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t believe that, and I’ve had so many experiences in my life that have helped me to get here from whether it’s normal life back home in Oban fighting for — fighting as an amateur, different sports back home, and then experiences as a Ryder Cup, winning in Scotland, Canada. I’ve experienced the majority of it, and then this year at the U.S. Open, I felt things that I never thought I would ever feel.

Yeah, I’m ready for the weekend.

Q. Are you more comfortable being here in the U.S.?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Yeah, I don’t spend — I don’t spend my off weeks anymore over here as much. Last year we tried to live here, but I travel back and forward now. Yeah, I love home. It’s no secret. It’s probably not going to change. But everything that means anything to me is in Scotland, so why be anywhere else.

MacIntyre’s efforts over the two rounds is in stark contrast to a year ago when a back injury forced his withdrawal.

And in further good news for MacIntyre it is now a second occasion in his short PGA Tour career he’s lead an event heading into the closing two rounds and the first being last year’s RBC Canadian Open.

Q. Along those lines, there was a time probably a couple years ago where you notoriously were a bit of a slow starter and then got it going. Did you ever concentrate or contemplate more going at the get-go?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Yeah, there’s a couple of things that I’ve changed. This event last year I was injured. I injured myself, I think, before the second round. We know statistically that I was slower in the mornings. My scoring average wasn’t as good in the morning as it was in the afternoon. We looked at that. We checked out why that was.

We’ve not scientifically found out the answer. We’ve kind of worked it out between my team and I, from bands to heart rate monitors to everything, and I’m warming up now before my rounds, stretching, doing some stuff in the gym before I play now so that when I get out there, I’m ready to go.

To be honest, I got told by a very successful Scottish athlete that sleep is the most important thing that he learnt in his career, and it’s something that I really prioritize before a day is my sleep.

Q. Would we know who this Scottish athlete is?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Probably one of the greatest sportsmen, Andy Murray. When I played the pro-am with him it was one of the things I asked him, and he really said the biggest thing he learnt for recovery was his sleep, so let’s get the head down.

Q. I thought he was British. Only when he loses?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Correct. Or Scottish just now.

Second-Round Notes – Friday, August 15, 2025

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 Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 88. Wind E/SE 6-12 mph.

Second-Round Leaderboard

 Robert MacIntyre (1^st/-14)

• Cards bogey-free 64 to set career low 36-hole score on TOUR (previous: 130/2024 RBC Canadian Open/Won)
• Marks his second 36-hole lead/co-lead in stroke-play events on TOUR (2024 RBC Canadian Open/Won)
• Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach The Green (6.825) and Strokes Gained: Putting (6.753)
• Seeking his third PGA TOUR win in his 76^th start (2024 RBC Canadian Open, 2024 Genesis Scottish Open)
• Enters the week No. 20 in the FedExCup standings; currently projected No. 3
• Looking to advance to the TOUR Championship for the second consecutive season (2024/17^th)
• Has five top-10 finishes in 21 starts this season, led by a runner-up finish at the U.S. Open
• Making his second start at the BMW Championship (2024/WD/back injury)

Miscellaneous Notes

• Reigning FedExCup champion and current points leader Scottie Scheffler (2^nd/-9) sits in the top-5 after 36 holes for the 8^th time this season (the most of any players on TOUR this season); his second-round 65 marks his 15^th consecutive round under par (last round over par: R3/2025 Travelers Championship/72/+2)
• 2024 BMW Championship runner-up Ludvig Åberg (3^rd/-8) posts a 6-under 64; equals his best 36-hole score on TOUR this season (Genesis Scottish Open/T8)
• Hideki Matsuyama (4^th/-7) is the only player who is bogey-free thru 36-holes
• Other notable scores:
  • Three-time FedExCup champion Rory McIlroy (11^th/-4)
  • Rockville, Maryland native Denny McCarthy (T16/-1)
  • Winner of the 2021 BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club Patrick Cantlay (T16/-1)
  • Last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship winner Justin Rose (T28/+1)
  • Defending BMW Championship winner Keegan Bradley (T32/+2)

FedExCup Playoffs Projections

The top 30 players at the conclusion of the BMW Championship will advance to the TOUR Championship

Players projected to move into top 30

Players projected to move out of top 30