BMW Championship 2012: Rory McIlroy Surges To Win

World Golf Rankings 2012: Rory McIlroy Remains No. 1

Rory McIlroy is No. 1 in the World Golf Rankings, which is where he has stood since winning the PGA Championship. McIlroy has been surging since that big win, as he's also won the Deutsche Bank Championship and the BMW Championship. Those victories, which came in back-to-back weeks, helped to solidify his position atop the rankings.

Related: BMW Championship 2012: Rory McIlroy Finishes At 20-under, Wins Tournament

Tiger Woods hasn't been able to break into the win column of late, but he's put together a string of solid finishes and sits in second place in the rankings. Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Adam Scott round out the top five, which is unchanged from last week. Jason Dufner and Bubba Watson each moved up a spot, while Webb Simpson dropped two. Louis Oosthuizen fell from 10th to 11th.

The latest top 10:

1. Rory McIlroy (12.93)
2. Tiger Woods (9.54)
3. Luke Donald (9.18)
4. Lee Westwood (7.44)
5. Adam Scott (6.43)
6. Jason Dufner (6.13)
7. Bubba Watson (6.11)
8. Webb Simpson (6.01)
9. Justin Rose (5.87)
10. Steve Stricker (5.77)

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PGA Money List 2012: Rory McIlroy Sits Comfortably Atop The List

Rory McIlroy sits atop the PGA Tour 2012 money list with a projected $7.84 million earned so far this season.

McIlroy has four wins in 2012 along with 10 top 25 finishes. McIlroy leads the list by almost a full $2 million over Tiger Woods. Woods has won three tournaments and made a projected $5.88 million this season. Jason Dufner, Bubba Watson and Zach Johnson round out the top 5 with earnings of $4.71 million, $4.34 million and $4.32 million, respectively. Phil Mickelson sits in sixth place.

The next PGA event, the Tour Championship presented by Coca Cola, begins on Sept. 20 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. The tournament includes the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings and will decide the 2012 winner. Rory McIlroy currently leads the pack by 250 points.

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Rory McIlroy Reminds Tiger Woods Of Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods sees a lot of himself in young rival Rory McIlroy. He'll get to see even more of him in two weeks, when the Nos. 1 and 2 in the world and the FedEx Cup standings tee it up together in the Tour Championship.

World Golf Rankings 2012: Rory McIlroy Leads Pack After BMW Championship Win

Rory McIlroy is atop the World Golf Rankings as of Monday, when the latest list was released. The ranking system is built on points, determined by tournament wins throughout a PGA season.

McIlroy recently took home the BMW Championship and currently leads the pack in the FedEx Cup race, with Tiger Woods right behind him. Woods is also ranked second on the World Golf Rankings, but McIlroy has a sizable lead -- his 627.25 points put him almost 300 points over Woods.

Here are the top 10 golfers in the world, according to the rankings. The rankings are based on the average amount of points gained per tournament by the player:

1. Rory McIlroy 12.80
2. Tiger Woods 9.63
3. Luke Donald 9.17
4. Lee Westwood 5.57
5. Adam Scott 6.37
6. Webb Simpson 6.11
7. Jason Dufner 6.08
8. Bubba Watson 6.07
9. Justin Rose 5.95
10. Louis Oosthuizen 5.75

The full rankings can be found here.

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FedEx Cup Standings 2012: Rory McIlroy Extends Lead, Tiger Woods Close Behind

Rory McIlory only served to build on his lead in the 2012 FedEx Cup after his come-from-behind victory at the BMW Championship, his second straight victory in the playoffs after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship a week ago.

McIlory used a 5-under final round on Sunday to overtake Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood for the top spot in the tournament and pulled further away in the FedEx Cup standings, despite playing in just 15 events this year.

Tiger Woods, who finished tied for third at the BMW Championship, moves up to second place in the standings according to the latest projected totals.

Lee Westwood enjoyed the biggest jump in the standings, going from No. 23 to No. 8 after his second-place finish on Sunday.

