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Friday Night Recap - BMW Championship
Max Homa screams up the leaderboard after setting the course record with an 8-under 62. He leads by two over Chris Kirk.
One Putts
August 18, 2023
Friday Night Recap - BMW Championship
Hello members,
Max Homa have a day! He ties his career low and sets the course record at Olympia Fields with an 8-under 62. He had ten birdies and two bogeys. Just on fire all day! He now leads the tournament at 10-under, which is two strokes ahead of solo second, Chris Kirk.
Round one leader, Rory McIlroy, shot Even today and sits at 5-under. Scottie Scheffler, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, and Harris English are all 5-under, as well.
Speaking of Rickie, he had the shot of the day from on the tee at the Par 3 8th, 254 yards to about 1 foot. See it here.
A few players retreated a bit today were Jon Rahm, who shot 4-over and sits at 2-over for the week, Jason Day also shot 4-over today and sits at 3-over for the week, and Sahith Theegala shot 2-over and sits at 2-under for the week.
Some somber news that Hideki Matsuyama had to withdraw from the tournament (and the upcoming Tour Championship) due to a back injury. He had the longest streak of any Tour golfer in making the Tour Championship at 9 years. The next longest with Justin Thomas at 7 years, who as we know, didn’t make the playoffs this year.
I have a feeling we’re in for a tight battle through the weekend. Moving day tomorrow!
✅ Matches career-low 62
✅ Sets course record at Olympia Fields
✅ Takes solo lead by 2 @BMWchampsHave a day @maxhoma23 👏
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR)
9:37 PM • Aug 18, 2023
Weather
Same as today for tomorrow. Beautiful, sunny, high of 83 and low of 67.
Updated Betting Odds
My pre-tournament picks:
Rory McIlroy - +700 - Even today to stay at 5-under. Currently, T5.
Patrick Cantlay - +2000 - Another 2-under today and 10. Just keep moving on up Patrick!
Lucas Glover - +5500 - Better day today with a 3-under 67 to be 3-under for the tournament and T13.
How to Watch
ESPN+ coverage starts at 9:15am EST
Golf Channel coverage starts at 1:00pm EST
CBS coverage starts at 3:00pm EST
Notes and News
Tees time start at 9:20am EST
Michael Block is back in the news with setting the course record at the 2024 PGA Championship site of Valhalla… he shot a 62. (article)
Twitter Roundup
Sunday: Lucas Glover wins the FedEx St. Jude Championship and goes viral for his sweaty pants
Thursday: Lucas Glover has a deal with Dude Wipes
— Front Office Sports (@FOS)
11:50 PM • Aug 17, 2023
🚨🇺🇸⛳️ #BAD FOR THE TEAM? — Brandel Chamblee said on Golf Channel Pre-game that Brooks should not be on the US Ryder Cup Team… “Koepka being at the Ryder Cup, regardless of what he does, will not be about whether it will be great for the United States or the Ryder Cup… “In… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF)
3:27 PM • Aug 18, 2023
333 yard hole in one?! Sheeeesh.
(via difficultyforeign298 Reddit)
— Fore Play (@ForePlayPod)
3:14 PM • Aug 18, 2023
May your rounds be filled with #oneputts.
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