The BMW Championship is a crucial stop on the way to winning the FedEx Cup. After this tournament, the field is cut down to the Top 30 on the points leaderboardโwith those players advancing to the Tour Championship to determine a playoff victor and conclude the 2012 season.
As of right now, Rory McIlroy is ahead of the pack with 4,799 points, three victories and eight top-ten finishes. He looks poised to win it all, but Tiger Woods (3,417 points, three victories and seven top-ten finishes) could easily play spoiler.
Before we get ahead of ourselves, letโs take a look at Round 2 of the BMW Championship, where to watch, tee times for notable golfers and who to keep an eye on.
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Where: Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Ind.
When: Round 2 begins at 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 7.
Watch: A tape delay ofย Round 2 will be televised on the GOLF network from 3:00-6:00 p.m. ET.
Live Stream: PGATour.com will live stream the event from 1:00-6:00 p.m. ET
Shot Tracker: PGATour.com has a complete scoreboard with a shot tracker so you can stay updated on all the happenings at Crooked Stick.
Tee TimesโNotable Groupings (All Times ET)
Tee Time | Golfer | Golfer | Golfer |
9:28 a.m. ET | Webb Simpson | Bo Van Pelt | Jim Furyk |
8:33 a.m. ET | Brandt Snedeker | Louis Oosthuizen | Dustin Johnson |
9:39 a.m. ET | Nick Watney | Rory McIlroy | Tiger Woods |
8:33 a.m. ET | Steve Stricker | Luke Donald | Ernie Els |
For the full list of the second-round tee times,ย click here.
Golfers to Watch
Tiger Woods
Tiger needs a victory this weekend to boost his fast-fading chances of capturing the FedEx Cup.
Heโs over 1,000 points behind McIlroy and can hardly afford to fall further back from the lead.
Woods set the tournament record score back in 2007, shooting a 22-under-par for his first of two victories in the BMW Championship.
A third is almost necessary, at this point, for the golf legend to win it all this postseason.
Rory McIlroy
McIlroy is currently in cruise control on his way to his first ever FedEx Cup championship.
Heโs the overwhelming favorite in the tournament and would need some bad breaks to let anyone snatch victory from his grasp.
While the young Irishman has had epic collapses before (The Masters in 2011), heโs grown as a golfer and person since, and has the fortitude to avoid another meltdown.
Expect Rory to walk away with a top-ten finish in the BMW Championship and a FedEx Cup trophy after the Tour Championship.ย
Nick Watney
Watney has had an up-and-down season in 2012, but finished with a clutch win at The Barclays earlier in the FedEx Cup playoffs, and followed with a respectable No. 20 finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
If he can sneak a win in at the BMW, heโs got a legitimate chance of shocking the world and usurping McIlroy atop the points leaderboard by the end of the postseason.
Keep a close eye on Watney, as heโs a dark horse in this race.ย
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