WATCH: Rory McIlroy nails 423-yard drive, the longest at 2024 BMW Championship
Rory McIlroy sits at T9 on the 2024 BMW Championship leaderboard with a 5-under score. McIlroy shot 70 in the third round, with four birdies on the front nine and two on the back nine. The last hole he birdied on Saturday was the longest drive at the BMW Championship.
The hole 18 in the third round was a par-4 hole where he took a tee shot of 423 yards at Castle Pines. This video was uploaded by the PGA Tour on X (formerly Twitter) and carried a caption that read:
“Sending it at Castle Pines @McIlroyRory posts the longest drive on No. 18 with a 423-yard tee shot @BMWChamps."
The ball speed was 193 MPH and the apex read 150 ft.
Rory McIlroy scored 70 and 71 in the first two rounds. In the opening round, the 35-year-old shot two birdies on holes 8 and 12 and carded a hole-in-one on the 14th. He also bogeyed two holes in the same round.
In the second round, McIlroy fired a birdie on the first hole and followed it up with another two on holes 7 and 10. In the same round, he bogeyed two holes and parred the 18th hole. McIlroy is at 5-under after Saturday and seven strokes behind Keegan Bradley, who's at the top of the scoreboard with 12-under.
What is the tee time of Rory McIlroy and other golfers for the final round of the BMW Championship?
Rory McIlroy will start at 12:35 pm with Tommy Fleetwood. Before them, Tom Hoge will tee off with Russell Henley at 12:25 pm. Patrick Cantlay and Sungjae Im are paired together and will start at 12:15 pm. Scottie Scheffler will play at 10:25 am with Matt Fitzpatrick. Here's the list of tee times and standings for the last round of the BMW Championship (all times in ET):
Tee No. 1
9:25 a.m. – Eric Cole, Sahith Theegala
9:35 a.m. – Max Homa, Justin Thomas
9:45 a.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Matthieu Pavon
9:55 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Adam Hadwin
10:05 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Aaron Rai
10:15 a.m. – Jason Day, Stephan Jaeger
10:25 a.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler
10:40 a.m. – Max Greyserman, Akshay Bhatia
10:50 a.m. – Cameron Young, Tony Finau
11:00 a.m. – Cam Davis, Thomas Detry
11:10 a.m. – Denny McCarthy, J.T. Poston
11:20 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa
11:30 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, Billy Horschel
11:45 a.m. – Sam Burns, Brian Harman
11:55 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Byeong Hun An
12:05 p.m. – Corey Conners, Shane Lowry
12:15 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im
12:25 p.m. – Russell Henley, Tom Hoge
12:35 p.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy
12:50 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Nick Dunlap
1:00 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Taylor Pendrith
1:10 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark
1:20 p.m. – Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
1:30 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott