Second-Round Notes – Saturday, August 28, 2021
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 80. Wind NNE 3-6 mph. Play was suspended due to a dangerous weather situation on Friday at 4:32 p.m. and resumed at 6:18 p.m. (1 hour, 46 minutes). Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:40 p.m., with 15 players yet to complete their round. The second round resumed Saturday at 8:31 a.m. and was completed at 9:58 a.m. The third round is scheduled with threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10 tees from 10:43 a.m. – 12:55 p.m.
Second-Round Leaderboard
Bryson DeChambeau 68-60—128 (-16)
Patrick Cantlay 66-63—129 (-15)
Jon Rahm 64-66—130 (-14)
Sungjae Im 67-65—132 (-12)
Sergio Garcia 65-67—132 (-12)
Things to Know
- Bryson DeChambeau missed a 6-foot, 3-inch birdie putt on the final hole for a 59; posted a career-low 12-under 60
- DeChambeau holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the eighth time (0-for-7 to date)
- At +11.174, Patrick Cantlay sets the record for lowest Strokes Gained: Putting through the first two rounds of a PGA TOUR event in the ShotLink era (2003-present)
- World No. 1 and defending champion Jon Rahm trails by two in bid to become event’s first back-to-back winner since 1994
- Sergio Garcia, who entered the week No. 44 in the FedExCup, is bogey-free through two rounds for the third time in his PGA TOUR career and projected at No. 27
- Current projections of players to move into top 30: Sergio Garcia, Hudson Swafford
- Current projections of players to move outside top 30: Charley Hoffman, Max Homa
- Preferred lies utilized the first two rounds
Second-Round Lead Notes
7 Second-round leaders/co-leaders since 2000 at the BMW Championship to go on to win
(most recent: Marc Leishman/2017)
- Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win on PGA TOUR in 2020-21
(most recent: Phil Mickelson/PGA Championship)
About Bryson DeChambeau (entering the week)
Category | Bryson DeChambeau |
Age | 27 (9/16/1993) |
FedExCup | 9 |
OWGR | 6 |
Starts at BMW Championship | 4 |
Wins at BMW Championship | 0 |
Top-10s at BMW Championship | 0 |
Career PGA TOUR starts | 130 |
Career PGA TOUR wins | 8 |
Career PGA TOUR top-10s | 33 |
PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 | 20 |
PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 | 2 |
PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 | 7 |
Bryson DeChambeau (1st/-16)
- Made par at the 18th hole during the second round, missing a 6-foot, 3-inch birdie putt and carding a 12-under 60
- Prior to missing the putt on No. 18, was 13-for-13 inside 10 feet (including 3-for-3 from 4-8 feet) during the round
- 60 marks his career-low score on TOUR (previous: 62, twice; most recent: R1/2020 Shriners Children’s Open)
- Was the sixth round of 60 or better in FedExCup Playoffs history
- Equals season’s lowest score (60: James Hahn/R3/Barbasol Championship, Cameron Smith/R3/THE NORTHERN TRUST)
- Was attempting to post the 13th sub-60 score in PGA TOUR history (11 59s, one 58); records the 42nd 60 on TOUR
- Opened the round with his career-best nine-hole score in relation to par (7-under 29)
- Sixth round with multiple eagles (Nos. 4 and 16)
- Equals his low 36-hole score on TOUR (128/2019 3M Open)
- Eight-time PGA TOUR winner is 0-for-7 to date when holding the 36-hole lead/co-lead
- Seeking to become the first three-time winner this season (2020 U.S. Open, 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard); is one of six multiple winners
- Making his fifth start in the BMW Championship, with a T19 in 2018 his best finish; the BMW Championship is one of three tournaments he has made four or more starts without a top-10 finish (5/Masters Tournament, 4/BMW Championship, 4/The Open Championship)
