Macintyre Leads By Five At Bmw Championship

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-14 R MacIntyre (Sco); -9 S Scheffler (US); -8 L Aberg (Swe); -7 H Matsuyama (Jap); -6 T Fleetwood (Eng), M Kim (US), M McNealy

Selected others: -5 H Hall (Eng), V Hovland (Nor);-4 R McIlroy (NI); -1 S Lowry (Ire), +1 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Rose (Eng); +4 J Thomas (US), C Morikawa (US), X Schauffele (US)

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Robert MacIntyre changeable a six-under 64 to unfastened up a five-stroke lead successful nan 2nd information of nan BMW Championship successful Maryland.

The Scot, who led by 3 astatine nan commencement of play, delivered a bogey-free paper that contained six birdies to beryllium astatine 14 nether overall.

World number 1 Scottie Scheffler, connected 9 under, is MacIntyre's closest challenger,. The American managed a five-under 65 connected Friday.

"I've played beautifully nan past 2 days," said MacIntyre.

"Yesterday nan putter was connected fire. Today I felt for illustration my robust play was exceptional. But I've been putting successful nan activity nan past mates of weeks to amended connected what I was doing since nan Wyndham."

Sweden's Ludvig Aberg is astatine 8 under, pinch MacIntyre's playing partner, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, a changeable further backmost connected 7 under. Both of those players besides signed for 64s astatine Caves Valley, successful what is nan 2nd arena of 3 that dress up nan FedEx Cup playoffs.

There were mixed fortunes for Tommy Fleetwood, who rolled successful 3 birdies connected nan beforehand 9 only for his paper to beryllium spoiled by 3 bogeys successful nan concluding 5 holes.

The Englishman is astatine six nether a changeable clear of his compatriot Harry Hall and 2 amended disconnected than Rory McIlroy, who recorded nan first eagle of nan week.

Playing successful a stellar pairing alongside Scheffler, nan world number 2 opened pinch a birdie but had his advancement checked by a double-bogey 5 connected nan par 3 fifth.

However, nan Northern Irishman rallied pinch 3 consecutive birdies connected nan ninth, 10th and 11th holes. McIlroy past delivered nan item of his information - landing his attack from 268 yards into conscionable nether 8 feet connected nan par-five 16th earlier sinking his putt for a three.