BMW Championship: Rose second, McIlroy & Woods slip back from lead

BMW Championship second-round leaderboard
-13 X Schauffele (US), -11 J Rose (Eng), -10 K Bradley (US), A Noren (Swe), R Fowler (USA), H Matsuyama (Jpn)
Selected others: -9 R McIlroy (NI), J Day (Aus) -8 T Woods (US); -7 T Fleetwood (Eng), F Molinari (Ita); -2 I Poulter (Eng)
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England's Justin Rose shot a seven-under-par 63 to move into second place after the second round of the BMW Championship in Philadelphia.

Rose, 38, finished the day 11 under, two off the lead, to climb the leaderboard as Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods moved in the opposite direction.

McIlroy had a one-under 69 for a nine-under total, one shot ahead of 14-time major winner Woods, who bogeyed his final two holes in a level-par 70.

Xander Schauffele leads on 13 under.

The American shot a six-under 64 on a day when tee times were brought forward because of the threat of bad weather.

Schauffele narrowly missed out on an automatic spot in Jim Furyk's United States Ryder Cup team but could earn the fourth and final wildcard pick - which will be revealed on Monday - with a strong performance this weekend.

He said: "I feel like I'm sort of on a mission here. I have lots to prove to myself... and I just want to win and just handle my business."

McIlroy's 69 saw him fall six places to joint-seventh on nine under, while Woods is tied for 12th.

England's Tommy Fleetwood sits one shot behind Woods after hitting eight birdies for an eight-under-par round of 62 to charge up the leaderboard.

Woods followed his 62 on Thursday - his lowest opening round since 1999 - with three birdies and three bogeys for a level-par 70.

The American, who was this week named as a wildcard pick for the Ryder Cup, said on pgatour.com: "I hit it just as good and putted it just as good. Nothing went in. That's the way it goes.

"That round today was easily six, seven under par. It turned into even par which is not what I needed to do."

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Typical BBC reporting... Woods and McIlroy have hardly fallen away. Woods level par today and McIlroy 1 under... OK so they didn't repeat yesterdays 62s, but come on BBC, be accurate.
How the news is framed is always fascinating.
How does Mickelson propping up the field at 5 over and a Ryder Card pick avoid any comment?
Finau & Schauffele should have been 2 certain wild card picks for the Ryder Cup (of course one of them can still get selected) but the out of form Mickelson gets the nod.
The Woods hysteria is baffling but delighted Rose is doing, well he’s a class act.
I agree with the first comment. In actual fact, Rory and Tiger have not "slipped back" from the lead. They have been OVERTAKEN relative to par. There is a difference!!
I imagine that Bjorn is feeling much happier about life after that round. Rose, Noren and McIlroy are within four shots of the lead, Fleetwood and Molinari shot 62 and 63, and Rahm has shown better form. Plus Jordan Spieth is more out of form than Garcia. I think the Ryder Cup is going to be very close.
Now that is a better looking leaderboard. Well done Rosey and Tommy.
And no mention of Matsuyama who is well-positioned at -10.
USA will regret giving Woods and Mickelson Ryder Cup places.
27. Posted by chrisf "Bigger greens are easier until you get on them.". It matters not whether the area of a green is 1,000 square feet or 3,000 square feet. If you can get your ball within 10 ft. of the hole the putt is the same !
@22: Not today, but he fought hard yesterday.
Garcia has been MIA since the Wyndham.
How He got a pick is a mystery
Strong looking leaderboard. Don't think 4 or 5 off the lead is falling away. Mcilroy and Woods are purple patch players anyhow. Well done Rose.
Nothing wrong with a sixty nine...
I doubt the course designer Donald Ross intended for the fairways to be thirty yards wide and the greens to be anything like as large as they are playing this week. I just wish PGA tour would desist with making the courses easier just to suit the boozed crowds.
@18

Bigger greens are easier until you get on them.
For some reason the bookies gave me 12/1 on Schauffele yesterday even though he was one shot off the lead, yep ill take that all day long!
Fierce Phil propping up the table - saving himself for Ryder cup ...
Woods slipped back from leading to 9 th .. or woods is overtaken or woods crashes on second day or the bbc gushing over woods who ain’t won anything for ten years .. take your pick
@17 moreparsplease:
I agree about some good golf from the European side of thing. However, please explain how Jordan is "more out of form" than Garcia?
Garcia has missed 7 cuts since(....and including) The Masters (12 events!)
I don't understand your point given the fact Jordan has 3 top-25's in his last 3 starts!
The comments here are literally hilarious, it’s like a schoolyard (miss, miss - he said this.... it’s 💩). Strong work all 😂, maybe try to get out the house this weekend
#16 graham radford “Feel the course in Paris is set up for the USA”

You know how the course is going to be set up?

Do you work for the Ryder Cup Committe, European Team, Greenkeeping Staff?

If not you “know” 💩 & are guessing.

I know “for fact” the European's changed things at one RC when they watched players “during practice” much to the USA annoyance😉

But you know already bull💩
Exactly. Do the people who update this page even like golf!?