Following a level-par opening spherical, Northern Irishman McIlroy will start the third spherical tied ninth after he improved to 4 underneath.
McIlroy remained at the same time as he reached the again 9 however birdied 4 of the subsequent seven holes to submit 68 and climb up the leaderboard.
World primary Scottie Scheffler appeared set to match his opening spherical 70 however the American slipped to a few underneath after bogeying the 18th.
Tommy Fleetwood rallied with three birdies on the again 9 to get again to 1 over par and contained in the weekend cut-off.
Berger has suffered a run of accidents, together with a again situation which sidelined him for 18 months and fractured a finger on the BMW Championship in August final 12 months.
He put himself on target for a long-awaited victory – and the £3m high prize – after a clear run on the again 9 included three birdies to strengthen his place.
“I really really feel like I performed higher [today], the course was somewhat harder,” Berger stated.
“I am wanting ahead to the subsequent couple of days and seeing the problem they create.”
