As this PGA Tour season’s outset, Scotsman Robert MacIntyre could not have fathomed what he achieved in the first round of this week’s BMW Championship, making an astonishing 195 feet, 2 inches of putts en route to a 62 that gave him a three-shot margin. He birdied the last six holes and said it was “as good as I’ve ever putted a stretch of holes.”

MacIntyre wasn’t quite as hot with the putter on Friday in the second round at par-70 Caves Valley, but he still made 100 feet of putt in spreading out six birdies to shoot a bogey-free 64. The 14-under total—the lowest 36-hole effort of MacIntyre’s career—gave him a five-shot lead over World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler heading into the penultimate weekend of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs in Owings Mills, Md.

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