Woods and McIlroy to clash in new format

First-round leader Steve Wheatcroft is heading to the back nine in the second round and he still has the lead, but things are tightening up a bit in Silvis, Ill.

Branden Grace is contending at the BMW PGA Championship thanks in part to a questionable ruling he received during the opening round at Wentworth. Grace opened the European Tour’s flagship event with rounds of 68-71, and at 5 under he sits two shots behind Belgium’s Thomas Pieters. But he’s facing criticism for a free drop he received after his ball plugged into the face of a greenside bunker on the 13th hole Thursday. The South African appeared to be headed for a double bogey, but after digging his feet into the sand he called over European Tour rules official Mark Hill and explained that his feet were touching the rubber sheet at the bottom of the bunker. That prevented him from taking his