BMW PGA championship: Hideki Matsuyama grabs the transition head with the stars of the European Ryder Cup chasing in Wentworth | News Golf
The trio of the Ryder Cup Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg are all in the running halfway from the BMW PGA championship, where Hideki Matsuyama took the lead in Wentworth.
Eleven from Luke Donald’s team in Europe heading towards Bethpage Black later this month in the flagship event of DP World Tour before finding the Ryder Cup in New York, Live from September 26 to 28 on Sky Sports.
Hovland set the initial objective of the clubhouse at 11 under after having closed its brilliant second round without Bogey with a 45-foot Eagle to the last, only for Rose moved by his side after equaling the 66 of the Norwegian.
Åberg briefly kept the advantage up to a bogey in the 17th by five, where Matsuyama bypassed Eagle on his way to an eight under 64 years old and an advance on 12 sous.
The vice -captain of the Ryder Cup, Alex Noren – the 2017 champion – is four years from the head and Matt Fitzpatrick heads for the weekend of Seven Under, while the BMW PGA 2020 champion, Tyrrell Hatton, is eight blows and the golf teammate, Jon Rahm, is another shot.
Rory McILroy n ° 2 in the world has recovered from three first -sided bodies in a seven holes section around the turn, briefly putting it less than three of the leaders, only for a last holes bogey to bring it back to three Shane Lowry.
Ten from Team Europe reached the weekend, while Robert Macintyre and Tommy Fleetwood fakes on the cut, with Rasmus Hojgaard the only one of Donald’s team to make an early outing after rounds of 74 and 75.
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Rory McILroy pulled a level 72 level in his second round of the BMW PGA championship in Wentworth
Matsuyama the man to catch in Wentworth
Matsuyama – Playing alongside Aberg and Fitzpatrick in an afternoon rain wave – was four strokes after the opening day, but quickly went up the classification following a pre -nine 31 with three stews in four holes in the 11th.
He canceled a Bogey in the 15th by relying for Eagle at 17, where Åberg three strokes of 20 feet so that Bogey fell one back in front of the two players in front of being satisfied by the last one.
Åberg held the 2023 competition halfway before finishing in Tied-10th
“I felt like I was scoring very well, during a delicate day on a delicate golf course”, “Åberg said to Sky Sports. “I feel like I have succeeded in the right direction in a positive way and it was a good day for sure.”
Rose, playing in the upcoming group, produced a Birdie-Birdie finish to also reach 11 sous, while Hovland was the best of the beginners in the morning after the a four-sided eagle during its 66.
Viktor Hovland carded towers of 67 and 66 in the first two days at the BMW PGA Championship
“”I hit the ball a lot, much better today, especially the first or seven or eight holes, “pink – which mixed eight birdies with two Bogeys – told Sky Sports. “I really felt like I was in a pretty groove there.
“I felt my concentration start to wander towards the end of the tower, but this bogey [16] At least made me try to refocus. The poor tee shot and a poor second shot out of 17, but fled with these two good swings at the last. “”
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