Here are the top ten in the current standings:

1. Rory McIlroy
2. Tiger Woods
3. Nick Watney
4. Phil Mickelson
5. Brandt Snedeker
6. Louis Oosthuizen
7. Dustin Johnson
8. Lee Westwood
9. Zach Johnson
10. Jason Dufner

The top 30 in the current standings will make up the field for the Tour Championship, set to be held Sept. 20-23 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

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BMW Championship 2012 Purse: Rory McIlroy Earns $1.44 Million In Victory

Rory McIlroy will take home $1,440,000 for winning the 2012 BMW Championship on Sunday. The 23-year-old ranks No. 1 on the 2012 PGA Money List, earning over $7.8 million this year alone.

Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood will each earn $704,000 for finishing in a tie for second place. Tiger Woods, who became the first professional golfer in history to exceed $100 million in career earnings last weekend, will add $352,000 to his total. Robert Garrigan, who finished in a tie for fourth place with Woods, will earn the same amount.

The total purse for the tournament is $8 million dollars. All 70 golfers who partcipated in the tournament will take home at least some money, with last-place Hunter Mahan's $16,000 share representing the lowest total.

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BMW Championship 2012: Rory McIlroy Finishes At 20-under, Wins Tournament

Rory McIlroy is the winner of the 2012 BMW Championship after finishing Sunday's final round at 5-under, and completing the tournament at 20-under overall. McIlroy's victory was his third PGA Tour win in the last five weeks.

McIlroy, who finished strong on Saturday to get himself to within a shot of the leaders, continued his momentum into Sunday, as he finished with the third-best score of the day. He finished two shots of head of Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson, who were both under par on Sunday, but weren't able to keep pace with McIlroy.

Along with Mickelson, Vijay Singh was atop the leaderboard after Round 3, but he scuffled on Sunday, shooting a 1-over 73, and ended up finishing in eighth place, five shots off the lead. Tiger Woods, who bounced back from a fairly mediocre Saturday to shoot 4-under on Sunday, finished in a tie for third place with Robert Garrigus at 17-under overall.

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BMW Championship 2012: Rory McIlroy Leads Lee Westwood By 1 Shot

Rory McIlroy, at 19-under, holds a one-shot lead over playing partner Lee Westwood as the final groups make their way through the Sunday back nine at the 2012 BMW Championship. McIlroy is looking to go back-to-back on Tour and take total control of the FedExCup and the $10 million prize at the end of the four-tournament playoffs. Through 14 holes on Sunday, McIlroy has not made a bogey while carding four birdies on a soft Crooked Stick layout that is yielding low numbers once again.

Pushing McIlroy is his playing partner Lee Westwood, who's at 18-under after bogeying No. 14 to fall one off the pace. Westwood and McIlroy have a bit of a complicated history, with the Englishman Westwood critical of McIlroy's departure from Chubby Chandler's management group last year. There was also a bit of a contretemps when McIlroy unfollowed Westwood on Twitter, but by all accounts, the two are still cordial. It's shaping up to be a classic final four-hole battle between the two Euros.

Three players, including Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, are two shots back of McIlroy. Mickelson is playing behind McIlroy and still has four holes left to go. The veteran Lefty is always capable of going on a quick birdie streak and getting right back to the top of the leaderboard. Other than McIlroy, Johnson is probably playing the best golf in the world and his length off the tee has been a big advantage on the soft bomber's paradise in Indianapolis. He picked up a birdie at No. 15 and he'll now need to back that up with a couple more red numbers over the final three holes to try and catch McIlroy.

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BMW Championship 2012: Phil Mickelson Takes 1-Shot Lead, Rory McIlroy Keeps Pace

Phil Mickelson has taken a one-shot lead early during Sunday's final round of the 2012 BMW Championship. Mickelson picked up a birdie on the par-4 second hole to move to 17-under for the championship, one shot ahead of playing partner Vijay Singh, Rory McIlroy, and Robert Garrigus. Mickelson shot up the leaderboard with a moving-day Saturday round of 64 and he's looking to capitalize on that with a win Sunday that would put him in a prime spot for the $10 million FedExCup final in Atlanta.

