CARMEL, Indiana — Former world No. 1 Vijay Singh rolled back the clock with a six-under 66 Friday to grab the second round lead at the BMW Championship, while Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were a further shot back. With heavy rain forecast for later in the day, play started early at Crooked Stick Golf Club and Singh went right to work mixing seven birdies with a single bogey for a two-day total of 13-under 131 in the penultimate FedExCup playoff event. “I've got to keep it going,” Singh, who has not won on the PGA Tour since 2008, told reporters. “I've been playing well for two days for a while now, but I need four days of good playing. Sooner or later I think four days is going to happen, and hopefully it starts this week.” The smooth swinging Fijian, who started his day one shot off the lead, began on the back nine and was quickly on the move with birdies at the 11th and 15th before grabbing the lead with four consecutive birdies from the 18th. His only bogey came at the par-four fourth but then signed off with another birdie at the last to secure a one shot lead over Woods (67), McIlroy (68) and American Ryan Moore (66). Briton Lee Westwood shot into contention with the joint best round of the day, a seven-under 65 that featured six birdies, an eagle and one bogey to join American Bo Van Pelt (69) two back of the leader at 11-under. Playing together in the same threesome, Woods and McIlroy had spent Thursday trying to top each other but Friday they were more concerned with damage control. There will be no cut at the BMW Championship with all 70 golfers in the elite field vying for one of 30 spots in the Sept. 20-23 Tour Championship finale in Atlanta where the overall points winner gets a $10 million bonus. There were also a few unfamiliar names on the leaderboard, South Korea's Noh Seung-yul (66) and Canadian Graham DeLaet (70) boosting their chances of earning a ticket to East Lake Golf Club lurking just three off the lead at 10-under 134. Storm shares lead In the Netherlands, England's Graeme Storm let slip a three-stroke overnight lead to end Saturday's third round at the KLM Open in a tie at the top with Pablo Larrazabal of Argentina, Scotland's Scott Jamieson and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain. The big Englishman stretched his lead to five at one point with birdies at the seventh, 10th and 12th. But he dropped his first shot of the day on the 13th and a wayward drive at the next led to another bogey as he had to settle for a one-under 69. Larrazabal, meanwhile, birdied five of his last six holes en route to a 64 - the equal best round of the day - while Jamieson and Fernandez-Casta?o each picked up shots on 17 and 18 to shoot 66s. Peter Hanson was one off the pace at 11 under, with an absorbing final day in prospect. Shin maintains lead In Virginia, Jiyai Shin followed her opening 9-under 62 with a 68 Friday to take a one-stroke lead in the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship. The South Korean player had four birdies and a bogey to finish two rounds at 12 under on Kingsmill's River Course. She won the last of her eight LPGA Tour titles in November 2010. American Danielle Kang was second after a 64. Paula Creamer and Dewi Claire Schreefel were 10 under. Schreefel had a 66, and Creamer shot 67. — Agencies
