Afrigather England’s Matt Baldwin equalled Paul McGinley’s event report of 13 beneath par by 36 holes as he set the clubhouse lead on a weather-affected second day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Baldwin doubled his one-shot benefit in a single day after including a spherical of 66 to his opening 65 – albeit with the second spherical not but absolutely concluded resulting from a 77-minute delay for a circling storm.
Rory McIlroy is 4 again in a tie for fourth with Italy’s Matteo Mannasero, the Northern Irishman having signed off his spherical of 68 with a closing birdie at 18.
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Denmark’s Niklas Norgaard, in-form following his British Masters win at The Belfry earlier this month, additionally birdied the 18th to card a 67 that sees him second on 11 beneath.
Antoine Rozner sits third on 10 beneath after posting the most effective spherical of the day, a seven-under 65. The Frenchman birdied six of his final seven holes, together with the final 5 in succession.
Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre are each in rivalry, six off the lead at seven beneath, whereas fellow Ryder Cup team-mate Shane Lowry is one additional again, a part of a sizeable contingent at six beneath which incorporates final week’s Irish Open winner Rasmus Hojgaard after a powerful spherical of 66 from the Dane.
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Defending BMW PGA champion Ryan Fox chipped it in for an eagle through the second spherical at Wentworth
Defending champion Ryan Fox, at risk of lacking the reduce, ensured he made the weekend after a chip-in eagle on the par-four sixteenth took him to a few beneath and above the projected reduce line of 1 beneath par.
Chief Baldwin recollects Amazon supply days after practically quitting golf
The 38-year-old Baldwin, ranked 363rd on the planet, admitted he had thought of quitting the sport on a number of events as he battled to maintain his tour card.
“I had three or 4 months working at Amazon driving a van simply to see me by the winter earlier than the Problem Tour began in 2022,” he stated.
“I discovered quite a bit from that. I discovered that there are different issues that I might do in life however I additionally discovered that I actually wished to play golf.”
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Requested to recall a humorous second from his driving stint, Baldwin added: “There’s loads to be honest.
“I keep in mind pulling as much as a block of flats, jumped out the van, obtained within the again and hastily I really feel like I am transferring and I am like ‘oh no, I forgot to place the handbrake on’.
“So I’ve ran out the again, ran across the aspect, yanked the handbrake up, nonetheless would not cease, yanked it extra, it will definitely stopped about this far brief (inches) of a blue Fiesta.
“There was a girl I used to be delivering a parcel to who watched the entire thing and he or she stated ‘I could not get my telephone out fast sufficient to movie it’.”
Rising up in Southport, Baldwin performed loads of junior golf with Fleetwood, the European Ryder Cup stars having beforehand served as his Lancashire foursomes associate.
“I do not suppose we ever misplaced,” Baldwin added. “We performed loads of golf rising up, graduated the identical 12 months from Problem Tour and clearly performed a bit of bit out right here.
“Our paths have gone barely totally different however hopefully I can catch him up.”
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