BMW PGA: Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick shoot 65 to share half the lead at Wentworth | Golf news

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A look back at the best of the action from the second round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick enter the BMW PGA Championship weekend tied for the lead with Tyrrell Hatton very close to Wentworth.

Lowry and Fitzpatrick took advantage of the friendlier early conditions on the West Course and shot seven under 65 to hit the front at 12 under, though Fitzpatrick was two shots ahead of the pack until he pulled his focus to his last hole in the water. and closed with a double bogey.

Fitzpatrick had two clearings until he doubled bogey on his last hole

Hatton’s 67 on the colder and wetter afternoon wave was one of the best rounds of the afternoon, as he kept a surprising distance from the leader he held overnight, while Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed produced a strong back-nine to keep his hopes for a first win on European soil.

Lowry admitted that he considered losing the tournament after three failed cuts in his last four starts, but made the decision to compete on Sunday and, reunited with an old putter, added a bogey-free 65 to his 67 start and has birdied. seven of the eight par-five during the first two days.

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The reigning Open champion topped the shots won – he posted the stats on day one, and his touch on the greens was secured and accurate again on Friday morning when he fired seven birdies, kept mistakes at bay, and earned the lead in the clubhouse I was hoping to give up. when Fitzpatrick finished his round moments later.

Fitzpatrick ran to 14 under when he covered the last nine in 33 and then followed birdies in the second and third with an eagle in the fourth, but his ambitious second from a deceptive lie in the eighth, the last, landed on the left edge of the green and fell into the water, resulting in a six.

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Shane Lowry reflects on a 65 in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship and revealed that he made a last-minute decision to play at Wentworth.

His late delay left him a part of the lead with Lowry, and the top two were not even for the rest of the day, although Hatton was right to catch one after birdie three of the final four holes to return a 67.

Scotsman Grant Forrest appeared to be the biggest threat to the leaders as he made six birdies on eight holes from 10th and passed to nine under, but his charge stalled with a bogey-six on 18th that blew the wind out of the sails. .

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Forrest closed his 67 with eight consecutive pairs and finished the day tied for fifth, with Eddie Pepperell one further behind after mixing five birdies with three bogeys on an erratic 70.

Reed, the only big-name American to make the trip to Virginia Water this week, once again braved the cold conditions and avoided the sweater as he relived his challenge after an uncertain 35 out that left him flirting with the cut line.

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Matt Fitzpatrick brings out the positive from his second round 65 at the BMW PGA Championship, despite finishing his round with a double bogey

But the world number 9 birdied the 10th shortstop for the second day in a row, and made more shots on the 12th, 14th and 16th, but couldn’t take advantage of either of the two final holes of par-five, settling for a 68 to join. . the mighty Kiwi Ryan Fox at six under par.

Tommy Fleetwood, who bogeyed four of the first seven holes before bouncing back to shoot 71 on Thursday, again needed to repair some early damage when he started his second round with a bogey in the ninth.

But that would be the only blemish on his card, which featured five birdies on a 68 that took him five under alongside his Ryder Cup teammate Ian Poulter, whose first day back problems had eased and was a challenge for the Lidera when he started with a birdie at nine before eagle at 12.

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David Howell made a brilliant hole in one on Day 14 of the second day of the BMW PGA Championship, winning a £ 70,000 charitable donation to the Alzheimer’s Society.

Another good second to the 18th set up his second eagle of the day, and he still had eight under par with two to play with only to undo much of his excellent work in the last nine as he bogeyed in the seventh and doubled down to eighth in a frustrating final. . at 70.

Andrew “Beef” Johnston (71) is also in the low five group, while Justin Rose crashed to a low one after failing to thrive in the morning sun, making just two birdies while carving three bogeys and a double. Bogey five in the second on a scrappy 75.

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