Tiger Woods ties course record with opening round 62 — BMW Championship

Rory McIlroy struggled to hide his disappointment at missing out on a great chance to shoot a 59 as he settled for a 62 and a share of the lead with Tiger Woods at the BMW Championship.

Noren shares third with Keegan Bradley (64), Hideki Matsuyama (64) and fan-favourite Rickie Fowler, who birdied three of the last five holes to card a second straight 65 on his return from a back injury.

Woods has shot 61 four times on the PGA Tour, most recently at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational which he won for his 79th career victory on tour, but he is still stuck on that mark. The fairways are so wide it doesn’t really test you off the tee. All the positives right now.

“Lot of wedges and you have to hit your wedges well, get your distance”.

Heads up, everyone. Tiger Woods is in contention at the BMW Championship.

Shauffele managed to putt seven birdies while having only a bogey on the 12.

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On in two on the 556-yard par-5 16th, Woods’ eagle putt from some 30 feet was off-line but he cleaned it up for birdie get to red double digits for the tournament but then immediately gave two shots back, going bogey-bogey at 17 and 18. He added a birdie at the ninth to tie Woods.

“I would have loved to have played Northern Trust but I thought for me it was better to take the week off and work on my game”, McIlroy told Golf Channel after his round. “There are a lot of good signs out there”. I get good support around here.

“It was very solid, don’t get me wrong, ” LaCava said.

Former world No.1 Day, a perennial contender in the playoffs, sits in a healthy 10th on the overall FedEx Cup standings.

“This golf course is meant to play a little firmer than what it is, ” McIlroy said. “I guess that’s what I did”. He had to wait to see if it was the best score Thursday on a soft course in scorching conditions at the BMW Championship.

While McIlroy finished joint runner-up in this year’s Open Championship, it’s been too long since the golfer affectionately known as “Rors” did some serious roaring. After opening with a 71, Fleetwood goes into the final round just two shots behind. You still have to hit the shots and make the putts. My body just remembers it. He said after the round: “It felt good”.

It wasn’t all about the putter Thursday. Can it continue? It’s too early to go insane thinking about the possibilities, but Woods did himself no harm Thursday.

He hit 11 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens.

It didn’t hurt that Woods took Wednesday off. With a bogey on his penultimate hole, he had an 8-under 62 at Aronimink.

“I’m a little exhausted and need a nice ice bath because it was warm out there”. And 48 of the 69 players in the field are under par. He also skipped the Pro-Am due to the heatwave conditions.