BMW Championship 2015: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Friday

Following heavy rains on the first day of the 2015 BMW Championship that forced play to be suspended, a number of players were tasked with playing more than 18 holes Friday. It didn't seem to have an impact on anyone, least of all Jason Day, who leads with a two-round score of 18 under. 

That 36-hole score puts Day in the record books, per Justin Ray of the Golf Channel:

The big story when play resumed Friday was if Day could finish the first round with a 59. He didn't quite pull it off, but he was still able to finish with a 61 and followed that up with a 63. 

Daniel Berger and Brendon Todd, who are tied for second place, have to be wondering what more they can do, because most weeks, a 13-under after 36 holes would be good enough for a multishot lead. 

Here's the full leaderboard after two rounds from Conway Farms Golf Course in Lake Forest, Illinois:

Friday Recap

Day's first shot of the day also happened to be his 59th of the first round. It was unlikely he would hit the mark given where his ball was, but he did give a good effort, via PGA Tour:

The only blemish on Day's opening-round scorecard was a bogey on No. 17. The 27-year-old was otherwise in complete control, prompting some good-natured questions about where exactly he started off the tees, via PGA Tour:

After hitting a measly birdie on the final hole to end his first round, Day decided to go out in style after 36 holes with an eagle that pushed his score to 18 under and gave him a five-shot lead heading into Saturday. 

You know things are going well when putts like this are falling, via PGA Tour:

Making things worse for the rest of the field is that Day has been tremendous in the final two rounds during his month-long surge, breaking 70 five times in six chances and shooting 63-62 in the third and fourth rounds at The Barclays, respectively. 

Going back to his win at the PGA Championship, Day has a better birdie/eagle average than 99 percent of baseball players have as a batting average, per Ray:

Per ESPN's Jason Sobel, Day has a chance for his fifth win this season and fourth in his last six starts. Just think, there was a time not that long ago when Jordan Spieth seemed like a lock to win PGA Tour Player of the Year. 

It's possible that even if Day wins, he could still come out a loser—or at least a less successful winner—in the FedEx Cup standings, as Sobel pointed out:

The 575-yard 18th has been favorable for Day and Spieth, who had his own eagle on the hole to finish 11 under, via PGA Tour:

Yet what Spieth has accomplished almost seems like an afterthought, with ESPN's Bob Harig putting it into perspective:

Spieth's 131-shot total isn't even good enough to put him in the top three, because Berger and Todd lit up the course with second-round scores of 64 and 63, respectively.

Then there is poor Rory McIlroy, who is playing well in his own right with a 36-hole score of nine under and no chance of winning barring a record performance in the final two rounds. 

Normally, there would be a chance to talk about the way things could go wrong for the leader and open up a spot for other players. However, Day has been on such a roll since the end of July that he's reached rarefied air. 

The rest of the world has to reach Day's level, which isn't happening. It's too early to say he's Tiger Woods circa 2000, but he's definitely in the territory of McIlroy circa the 2011 U.S. Open. That's scary for everyone else on the PGA Tour.