Rory McIlroy, who it seems has been on the first page of leaderboards for a month now, is keeping pace with Phil by also carding a birdie on the second hole. He's at 16-under and looking to go back-to-back, a win that would put a stranglehold on the overall standings.

Soft course conditions typically favor the longer hitters, like Garrigus and Bubba Watson. The 2012 Masters winner is playing lights-out, moving 30 spots up the board at 8-under through his first 16 holes. Garrigus is 2-under through his first five holes. Tiger Woods, meanwhile, has stalled out and is even through his first six holes. It's looking like another strong, but winless week for Woods.

The Tour has put lift, clean, and place in effect again on Sunday, which means there will be plenty of birdies on what could be a wild stretch to the third leg of the FedExCup. The soft course will ensure there's plenty of jostling on the first page of the leaderboard.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Geoff Ogilvy Surges

Geoff Ogilvy surged up the leaderboard early Sunday at the 2012 BMW Championship in Carmel, Ind. The Australian is 6-under par through 13 holes of the final round of the tournament, and he's moved up 31 spots to find himself tied in 18th at 9-under for the tournament.

Ogilvy is currently ranked 53rd in the FedEx Cup point standings.

Other players who are making moves up the leaderboard with early tee times are Australian Greg Chalmers and American Jason Dufner. Chalmers is 5-under through 12 holes on Sunday to put him at 9-under for the tournament. He has moved up 25 spots. Meanwhile, Dufner sits at 8-under after shooting 4-under through 10 holes in the final round of play.

Leaders Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh have yet to tee off, and they sit at 16-under through three rounds.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Scott Piercy Off To Strong Start

Scott Piercy is off to a 4-under start on the first eight holes of Sunday's final round of the 2012 BMW Championship, the best start among the early golfers on the course. Piercy is 5-under overall for the tournament.

John Senden is 3-under through six holes Sunday and 4-under overall for the tournament. No golfers so far are threatening to make a move towards contention for the top of the leaderboard, however.

Co-leaders Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh tee off at 1:45 p.m. Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, who are tied for second, tee off at 1:35 p.m. Tiger Woods tees off at 1:15 p.m. All times are Eastern.

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BMW Championship 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Sunday

Going into Saturday's play, Tiger Woods was just one back of Vijay Singh for the lead at the BMW Championship 2012. After a dreadful start on Saturday that saw him bogey four time on his first eight holes, Tiger now sits tied for eighth.

Phil Mickelson had a far better day shooting a round-high 64. Where Tiger had bogeys, Phil had birdies in seven of ten holes. Lefty is now tied for the lead with Singh at -16. Right behind Singh and Mickelson are Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy at -15. Adam Scott may be tied for fifth, but he shot a -6 on Saturday, only two back of Mickelson's -8 in the third round. Another good day for Scott could push him over Westwood and McIlroy to be in contention for the win.

The Golf Channel will start the coverage of the final round at 12:00 p.m. ET with the feed switching over to NBC at 2 p.m. for the remainder of the tournament. The tournament itself gets started at 8:05 a.m. with the final tee times and pairings below.

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BMW Championship 2012: Phil Mickelson Fires 64, Tops Leaderboard

Phil Mickelson shot a round-best 64 on Saturday to shoot to the top of the leaderboard at the BMW Championship in Carmel, Indiana. A string of seven birdies in ten holes boosted Mickelson past Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and many others.

The lefty's eight-under round was two strokes better than anyone else on the day, bringing his tournament total to 16-under par. That mark ties him with Vijay Singh, who shot three under par on the afternoon.

Lee Westwood's four-under effort now has him tied for third place with McIlroy, who won the Deutsche Bank Championship last week. Both are at 15-under par and one shot behind the leaders.

Woods, meanwhile, shot four bogeys in his first eight holes before recovering his round and finishing one-under par on the day. His tournament score of 13-under has him alone in eighth place.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Phil Mickelson Ties Vijay Singh For Lead

Phil Mickelson has pulled even with Vijay Singh at 16-under, putting both at the top of the leaderboard at the 2012 BMW Championship.

