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Max Homa sets course record, takes lead at BMW Championship

AP photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / Max Homa reacts as he misses a birdie attempt on the 18th green during Friday's second round of the BMW Championship in Olympia Fields, Ill.
AP photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / Max Homa reacts as he misses a birdie attempt on the 18th green during Friday's second round of the BMW Championship in Olympia Fields, Ill. AP photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / Max Homa reacts as he misses a birdie attempt on the 18th green during Friday's second round of the BMW Championship in Olympia Fields, Ill.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press 5 min read

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields Country Club, and not just because of how well he was playing Friday in the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship.

He happened to see a videoboard just as it flashed a message that Chris Kirk was challenging the course record of 63.

“Just randomly saw that today,” Homa said, “and then I had to think about it.”

Homa broke the record despite two bogeys, making 10 birdies in his round of 8-under-par 62 that gave him a two-shot lead over Kirk (66) going into the weekend at the second event of the FedEx Cup postseason — and the tournament that determines the 30-player field for next week’s Tour Championship.

That’s more a concern for Kirk than Homa, who already has two wins this season and is assured of being part of the proceedings at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club. Not so for Kirk, who delivered a heartwarming win at the Honda Classic in February but is on the bubble, at No. 29, to reach the FedEx Cup finale.