VIRGINIA WATER, England -- Shane Lowry birdied his closing two holes for a 2-under 70 Friday to join Thomas Bjorn in the lead after the second round of the BMW PGA Championship. Jared Cook Jersey . Lowry overcame a double bogey on the ninth hole by making four birdies on his back nine to erase a two-shot deficit to Bjorn, who carded a 72 on a day of intermittent rain showers. The duo was four shots clear of the field with 10-under totals of 134. Spains Rafa Cabrera-Bello (73) and former BMW PGA winner Luke Donald (67) were tied for third. Rory McIlroy was another shot back along with Swedish duo Jonas Blixt and Henrik Stenson after all three carded 71. The 27-year old Lowry won the 2009 Irish Open in a playoff as an amateur, and then added the 2012 Portugal Masters title after turning professional. This, though, would be by far the biggest win of his career. "I just have to go out and keep doing what I have been doing," the 142nd-ranked Irishman said. "Ive got my coach with me this week, so hes quite good at getting me ready to play no matter what situation Im in. And it will be good to go out with Thomas tomorrow and see how I get on." Bjorn led by two shots after the first round of the European Tours flagship event, but found that advantage gone with bogeys at the first and seventh holes. But Bjorn birdied his 15th and final holes minutes before Lowry birdied 17 and the last to finish tied for the lead with the Dane. "Well go out and work hard on the weekend and see what the conditions are like and try and play the golf course and not the opponents," Bjorn said. "Theres two very hard days ahead of us, so we know what this championship is all about. " Defending champion Matteo Manassero missed the cut after following up an 80 with a 71. McIlroy fought back from double bogey on the seventh hole, which he eagled the day before, to stay in contention. McIlroy finished much better than he started, as he eagled the par-five 12th for a second straight day, and birdied three of his last four holes. "The way the conditions were this morning, being 3-over par after seven wasnt all that bad, and it wasnt disastrous," he said. Blixt, the Masters runner-up, is eyeing his maiden European Tour victory. "My golf hasnt been too great but I kind of saved myself a couple of times, hitting some really good shots," Blixt said. "I dont think now with the rain settling in that anyone is going to run away with it. "But I cant remember the last time I played wearing so much clothing. It became really cold out there." Robert Quinn Jersey . A stick in the gut prevented him from getting off a clean drive, but it earned him the first penalty shot of his career. He converted, and Patrice Bergeron also scored a short-handed goal on Thursday night as the Bruins opened the defence of their Eastern Conference championship with a 3-1 victory over the Lightning. Johnny Hekker Jersey . Canada dropped a 24-21 decision to Zimbabwe before bouncing back with a 10-7 win over Spain. All three sides finished with seven points apiece in Pool E to move on to the final eight while the Philippines was last with only three points.The Winnipeg Jets are in St. Paul, Minnesota for a 7pm ct face off tonight against the Wild. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the radio broadcast on TSN 1290, while Dennis Beyak and Brian Engblom will call the action on TSN Jets. Ondrej Pavelec will start in goal for the Jets, who have a 2-1 record, after playing their first three games of the regular season schedule against Pacific Division opponents. Head coach Claude Noel decided to hold an optional pre-game skate this morning so tonights roster is unknown. However, based on who was off the ice earlier than others, its my expectation Matt Halischuk will make his Jets debut tonight. Halischuk has 157 games of NHL experience over the past five seasons with New Jersey and Nashville. In those games, he has 54 points (25 goals and 29 assists). Toby Enstrom (four assists) and Bryan Little (two goals and one assist) are on three-game point streaks. Captain Andrrew Ladd has two goals and one assist in his last two games. Sam Bradford Jersey. Tonight is the first of five regular season games between Winnipeg and Minnesota. The Wild have a 0-1-2 record. Josh Harding will start in goal due to a knee injury sustained by starting goaltender Niklas Backstrom Tuesday night in Nashville. Backstrom is listed as day-to-day and in his absence, Minnesota recalled Darcy Kuemper from the AHLs Iowa Wild to serve as Hardings backup. Zach Parise has scored three goals in his last two games. In 24 career games against Atlanta/Winnipeg, Parise has scored 12 goals and has 11 assists. Ryan Suter is averaging the most minutes played of all NHL players at 29:02. Minnesota has the fourth best power play in the NHL at 38.5 per cent. Following tonights game, the Jets return home to host the Dallas Stars, 7pm ct tomorrow night (TSN 1290, TSN Jets) at MTS Centre. Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