It's a fine ending to Mickelson's day, which saw him shoot the low round for the field at 8-under and pick up 10 birdies, including a run of four straight from hole No. 6 to No. 9. Singh has shot par on seven of his 14 holes and is 3-under through 14 holes, currently good enough to hold on to the lead.

Adam Scott, Robert Garrigus and Dustin Johnson are all tied for third at 14-under, with Johnson having one hole left to play. Tiger Woods and Graeme McDowell follow, both tied all 13-under. Both men have struggled to gain any territory and are 1-under through 14. Rory McIlroy is also at 13-under, shooting 1-under on the day through 14 holes.

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BMW Championship 2012: Vijay Singh Holds On To Lead In Tight Field

The leaders are halfway through the third round at the 2012 BMW Championship, and Vijay Singh has managed to stay ahead of a very tight field.

Singh is 3-under through 10 holes and 16-under overall. Phil Mickelson has moved into second at 14-under through 15. Three men are tied for third at 13-under. Dustin Johnson is through 13, Adam Scott is through 14 while Graeme McDowell is on hole No. 11.

Rory McIlroy has stayed even through nine, offsetting an early birdie on hole No. 4 with a bogey on No. 9. He's 12-under overall and tied for fifth. Just behind him is Tiger Woods, who has been up and down throughout the round. He collected back-to-back bogeys in two places, holes No. 3 and 4 and again on No. 7 and 8. He's got three birdies to go with that, leaving him 1-over through 10 and 11-under overall, good enough to tie for 10th.

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Phil Mickelson Claws Way Into Contention At Crooked Stick

Phil Mickelson has been known to tinker a bit with his clubs but, with four straight birdies on his front nine and two more more after the turn in Saturday’s second round at the BMW Championship, it would appear that The Claw will remain in Lefty’s repertoire for some time.

Mickelson started the day something of an afterthought -- what with the Tiger Woods-Rory McIlroy tandem capturing the golf world’s imagination, and 49-year-old Vijay Singh putting on a show with opening rounds of 7-under 65 and 66 to take the 36-hole lead. By the time he canned his seventh birdie of the day on No. 13, Mickelson had jumped into a share of the lead, thanks to new-found confidence with his putter.

“I have a lot less stress,” Mickelson told reporters after posting a 3-under 69 on Friday. “The ball starts on line and a lot softer. The face is square throughout the entire stroke. There's no opening or closing, so consequently I hit them a lot on line.”

Mickelson, who has employed two drivers in the same round and toyed with blades, mallets and even had a brief flirtation with the belly putter last year at about this time, began experimenting with the unconventional grip on his flat stick after his putting bottomed out at The Barclays two weeks ago. The clamp, which causes almost as much agita among traditionalists as long putters, has been a mainstay among PGA Tour golfers seeking remedies to the yips for some time.

Mickelson used the setup to play his way back into contention at last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship, where he finished in a tie for fourth, his best outcome since sharing third place at the Masters in April. Despite his complaints about his short game, Mickelson began the week ranked sixth in the strokes gained-putting category, a statistic he matched at TPC Boston.

The 40-time tour winner contended on Friday that he needed “a little better touch” to can the eight- to 15-footers. With birdies on the fourth, those four in a row as he made the turn, another on the 12th, and a bogey save on 14 after some wayward shots, it would seem he had found what was missing.

BMW Championship 2012: Vijay Singh Keeps Lead In Third Round

The top of the leaderboard at the BMW Championship is crowded but Vijay Singh is holding on at 15-under par as the third round continues.

Dustin Johnson is hot on his tail at 14-under and Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott and Graeme McDowell are still in the hunt at 13-under

After a blistering start, Singh has fallen back to earth a bit as he's 2-under in the third round after a first round 65 and a second round 66 but he's regained the lead after Mickelson and Johnson tied him earlier in the third round for the lead.

