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By Dave Shedloski
PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent

Players who improved their FedExCup points position after Round 2

Player: Aaron Baddeley
Friday's Score/Position: 68-65 (-9)/T1
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 11
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 4
Summary: A nice round of golf by the young Australian puts him in the mix of potential winners, perhaps a nice salve after crashing in the final round of the U.S. Open after holding the third-round lead.

Player: Jonathan Byrd
Friday's Score/Position: 64-69 (-9)/T1
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 30
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 7
Summary: A solid round by the three-time TOUR winner after Thursday's opening 64 signals that he's very much in the FedExCup hunt. Byrd is hanging right in there, still tied for the lead and only dropping two spots in the projected standings from the opening round when he was projected fifth.

Player: Justin Rose
Friday's Score/Position: 65-69 (-8)/T3
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 23
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 9
Summary: The putter is starting to come around for the young Englishman, which means he'll be sticking around the rest of the week on Cog Hill's large greens that are a bit bumpy from all the rain.

Player: Ryuji Imada
Friday's Score/Position: 67-70 (-5)/T9
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 54
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 39
Summary: Two sub-par rounds at Cog Hill has Imada thinking about Atlanta if he can continue to move up the leaderboard, quite a step up for a player who in his first two PGA TOUR seasons hadn't finished better than 92nd on the money list. He must like this points system.

Player: Tim Clark
Friday's Score/Position: 68-69 (-5)/T9
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 33
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 28
Summary: No one on the TOUR got a later start out of the gate than Clark thanks to a neck injury, but he's coming up on the outside fast and trying to return to THE TOUR Championship for the second time in three years.

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Players who fell in the FedExCup points after Round 2

Player: Stewart Cink
Friday's Score/Position: 66-73 (-3)/T17
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 32
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 32
Summary: All the gains from his first round were surrendered after Cink struggled on the greens, making just one birdie. Playoff pressure takes on many forms. For Cink, getting to play next week near home is a huge incentive to bear down.

Player: Charles Howell III
Friday's Score/Position: 68-73 (-1)/T35
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 12
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 18
Summary: A chance for the Big Enchilada might be slipping away if he can't come up with a handsome score tomorrow and move in the other direction.

Player: Luke Donald
Friday's Score/Position: 76-70 (+4)/T58
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 28
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 33
Summary: A six-stroke improvement from the first round has to be heartening for the multi-talented Donald, who has played in the last two TOUR Championships, finishing fifth last year. Has to crank up the birdie machine and get back in the top 30.

Player: Jerry Kelly
Friday's Score/Position: 73-72 (+4)/T58
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 27
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 31
Summary: Playing alongside Donald in a twosome after Aaron Oberholser's withdrawal, Kelly can't seem to get any traction on the soaked Cog Hill layout. Hasn't shot consecutive rounds over par in this event since 2004. Probably due for a good day.

Player: Anthony Kim
Friday's Score/Position: 74-70 (+2)/53rd
FedExCup Standing Before BMW Championship: 39
Projected FedExCup Standing After Round 2: 45
Summary: The TOUR rookie has had an outstanding season, but has to build on Friday's round to prevent it from ending a week sooner than he'd like. Needs to improve his driving accuracy to set up more scoring chances.