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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - Adam Scott can't believe he has a shot at the TOUR Championship the way he's been hitting the ball off the tee at the BMW Championship. But the 14-time PGA TOUR winner is glad he does and intends to make the most of it over the weekend. Entering the week at 38th in the standings Scott needs a high finish to make it to FedExCup finale for the ninth time. Scott has hit just 10 of 28 fairways in his opening two rounds yet scores of 72-69 have the Australian at one over, just two off the lead and tied fifth. With Olympia Fields playing brutally tough, Scott is defying the odds with such little accuracy and currently projects to sneak into East Lake at 29th. The 40-year-old ranks 63rd or 69 players in Strokes Gained - Off the Tee (-2.297) but has saved himself on approach and on the greens. He sits sixth in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (+3.169) and fourth in Strokes Gained: Putting (+3.011). RELATED: Full leaderboard | McIlroy, Cantlay hold one-shot lead at the BMW Championship "I’m not hitting it very good at all. Fortunately I’m putting well, and that’s keeping my score respectable. I’m missing so many fairways, which makes it hard, and around here, you’re going to pay the price eventually, and that’s why both the first two rounds I’ve struggled to get it in the clubhouse," Scott said after dropping three shots in his last five holes on Thursday and two on his last five on Friday. "It’s challenging because I’m just trying to kind of clear my head to hit a shot off the tee, and it’s hard when you hit one left and then you hit the next one right and you’re trying not to think about it too much. "I don’t think it’s far away, but I just haven’t found the rhythm out there at all, and I struggled with that over the weekend in Boston a bit and again here. But I’m grinding. I want to play next week." Joining him as a projected player to make a move from outside the top 30 to inside the mark is co-leader Patrick Cantlay. Cantlay's 2-under 68 on Friday followed an opening 71 and was full of highlights including two hole outs from off the green, one for an eagle, and a long range birdie to close his round. The two-time winner opened the week in 37th spot on the points list but currently projects to fourth. "The chip-ins obviously helped a bunch, and you don’t do that every day, so I need to hit it a little better on the weekend," Cantlay said. "But for a scrambling day, it was excellent." Woods needs miracle weekend... Tiger Woods sits eight shots back of the projected finish he needs to continue his season past the BMW Championship. For the second straight day Woods struggled and despite a birdie on his penultimate hole and a long range par putt dropping on the 18th the 82-time TOUR winner had to settle for a 5-over 75. He now sits eight over for the tournament, nine shots adrift of the lead and projecting 63rd in the FedExCup, well outside the top 30 who make it to the TOUR Championship next week. Mack attack... MacKenzie Hughes joins Scott and Cantlay as players trending inside the top 30 from outside the mark, as does Presidents Cup player Joaquin Niemann. Canadian Hughes started the week in 36th spot but sitting T10 through two rounds at the BMW Championship has him sitting right on the bubble, projected 30th and just nine points in front of Cameron Champ. Having started the week a 25th Champ has a serious grind ahead of him this weekend, now sitting T63 at Olympia Fields and knowing every position he can grind back could be the difference in continuing his season. Niemann sits T13 through two rounds sliding from 31st to 28th in the projected standings. That's currently bad news for his International Presidents Cup teammate Cameron Smith who looks set to move from 26th to 32nd. Adam Long (27th to 33rd) and Kevin Streelman (28th to 34th) are also in danger of finishing up early if they can't improve over the weekend. Hermanator... A few weeks ago prior to the Wyndham Championship Jim Herman was 192nd in the FedExCup. He famously went on to win at Sedgefield and entered the BMW Championship in 63rd position, a long shot to continue his season. But for a fleeting moment in Friday Herman projected into Atlanta before three bogeys in his last four holes had him settle for a 2-over 72 and into a tie for 13th at three over. While the poor finish now has him projected 53rd and out of the Playoffs Herman knows he's just three shots off the pace of producing the ultimate underdog run.

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By making the transition Jack Nicklaus made when he tired of playing the robo-assassin to Arnold Palmer’s neighborly gunslinger, Tiger Woods has given the Masters gallery a chance to be part of something extra special.

