Robert Rock in contention at Wentworth as Aaron Rai misses cut
Staffordshire’s Robert Rock produced one of the rounds of the day to put himself in contention at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
The 41-year-old shot a four under par round of 68 yesterday to follow up his 69 a day earlier to go into joint third place on the leaderboard on seven under par for the tournament.
Rock, from Armitage, near Rugeley, racked up six birdies in a round only spoiled by successive bogeys on holes six and seven.
He is five shots behind tournament leader Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman carded a 65 to take him to 12 under after the first two days.
But four-time major winner McIlroy was also left to rue missing good chances on the first three holes and failing to birdie the 17th and 18th, both par fives, for the second day in succession.
“On the first three holes I hit it to six to eight feet and none of them went in and I thought ‘Here we go,’” McIlroy said. “But I played great after that. It was one of the best rounds of golf I’ve played this year, ball-striking-wise.
“There’s still a couple of loose shots in there, like the one on 18 [which plugged in a greenside bunker], but overall it was a great round of golf.
“I had everything sort of firing today and it was nice to take advantage of the opportunities I gave myself.”
Wolverhampton’s Aaron Rai missed the cut after a five-over-par second round, including four bogeys and double bogey.
