Rory McIlroy was unable to build on his fast start to the BMW Championship as Max Homa opened a two-shot halfway lead over Chris Kirk in Illinois.
McIlroy held a share of the lead after the opening day and made a strong start to round two by rolling in from 12 feet at the third, with the reigning FedExCup champion holing from 10 feet to save par at the seventh as he reached the turn in 34.
' Homa took advantage of the par-five first and made three birdies in four holes from the seventh, only to fail to get up and down from the greenside bunker at the par-three eighth and close a front-nine 32.The American made five birdies in a six-hole stretch from the 10th and scrambled a bogey at the par-three 16th after nearly finding water off the tee, then holed from 20 feet at the next to get back to 10 under.
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