Patrick Cantlay (2nd/-15)
- Marks seventh round of 63 or better on TOUR (60/2011 Travelers Championship/R2, 61/2021 The American Express/R4, 62/2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am/R1, 63/2018 Shriners Children’s Open/R3, 2019 Shriners Children’s Open/R3, 2020 Shriners Children’s Open/R1, 2021 BMW Championship/R2)
- At +11.174, sets the record for lowest Strokes Gained: Putting through the first two rounds of a PGA TOUR event in the ShotLink era (2003-present)
- Scoring breakdown this week: first nine holes (even), last 27 holes (15-under)
- Seeking to become the first three-time winner this season (2020 ZOZO Championship, 2021 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday); is one of six multiple winners
Jon Rahm (3rd/-14)
- World No. 1 and defending champion followed an 8-under 64 (good for a share of the first-round lead) with a 6-under 66 to fall two strokes behind DeChambeau
- Only bogey through two rounds came on the final hole (No. 18) Saturday morning
- Attempting to become the first repeat winner of the BMW Championship since Nick Price (1993-94)
- Six-time PGA TOUR winner, including the 2021 U.S. Open; has never successfully defended a title
- Last four starts on the PGA TOUR: WD/the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (led by six strokes after 54 holes and was forced to withdraw), Won/U.S. Open, T3/The Open Championship, 3/THE NORTHERN TRUST
- One career win in the FedExCup Playoffs (2020 BMW Championship)
- Leads the PGA TOUR in top-10 finishes this season with 13
Miscellaneous Player Notes
- Making his 34th start of the season, Sungjae Im (T4/-12) recorded a second-round 65, the same score he posted in round two at last week’s THE NORTHERN TRUST where he went on to finish T16 (one of 14 top-25s this season); currently projected to move from No. 25 to No. 14 in the FedExCup standings as he seeks his third trip to the TOUR Championship in as many attempts
- Sergio Garcia (T4/-12) is the only player bogey-free through two rounds; marks third time in his career to perform the feat (2011 Valspar Championship/T15, 2016 AT&T Byron Nelson/won); making his 11th BMW Championship start and first since 2017 (T12); is No. 44 in the FedExCup as he seeks a return to the TOUR Championship for the first time since 2017
- 2012 BMW Championship winner and first-round co-leader Rory McIlroy (T8/-10) posted a second-round 2-under 70; in addition to his 2012 victory, finished inside the top-10 in 2014/T8, 2015/T4 and 2018/5th; two-time FedExCup champion has five FedExCup Playoffs titles, second only to Dustin Johnson (6)
- With a second-round 4-under 68, Sebastian Munoz (T10/-9) posted his 11th straight round in the 60s on TOUR
Players on the TOUR Championship bubble
YTD FedExCup | Projected FedExCup | Player | BMW Pos./Score |
21 | 26 | Joaquin Niemann | T50 (-2) |
44 | 27 | Sergio Garcia | T4 (-12) |
40 | 28 | Hudson Swafford | T6 (-11) |
27 | 29 | Billy Horschel | T54 (-1) |
26 | 30 | Patrick Reed | DNP |
29 | 31 | Charley Hoffman | T37 (-4) |
41 | 32 | Lucas Glover | T10 (-9) |
30 | 33 | Max Homa | T59 (E) |
45 | 34 | Erik van Rooyen | T10 (-9) |
37 | 35 | K.H. Lee | T23 (-6) |
Course Statistics
Toughest Hole Easiest Hole
R1: Par-4 18th (4.101) Par-5 12th (4.449)
R2: Par-4 18th (4.304) Par-5 2nd (4.319)
Scoring Averages
Front Nine Back Nine Total Cumulative
R1: 34.667 34.551 69.217
R2: 34.391 35.522 69.913 69.565
Bogey-free rounds
R1 (8): Sam Burns (64), Jon Rahm (64), Sergio Garcia (65), Daniel Berger (68), Joaquin Niemann (68), Cameron Smith (68), Stewart Cink (69), Harris English (69)
R2 (5): Bryson DeChambeau (60), Scottie Scheffler (66), Sergio Garcia (67), Erik van Rooyen (68), Jordan Spieth (70)
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