Rory McIlroy makes big move, one off the lead of Soren Kjeldsen and Viktor Hovland at BMW PGA Championship

The sight of Rory McIlroy will be in the rear-view mirrors of leaders Soren Kjeldsen and Viktor Hovland after he stormed up the leaderboard in round two of the BMW PGA Championship. The event has been reduced to 54 holes after Friday’s play was cancelled following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Ad McIlroy will head into Sunday’s final round one off the lead after a round of 65 took him to 11-under.

BMW PGA ChampionshipWentworth falls silent as two-minute silence is observed in memory of the Queen5 HOURS AGO The world No. 3 said he did not do much right and did not do much wrong in his opening round. He began the day five shots adrift and knew he had to accelerate quickly due to the curtailed format.

After missing decent birdie chances on the first two holes, McIlroy rolled in an eagle putt on four to get his round moving. Second Round Leaderboard T1. Soren Kjeldsen, 12-under T1.

Viktor Hovland, 12-under T3. Rory McIlroy, 11-under T3. Thomas Detry, 11-under T3.

Rafael Cabrera-Bello, 11-under T6. Francesco Molinari, 10-under T6. Matthew Jordan, 10-under T6.

Shane Lowry, 10-under McIlroy played a sloppy second shot on nine but stroked in a momentum-saving par putt from 10 feet — and a brilliant approach on 11 set up a birdie to get to eight-under. The 2014 winner found sand with his approach on the 12th, but a brilliant bunker shot set up a simple birdie putt to get to nine-under. A rare error off the tee left McIlroy in trouble in a horrible lie in the rough on the 13th.