Through 36 holes, Wyndham Clark achieved a career milestone at his 210th start without a bogey. He remains the only player in the field without a bogey through two rounds.

Clark holds his seventh 36-hole lead or co-lead in individual stroke-play events throughout his career. He has converted two of his previous six such leads, winning the 2023 Truist Championship and 2026 U.S. Open.

Clark seeks to become the first player since Dustin Johnson in 2016 to win both the U.S. Open and BMW Championship in the same season.

Clark has earned five PGA TOUR wins: the 2023 Truist Championship, 2023 U.S. Open, 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and 2026 CJ CUP Byron Nelson.

Clark leads the field in Scrambling with a 5/5 record and Sand Saves with 3/3, tied for first in the latter category.

Clark is projected No. 3 in FedExCup standings in his attempt to advance to the TOUR Championship for the third consecutive time. He finished third in 2023 and eighth in 2024.

Clark's best finish in four prior BMW Championship starts was T13 in 2024.

Gary Woodland leads the field in three critical Strokes Gained categories. He tops Off the Tee at 2.455. His Tee to Green advantage reaches 7.514. Approach the Green shows a 4.484 edge.

Woodland's PGA Tour résumé includes five wins across his career. He won the 2011 Valspar Championship. The 2013 Reno-Tahoe Open followed. He captured the 2018 WM Phoenix Open. His 2019 U.S. Open victory stands as his major championship. Most recently, he won the 2026 Texas Children's Houston Open.

The BMW Championship positions Woodland at projected No. 17 in FedExCup standings. He attempts to advance to the TOUR Championship for the first time since 2019.

In nine prior BMW Championship starts, Woodland's best finish was T12 in 2018. He competed in the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive CC. That field included 17 players competing this week. Woodland finished T6 at that championship.

After the first round, Woodland sits in second place at 2/-11. Wyndham Clark leads the field at 1st/-12. J.J. Spaun currently occupies third place in the standings.

2025 U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun celebrated his 36th birthday with a 4-under 66. He leads the field with 14 birdies total. Chris Gotterup trails by three shots after posting a 3-under 67. Gotterup seeks his fourth victory this season.

Sungjae Im entered the week ranked No. 40 in FedExCup standings. He is currently projected to finish No. 28. Im has advanced to the TOUR Championship in each of his first seven seasons on TOUR.

Following this week's BMW Championship, the top 30 players will advance to next week's TOUR Championship.

Several players are projected to move into the top 30. Gary Woodland finished 2nd and will advance from No. 31 to No. 17. Sungjae Im tied for 4th and will move from No. 40 to No. 28. Michael Thorbjornsen tied for 6th and will climb from No. 41 to No. 30.

Other players are projected to fall out of the top 30. Kurt Kitayama tied for 37th and will drop from No. 28 to No. 32. Rickie Fowler tied for 37th and will fall from No. 30 to No. 33. Bud Cauley finished 47th and will slide from No. 29 to No. 34.