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Rory McIlroy is just four shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the BMW Championship.<\/p>\nRory McIlroy is just four shots off the lead at the halfway stage of the BMW Championship.<\/p>\n
His 67 leaves the world number 3 on eight-under par at Medinah.<\/p>\n
The lead is held by Hideki Matsuyama on 12-under par after he broke the course record by two shots with an astonishing nine-under-par 63. It comes a day after both Justin Thomas and Jason Kokrak equaled the Medinah course record.<\/p>\n
In doing so, the 27-year-old Japan player also took the BMW Championship lead after round two.<\/p>\n
Matsuyama hit nine birdies and no bogeys to move to 12-under overall, one shot in front of Americans Patrick Cantlay and Tony Finau.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seemed like every birdie chance I had I made the putt,\u201d Matsuyama told reporters.<\/p>\n
Thomas shot a three-under 69 to move to 10-under overall, but fellow overnight leader Kokrak had a less successful day and fell back to six under after a one-over 73.<\/p>\n
After going around in 66, England\u2019s Tommy Fleetwood moved up to eight under alongside McIlroy.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods\u2019s form remains inconsistent, getting five birdies but also four bogeys in a second consecutive round of 71.<\/p>\n
Brooks Koepka also scored a 71, moving the world number one to five-under overall.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s Justin Rose shot a 73 and fell back to three under, one behind his compatriots Paul Casey and Ian Poulter.<\/p>\n