Rory McIlroy Secures Lead in PGA Tour BMW Championship, Still Seeks Improvement

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Rory McIlroy Secures Lead in PGA Tour BMW Championship, Still Seeks Improvement
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  1. Rory McIlroy sits part of a five-way tie for the lead after the opening day at Bellerive Country Club; Scottie Scheffler struggled to a first-round 72 as he chases back-to-back PGA Tour wins; watch the BMW Championship throughout the week live on Sky Sports Golf

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    McIlroy shoots bogey-free 64, shares BMW lead Rory McIlroy played bogey-free at Bellerive for a 6-under 64 that gave him a share of the lead Thursday in the BMW Championship.

  2. Thursday 20 August 2026 23:49, UK Rory McIlroy insists there is still ‘a lot of work to be done’ in his game despite racing into a share of the early lead at the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship.

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    Rory McIlroy said a bit of "good work" with his team helped him rediscover his form and take a clubhouse lead in the first round of the BMW Championship.

  3. Having reached the turn at two under, McIlroy birdied the 13th and then three of the last four holes, sharing his lead with the American quartet of Gary Woodland, Wyndham Clark, JJ Spaun and Chris Gotterup.

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    McIlroy holed a 15-foot birdie at the fourth and recovered from a wayward drive to take advantage of the par-five eighth, then ended a run of pars by rolling in from eight feet at the par-three 13th.

  4. "I felt like I'm at least back on the right path of what I'm doing with my game and with my swing," McIlroy told reporters. "It's certainly a work in progress. Days like this are encouraging, obviously, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

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    "I felt at least like I got myself back going in the right direction, and what I wanted to do with my swing, but still you never know when you turn up here," McIlroy told the Golf Channel.

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  1. 01 Sky Sports

    Rory McIlroy questioned the value of LIV Golfers potentially returning to the PGA Tour, following question over the league's future; Lee Westwood responded to McIlroy's comments during LIV Golf Indianapolis, the final event of their season

  2. 02 BBC Sport

    This content is not available in your location. There was an error Rory McIlroy bounces back from the disappointment of his 66th place at the St Jude Championship, to take a share of the lead at the BMW Championship in St Louis. WATCH MORE: Scheffler cruises to eight-shot win at first FedEx Cup play-off

  3. 03 SB Nation

    The PGA Tour season is winding down. This week’s BMW Championship is representative of that as the FedExCup Playoffs will culminate next week.

  4. 04 Yonhap Sports

    By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Im Sung-jae has been climbing up the FedEx Cup points standings on the PGA Tour throughout the summer to qualify for the first two legs of the playoffs, and now he needs one more push this week to reach the final tournament for the eighth consecutive year.

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