Matthew Baldwin built on his overnight lead, firing seven birdies and his first bogey of the tournament for a 66 to take a two-shot lead at 13-under into the weekend at the BMW PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

“Incredibly pleased. Incredibly proud of how I’ve played so far,” said the Englishman. “There’s a long way to go. Keep doing the same things, should be a good week.<\/p>\n

“Just playing sensible golf, really, I guess. I’m trying not to hit it too close, which obviously then forces you, sometimes you can get short-sided and things like that.<\/p>\n

“I think my putting has been very good. Mentally I’ve been very good. I have a tendency to get in my own way. So I allowed myself to hit good golf shots and good putts and things like that has been great.”<\/p>\n

“I had three or four months working at Amazon driving a van just to see me through the winter before the Challenge Tour started in 2022,” Baldwin added.<\/p>\n

“I learned a lot from that. I learned that there are other things that I could do in life, but I also learned that I really wanted to play golf.”<\/p>\n

Dane Niklas N\u00f8rgaard made an eagle, four birdies and a bogey to close with a 67 and take solo second place at 11-under.<\/p>\n