Out of trouble: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays from the rough on the 17th hole before finishing at 12-under 132 in the second round of the BMW Masters in Shanghai yesterday. — AFP
SHANGHAI: World number one Rory McIlroy yesterday set himself up for a weekend assault on the US$7mil BMW Masters at Lake Malaren after a second round scintillating 65 took him to 12-under 132, two shots behind halfway leader Peter Hanson.
On a day of low scoring on the Jack Nicklaus-designed course in Shanghai, Sweden’s Hanson was one of three players to shoot an eight-under par round of 64 following Shane Lowry of Ireland and fellow Swede Robert Karlsson.
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