Day 2 of the Masters at a look
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP)– A quick look at the second round Friday of the Masters:
LEADING: Justin Rose was at 8 under after his second-round 71. Bryson DeChambeau shot 68 and was one shot back.CHASING: Rory
McIlroy had the low round of the day, a 6-under 66 that got him to 6 under for the tournament. Corey Conners likewise was 6 under, while safeguarding champ Scottie Scheffler remained in a group of 4 players at 5 under.Advertisement IN THE HUNT:
Jason Day was poised
to join Ed Sneed in 1979 as the only players without a bogey or worse through the very first two rounds. Then he bogeyed the 18th, leaving him in a group with Rasmus Hojgaard and Viktor Hovland at 4 under.AUF WIEDERSEHEN: Bernhard Langer had a possibility to make it
in his 41st and final Masters, however the 1985 and ’93 champ missed out on a par putt on the 18th that would have gotten him to the weekend on the number. The 67-year-old German star shot 74-73. BOOM BOOM, BYE BYE: Fred Couples, the 1992 champ, required a birdie at the 18th to
make the cut however made bogey rather, missing it by 2. The 65-year-old Couples followed his opening 1-under 71 with a 77 on Friday.COMEBACK KID: Nick Dunlap followed his 18-over 90, the highest rating at the Masters given that Ben Crenshaw shot 91 at the
age of 63 in 2015, with a 71 on Friday. That represented an improvement of more than a shot per hole.Advertisement OH, NO: Brooks Koepka made quadruple bogey at the 18th to end up 5 over and miss out on the cut.PROS ONLY: None of the 5 novices made the cut. Justin Hastings came closest, shooting 76-72
to miss out on by two. U.S. Amateur champ Jose Luis Ballester and runner-up Noah Kent completed behind just DeChambeau in driving distance.WHAT A STREAK: Matt McCarty was 2 over for the tournament and in risk of missing out on the cut after 5 holes Friday. Then he strung together eight birdies over the next 12, and his 4-under 68 left him at 5 under.SHOT OF THE DAY: DeChambeau holed out from the bunker at the 240-yard par-3 fourth for his 2nd birdie in 3 holes. He added three more birdies in his round of 68. Ad KEY FIGURE: The 18th hole was the hardest Friday, playing more than a half stroke over par.NOTEWORTHY: This is the 3rd time Rose has been the solo leader of the first and second rounds of the Masters. He likewise accomplished the accomplishment in 2004 and 2021. QUOTEWORTHY:”I strike a couple buckets of balls at my Airbnb into the woods. I
do not understand if there was any houses or anything back there.”– Dunlap, on how he recovered from his first-round 90
to shoot 1-under 71. TV: Third-round protection begins Saturday at twelve noon EDT on Paramount +and 2 p.m. EDT on CBS. ___ AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf