Wyndham Clark pulled off his second consecutive round of 64 Friday to establish a one-stroke lead at the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
Clark is at 12-under-par 128 at the halfway mark of the FedEx Cup playoffs’ middle event. The top 30 in the points race after Sunday will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship.
Clark entered this week fifth in points thanks to a two-win season that included the U.S. Open, but Gary Woodland has everything to play for as No. 31 in the standings and currently the first player out. He shot a 5-under 65 to take sole possession of second at 11 under.
J.J. Spaun (66) is third at 10 under. Sungjae Im of South Korea fired a 64 to tie Chris Gotterup (67) for fourth at 9 under, while Patrick Cantlay carded a 65 to join Michael Thorbjornsen (66) at 8 under.
Im (No. 40), Cantlay (No. 43) and Thorbjornsen (No. 41) are all vying to play their way into the Tour Championship field. Per the PGA Tour’s live standings, Thorbjornsen is projected to move into the 30th and final spot and Cantlay would only get to No. 31.
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy dropped from a share of the lead to a tie for eighth at 7 under after posting a 69 Friday. He’s joined by Collin Morikawa (65), Russell Henley (66) and Maverick McNealy (66).
World No. 1 and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler bounced back from an opening 72 to post a 65. That moved him to 3 under for the week, tied for 25th. There is no 36-hole cut in the three playoff events.