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Check out the entire field and how they qualified for the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club in Angus, Scotland. HOW THEY QUALIFIED The Open Champions aged 60 or under on July 22, 2018 Mark Calcavecchia Stewart Cink Darren Clarke John Daly David Duval Ernie Els Todd Hamilton Padraig Harrington Zach Johnson Tom Lehman Sandy Lyle Rory McIlroy Phil Mickelson Louis Oosthuizen Jordan Spieth Henrik Stenson Tiger Woods Top 10 and ties in the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Rafael Cabrera Bello Branden Grace Brooks Koepka Matt Kuchar Marc Leishman Haotong Li Alex Noren Matthew Southgate First 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2018 Byeong Hun An Kiradech Aphibarnrat Daniel Berger Patrick Cantlay Paul Casey Kevin Chappell Jason Day Bryson DeChambeau Tony Finau Ross Fisher Matthew Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Rickie Fowler Sergio Garcia Adam Hadwin Brian Harman Tyrell Hatton Charley Hoffman Beau Hossler Charles Howell III Dustin Johnson Si-Woo Kim Kevin Kisner Satoshi Kodaira Matt Kuchar Andrew Landry Alexander Levy Hideki Matsuyama Francesco Molinari Ryan Moore Kevin Na Pat Perez Ian Poulter Jon Rahm Chez Reavie Patrick Reed Justin Rose Xander Schauffele Charl Schwartzel Webb Simpson Cameron Smith Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Justin Thomas Bubba Watson Gary Woodland First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2017 Nicolas Colsaerts Paul Dunne Matthew Fitzpatrick Dylan Frittelli Tyrell Hatton Scott Jamieson Shane Lowry Thorbjorn Olesen Thomas Pieters Jordan Smith Hideto Tanihara Peter Uihlein Lee Westwood Fabrizio Zanotti BMW PGA Championship winners for 2016-2018 Chris Wood First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2018 BMW International Open. Alexander Bjork Jorge Campillo Matt Wallace U.S. Open Champions for 2014-2018 Martin Kaymer Masters Tournament Champions for 2014-2018 Danny Willett PGA Champions for 2013-2017 Jason Dufner Jimmy Walker Top 30 players from final 2017 FedExCup Points List Russell Henley Kevin Kisner Jhonattan Vegas Gary Woodland First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2018 on completion of the 2018 Travelers Championship. Chesson Hadley Patton Kizzire Luke List 112th VISA Open de Argentina 2017 Champion Brady Schnell Playing members of the 2017 Presidents Cup teams Emiliano Grillo Anirban Lahiri Adam Scott First and ties on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2017 Gavin Green First and ties on the Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2017 Brett Rumford First and ties on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2017 George Coetzee 2017 Japan Open Champion Yuta Ikeda Top two and ties on Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2017 Yusaku Miyazato First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2018 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2018 Japan Tour Championship Kodai Ichihara Ryuko Tokimatsu Senior Open Champion for 2017 Bernhard Langer The Amateur Champion for 2018 Jovan Rebula The European Amateur Champion for 2018 Nicolai Hojgaard The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2017 Yuxin Lin Open Qualifying Series Australia – Emirates Australian Open 2017. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties  Jonas Blixt Cameron Davis Matthew Jones Open Qualifying Series South Africa – Joburg Open 2017. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties Shaun Norris Shubhankar Sharma Erik Van Rooyen Open Qualifying Series Singapore – SMBC Singapore Open 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Danthai Boonma Sean Crocker Lucas Hebert Jazz Janewattananond Open Qualifying Series Japan – Mizuno Open 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Shota Akiyoshi Michael Hendry Masahiro Kawamura Manasori Kobayashi Open Qualifying Series Korea – KOLON Korean Open 2018. Two places to the leading two players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 8 and ties Min Chel Choi Sanghyun Park Open Qualifying Series France – HNA Open de France 2018. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties Marcus Kinhult Russell Knox Julian Suri Open Qualifying Series USA – The National 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Abraham Ancer Ryan Armour Bronson Burgoon Sung-Hoon Kang Open Qualifying Series Ireland – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2018. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties Ryan Fox Zander Lombard Andy Sullivan Open Qualifying Series USA – The Greenbrier Classic 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Austin Cook Jason Kokrak Kelly Kraft Brandt Snedeker Final Qualifying Notts (Hollinwell) – Three qualifying places Rhys Enoch Ashton Turner Oliver Wilson Final Qualifying Prince’s – Three qualifying places Retief Goosen Tom Lewis Haraldur Magnus Final Qualifying St Annes Old Links – Three qualifying places Marcus Armitage James Robinson Jack Senior Final Qualifying The Renaissance Club – Three qualifying places Thomas Curtis Grant Forrest Sam Locke Open Qualifying Series Scotland – Scottish Open (Three places for three players not otherwise exempt who finish in the top 10 and ties) Open Qualifying Series USA – John Deere Classic (One place for one player not otherwise exempt who finishes in the top 5 and ties)    

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