Mickelson shot a first round 69 and a second round 67 and is currently 5-under in the third round. Johnson has stayed consistent throughout with a first round 68 and a second round 67. Johnson sits at 5-under in the third round.

Rory McIlroy is tied for sixth at 12-under and Tiger Woods is tied for 10th at 11-under.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Rory McIlroy Pulls Even With Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods Drops 2 Shots

The leaders are making their way through the front side at the third round of the 2012 BMW Championship and mid-point leader Vijay Singh is now tied with playing partner Rory McIlroy for the lead. Three more inches of rain were reportedly dumped on Crooked Stick overnight and the best players in the world are taking aim at the flagsticks. There should be plenty of rounds in the mid 60s again, and long hitter Dustin Johnson is setting the pace early.

The wet conditions lengthen the course for everyone and Johnson is taking advantage. He's carded three birdies through his first five holes, jumping seven spots up the leaderboard to 12-under and one shot back. Aside from Rory McIlroy, Johnson may be playing better golf than anyone in the world. He's been at the top of the leaderboard at all three FedExCup stops and is playing well again with the Ryder Cup weight off his shoulders.

Tied for first with Singh is Rory McIlroy, who is making a bid to go back-to-back and take a stranglehold on the standings and the race for the $10 million prize in Atlanta. He had a rollercoaster round on Friday but he's looking to eliminate the bogeys on Friday to re-take the lead. Rory is in the final group of the day and picked up a shot to pull even with a birdie at No. 4.

Tiger Woods has dropped two shots with back-to-back bogeys on the fourth and fifth hole -- certainly not the start he was hoping for. Woods has been right there with the likes of McIlroy and Johnson, but he's been unable to convert a win on the weekend. At 10-under, he's three shots back.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Jim Furyk Begins Round 3 With Early Success

The third round of the BMW Championship is underway at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Indiana. The leaders have not teed off yet, but more than half of the field is out on the course.

The lowest scores of the day thus far belong to Scott Piercy, Brian Harman and Jim Furyk who are all 2-under on the day. Phil Mickelson is 1-over on the day, making him 7-under for the tournament. Justin Rose in one-under through his first three holes, making him 8-under overall. Dustin Johnson birdied his first hole of the day to move him up into the company of those double digits under par at 10-under.

Vijay Singh, the leader through 36 holes at 13-under, is set to tee off at 2:01 p.m. ET. Ryan Moore and Rory McIlroy, both at 12-under, will tee off in the final group with Singh. Tiger Woods (12-under), Lee Westwood (11-under) and Bo Van Pelt (11-under) tee off shortly at 1:50 p.m. ET.

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BMW Championship 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Parings For Saturday

Vijay Singh will head into third-round play at the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick with a one-stroke lead over Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Ryan Moore, but he'll have to wait a while to do it. Tee times for the third round of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick have been moved back due to the threat of inclement weather.

Severe storms are expected to hit the Carmel area Friday night and into Saturday morning.

The original tee times have been moved back two hours and 45 minutes, and threesomes will now tee off from 11a.m. to 1:01 p.m. ET from the No. 1 and No. 10 tees.

Singh (13-under) will tee off with Moore and McIlroy at 1:01 p.m. ET. Woods will play with Lee Westwood and Bo Van Pelt and tee off at 12:50 p.m. ET.

A full list of adjusted tee times is as follows:

First Tee

Tenth Tee

The tournament is scheduled be carried on NBC from noon to 3:30 p.m. ET. The Golf Channel will split its coverage into two sections, the first from 10 a.m. to noon ET, and the second from 3:30 to 6 p.m. ET. With the threat of a weather delay, these times are subject to change. Neither network has announced adjusted coverage at this time.

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Weather Worries Break Up Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will have to make do with new playing partners on Saturday. Threatening weather will force PGA Tour officials to send golfers out in threesomes for Saturday's third round of the BMW Championship.

Tiger Vs. Rory: The Show We've All Been Waiting For

Make no mistake about it; Tiger vs. Rory is the golf rivalry this generation has been longing for.

