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Philadelphia, PA … Xander Schauffele edged closer to the double delight of not only of defending next fortnight’s Tour Championship crown but also securing the last place into the USA Ryder Cup team with a 64 for a two-shot lead on day two of the BMW Championship in Philadephia. Schauffele, 24 capped his round with four birdies in his opening seven holes for a 13-under par tally on the Aronimink course and with Tour officials opting for early tee-times ahead of predicted afternoon storms Schuaffele ...

Philadelphia, PA …. Justin Rose’s love affair with ‘The City of Brotherly Love’ continues after a rousing 63 on day two of the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. Rose stormed his way to second place at 11-under par thanks to seven birdies on the Aronimink course located some seven miles from where he captured the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion. Rose’s round is also his lowest Tour score in three years since two similar 63s late in his 2015 season. “I’m delighted with that,” said Rose. ...

Philadelphia … Rory McIlroy again struggled with the putter to slip from a first day share of the lead and be trailing four shots behind heading to the weekend rounds of the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. McIlroy managed just three birdies, and seven less than a day earlier, in a round of a one-under par 69 to drop back into a share of seventh place at nine-under on the Aronimink course. Xander Schauffele boosted hopes not only of defending next fortnight’s Tour Championship crown but ...

Philadelphia, PA … Xander Schauffele boosted hopes not only of defending next fortnight’s Tour Championship crown but also securing the last place into the USA Ryder Cup team in posting a 63 on day one of the BMW Championship in Philadephia. Schauffele, 24 began with a bogey but bounced back to birdie eight of the next 15 holes for a seven-under tally and finish the day third in sauna-like condition on the Aronimink course. It left the Californian-born golfer trailing just one stroke behind ...

Philadelphia, PA … Rory McIlroy let slip joining golf’s ultra-exclusive ‘Mr. 59 Club’ with late round back-to-back bogeys in joining Tiger Woods in the lead with a 62 on day one of the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. For Woods, it is a first time he’s shared the lead at the end of any round since  leading for all four days in capturing the 2013 – WGC Cadillac Championship. McIlroy had been a shot clear of Woods at nine-under par through 15 holes when Woods headed to the clubhouse ...

Aronimink GC, PA …. Tiger Woods continued to boost hopes of a first victory in well over five-years with a sizzling outward nine of 29 and a round of 62 in heatwave conditions on day one of the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. Woods headed the scorer’s room at eight-under par, and one behind Rory McIlroy, and who he had played a 9-hole practice round on Tuesday, and with McIlroy at nine-under par after 15 holes. Woods had ignited thoughts of a career first 59 in producing an eagle and four ...

Avonimink GC, PA … Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello admits it has been hard to swallow not being picked for the European Ryder Cup team. European Team captain, Thomas Bjorn said he ‘felt sick’ after having phoned Cabrera-Bello on Tuesday morning US time to advise the 34-year old he was being overlooked for a ‘wildcard’ pick in favour of his compatriot, Sergio Garcia. Cabrera-Bello had finished 10th on the European Team points table and two places from automatically qualifying for Bjorn’s ...