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Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields, and not just because of how well he was playing Friday in the BMW Championship. He happened to see a video board just as it flashed a message that Chris Kirk was challenging the course record of 63.
Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields, and not just because of how well he was playing in the BMW Championship in Illinois. He happened to
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields, and not just because of how well he was playing Friday in the BMW Championship.
The Holywood native is currently tied for fifth at the event.
It’s the midpoint of the BMW Championship on the PGA Tour. The BMW is the second stage of the Fed Ex Cup playoffs with an eventual $18 million payday to the last golf professional standing next Sunday at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. The BMW is being contested at Olympia Fields in suburban south Chicago. Olympia Fields is a Willie Park Jr. design that first opened for play in 1915. Park not only won a pair of British Opens in 1887 and 1889 but also designed highly regarded Maidstone in Long Island, Sunningdale in London, and 170 other golf courses. Olympia Fields has hosted fou...