BMW Championship Leaderboard: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy 1 Stroke Behind Vigay Singh

Former World's No. 1 golfer Vigay Singh is alone at the top of the leaderboard at 13-under par after the second round of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, IN. Singh sits just one stroke ahead of the trio of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Ryan Moore, who all sit at 12-under par following the end of play Friday.

Singh has turned back the clock this weekend, birdieing the first three holes of his round on the way to a 6-under 66 on the day. Singh totaled seven birdies on the day, with a bogey at No. 4 as the only blemish on his round.

Woods shot a bogey free five-under par 67 on the night, finishing his round with birdies on Nos. 17 and 18. Woods is in contention for the second week in a row after finishing just two strokes behind McIlroy at the Deutsche Bank Championship last week.

McIlroy started the round tied for the lead with three other people at 8-under par, but had an up and down day and finished his second round with a 4-under par 68. Rory's round included six birdies, four bogeys, and an eagle at the par-5 ninth.

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BMW Championship: Vijay Singh In Sole Possession Of Lead After Round 2

Veteran Vijay Singh fired a six-under 66 on Friday to pull into the lead at this week's BMW Championship.

Singh will turn 50 next year, making him eligible for the Champions Tour. Yet, through two rounds, the Fijian has managed an eagle, 13 birdies, and two bogeys.

His total score of 13 under par is one stroke better than those of Ryan Moore, Rory McIlroy, and Tiger Woods, all of whom are currently at 12 under.

Singh won the 2008 FexEx Cup, and has not won an event all year.

Moore, McIlroy, and Woods are just ahead of Lee Westwood and Bo Van Pelt at 10 under and Seung-Yul Noh and Graham DeLaet at nine under par.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Vijay Singh Takes Lead On Friday

Vijay Singh fired a 6-under 66 in the second round of the 2012 BMW Championship on Friday, putting himself atop the leaderboard at 13-under at Crooked Stick Golf Club.

Singh started off the back nine this morning, carding seven birdies including his last hole of the day, and just one bogey after dropping a shot on the par-4 fourth hole.

FedEx Cup points leader Rory McIlroy is still out on the course, sitting just one shot back at 12-under through 14 holes on the day along with Ryan Palmer. They are two shots clear of the field as Lee Westwood and South Korea's Seung-Yui Noh are tied for fourth place at 10-under for the week.

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BMW Championship 2012: Can Steve Stricker Ride His Third Career Ace To Tour Championship?

It may take more than a hole-in-one to propel Steve Stricker into the FedEx Cup finale in two weeks, but his ace on the sixth hole of his second round at the BMW Championship on Friday won’t hurt.

Stricker used a 6-iron to ace the 198-yard par-3 to record the eagle-1 -- his third as a PGA Tour pro (fourth, if you count the one he made on the third hole at TPC Boston during last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship pro-am, which, officially you can’t). Unfortunately, Strick double-bogeyed the next hole, the par-4 seventh and was 4-under for the week and tied for 30th through 11 holes, but well within the top 30 in FedEx Cup points.

The top-30 in the FedEx Cup standings will advance to the Tour Championship that kicks off on September 20 at East Lake.

BMW Championship Leaderboard: Ryan Moore Rallies To First

Ryan Moore has put himself in a tie atop the leaderboard at the BMW Championship early Friday with a 4-under on the front nine.

Moore started the day at 6-under, but four birdies have the 29-year old American in a tie for first with Bo Van Pelt and Rory McIlroy. However, Van Pelt and McIlroy have just gotten under way and are sure to score well after strong starts Thursday.

Meanwhile, Vijay Singh is 2-under on the day to put them a stroke back of the leaders. Seung-Yui Noh has had a remarkable six birdies through his first nine holes, but bogeys on 10 and 18 have him at 4-under on the day, putting him in a tie for third two shots back of the lead. He's tied with Graeme McDowell, who is also 4-under through nine to put him two shots back of his Northern Irish countryman McIlroy.

