Rory McIlroy holed a miraculous chip-in birdie on his way to shooting a 5–under-par 65 and earning a share of the first-round lead at the BMW Championship on Thursday, August 17, at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club.
By day’s end, the Northern Irishman was tied with Open champion Brian Harman for the lead at the second leg of the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs. Harman carded three birdies on the front nine, three on the back, with a bogey at the par-4 12th hole.