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BMW Championship 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Friday

Mother nature continues to influence the 2012 BMW Championship in Indiana, as the PGA Tour pushed second round tee times up three hours with heavy thunderstorms in the forecast for Friday afternoon. Threesomes will go off both tees in one consecutive morning wave. The forecast also calls for increased rain overnight, and a Monday finish is the least desirable outcome for the Tour at one of their marquee playoff events. Heavy rains doused the course over the weekend, forcing rules officials to enact lift, clean and place on Thursday. They will now adjust again and try to sneak in the second round before the rain comes Friday.

The featured group of Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Nick Watney will go off No. 1 at 9:39 a.m. ET. The top three players in the FedExCup standings are all under par. McIlroy is part of a quartet of players tied for first at 8-under, while Woods is just one shot back. The soft conditions and lift, clean and place enabled both players, who were already in top form, to fire darts right at the pins on Thursday. There were plenty of rounds in the mid-60s on Pete Dye's home course just outside Indianapolis and Woods and Rory will try to duplicate that on Friday morning.

Golf Channel will move up coverage to adjust to the change in schedule. The broadcast will run from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The complete schedule of Friday tee times:

Groups going off No. 1:

Groups going off No. 10:

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Rory McIlroy Finishes Day 1 On Top

The first round of the 2012 BMW Championship, the third event in golf's FedEx Cup postseason series, has finished with marquee names at the top of the leaderboard. Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were paired for the day, and they did not let the fans down.

McIlroy finished in a four-way tie for first place after shooting an opening-round 64. Webb Simpson, Bo Van Pelt and Graham DeLaet are even with McIlroy at 8-under.

Woods is one back of the leaders after knocking in nine birdies and two bogeys to finish with a 7-under 65. Vijay Singh sits tied with Tiger in fifth place after going 7-under on the final 10 holes, highlighted by an eagle to finish the front nine.

After a promising start, Phil Mickelson stumbled on the last seven holes. Lefty went 4-under through 11, before running into trouble with three bogeys and two birdies to finish at 69 for the day, leaving him tied for 29th.

Americans Ryan Moore and Robert Garrigus moved into the projected top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings with their rounds on Thursday. Moore is tied for seventh at the BMW, two back of the leaders at 6-under. Garrigus is three back in 10th place.

The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points advance to the Tour Championship.

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BMW Championship 2012: McIlory, Simpson, Van Pelt Lead After First Round

U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, PGA Champion Rory McIlory and Bo Van Pelt have climbed to the top of the leaderboard at the 2012 BMW Championship, however Tiger Woods remains close behind.

All three leaders recorded an 8-under 64 at Crooked Stick Thursday afternoon, leaving them two shots ahead of Tiger Woods (6-under).

Simpson's bogey-free round included a stretch of four-straight birdies on hole Nos. 14-18. Van Pelt did most of his birdie work on Crooked Stick's par fours and fives while playing each par-3 at even par. McIlory's round included seven birdies (including his final hole of the day), one bogey and an eagle on the par-5 no. 15 hole.

Woods stumbled with two bogeys during his round at hole nos. 4 and 14, but his nine birdies on the day helped him save a 6-under 66, his fifth consecutive sub-70 round.

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BMW Championship Leaderboard: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy 1 Shot Back

The first round of the 2012 BMW Championship is underway on Thursday, with several of the top players already having teed off. Crooked Stick is a long hitter's course, but Zach Johnson, who's one of the shorter hitters on tour and is best known for his precision with his irons and putter, is off to a blistering start. He's 4-under on the day through seven holes and is in a three-way tie for first place.

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are the top pairing on the day, and they're both sitting just one shot back at 3-under. Woods and McIlroy are both through six holes, and share a 3-under mark with Jimmy Walker, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk and Graham DeLaet.

Walker is the furthest along, currently through nine holes. Ian Poulter and Bo Van Pelt share the first-place tie with Johnson. Poulter is also through nine holes while Van Pelt is through seven along with Johnson. The top ten is rounded out by Ben Curtis and six others who are all currently tied for tenth place.

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