2025 Masters, Day 2 recap: Justin Rose still leads as Rory McIlroy rallies Friday at Augusta

1. Justin Rose: -8 (71)
2. Bryson DeChambeau: -7 (68)
T3. Rory McIlroy: -6 (66)
T3. Corey Conners: -6 (70)
T5. Matt McCarty: -5 (68)
T5. Shane Lowry: -5 (68)
T5. Scottie Scheffler: -5 (71)
T5. Tyrrell Hatton: -5 (70)

Masters 2025: Day 2 leaderboard, results and scores from Augusta National

Here’s a look at where things stand on the leaderboard through the second round of the 89th Masters Tournament.

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Scheffler pitched out from the trees and then hit his third long of the green. Laying his wedge wide open, he flopped to a few feet and made his 5.

Scheffler shoots 1-under 71 and is three off the lead as he looks to become the fourth player to successfully defend his title.

Tyrrell Hatton had 2 feet for par at the 17th. Not only did he miss, his ball raced 10 feet past the hole. He made the comebacker for his second-straight, three-putt bogey.

Hatton dropped three back at 5 under.

Scheffler pulled his tee shot into the trees at the par-4 18th. While awaiting a rules official, he took a seat.

He’s back within two!

Bogey-free through 35 holes, Jason Day dropped his first shot of the tournament at the par-4 18th. Day posted his second-straight 70 to enter the weekend at 4 under and four back.

Scottie Scheffler’s tee shot on the par-3 16th landed on the wrong part of the green and trailed away from the hole. He three-putted for bogey to fall to 5 under, three back of Justin Rose.

Nick Dunlap made inglorious history by failing to break 90 on Thursday. He bounced back in a big way on Friday.

Dunlap went under par with a 71 — a 19-stroke improvement. Of course, nothing realistic could prevent his 90 from costing him the weekend, but that’s a much better way to go out.

Collin Morikawa isn’t going away. He birdies 13 and 16, giving him five birdies in his last 11 holes and moving to 3 under for the day and tournament.

Scottie Scheffler hasn’t had his best on the second nine, but he’s maintaining. After the wild birdie on 12, he finds water on 13 — then goes up and down to save par and birdies 14. He’s back to 6 under, T3 with McIlroy.

Bernhard Langer had an up-and-down chance at 18 to make the cut, and he almost converted — but his par putt lips out. He follows a 74 with a 73, and he’s just below the cut line as of now.

A double bogey on the treacherous 15 may have cost him the weekend. If so, an extraordinary Masters career comes to an end.

This is a moment you’ll look back on if Scheffler wins his third green jacket on Sunday. Tee shot on Golden Bell went straight into the pine straw — and then, somehow, bounces out, just off the green.

He then chipped in, because of course he did, for an unreal birdie. Likely a three-shot swing.

Max Homa hadn’t made a single cut since The Open — yes, last July — and it seemed reasonable he’d be the most-bet golfer to miss the cut at Augusta.

Swing and a miss! He’ll play the weekend, thanks to a 2 under Round 2 that balanced out his 2 over Round 1.

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Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer is in solid position to make the cut in his final start at the tournament. The 67-year-old is T31 right now — even par — after a Golden Bell birdie.

Bryson DeChambeau started hot on Thursday with a 3-under 69, and he one-upped himself on Friday. He cards a 68 to hit the clubhouse alone in second.

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Just what the doctor ordered. Rory McIlroy pars the 18th to card a 6-under 66 in Round 2 — a fantastic way to shake off a brutal final four holes on Thursday.

He’s right back in the thick of things, two strokes off the lead at solo-third, for now.

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It’s the first bogey of the weekend for Scheffler. It came after he missed an eight-foot par putt on hole 7.

Brooks Koepka was right on the cut line at 1 over ... and then made an absolute mess of the 18th. His first shot went out of bounds. He three-putted from 16 feet. It’s an eight and will end his weekend.

Scottie Scheffler is back at it on Friday. He birdies the par-3 sixth, moving into a four-person tie for third: Him, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Corey Conners.

Just behind them are Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry.

Shaping up for a fun weekend.

Viktor Hovland is on his game on Friday. He’s birdied four in a row on the second nine — capped off by this 39-footer on the 16th — to move to 6 under for the tournament.

He’s tied with McIlroy for third.

Rory McIlroy’s Thursday began to spiral on 15. His Friday continued to thrive there.

He birdied the par-5 in the second round, reaching the green in two and converting an impressive two-putt.

He’s 6 under on the day and the tournament, good for T3.

The defending champ taps in for birdie on the par 5 and reaches 5 under, three back of leader Justin Rose.

Thomas chips in for eagle at the par-5 second to get to 1 under, tied for 24th. The current projected cut line is 1 over par.

Rose pars his final hole to finish 36 holes at 8 under par. He’s currently the tournament leader, one ahead of Bryson DeChambeau, who has six holes to complete.

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Rory McIlroy eagles the par-5 13th for his fourth straight ‘3' — and to get within three of the lead.

Rose regained a two-stroke lead with a birdie at the par-3 16th.

But he gave it back with a bogey at No. 17. He has one hole remaining in his second round.

With the pin on the left, Rory pulls his tee shot. The ball bounces hard into the bushes but gets an incredibly fortunate kick into a safe spot. Rory putts from off the green to within a couple of feet and bags a ‘3' to remain at 3 under.

A birdie at the 12th gets him to 5 under for the day, 6 under for the tournament, and two off the lead.

His second birdie of the day gets him to 2 under and into a tie for 13th.

Bryson DeChambeau birdies the par-5 eighth while Justin Rose bogeys the par-4 14th. And, just like that, Bryson is one back.

One birdie, eight pars. McIlroy, with weather in his favor, has not taken advantage of his draw. He lags eight shots back of Justin Rose, at 1 under.

He hits it to 4 feet on the par-3 12th and converts his third birdie of the day to get to 9 under par, three in front of Bryson DeChambeau.

Matt McCarty makes birdies quicker than we can add posts.

He followed the ‘2' at No. 12 with a ‘4' at the par-5 13th. McCarty has six birdies in his last eight holes and is now T-3, four off the lead.

DeChambeau makes his third birdie of the day, a 7-footer at the par-4 fifth, to reach solo second place, two back of leader Justin Rose.

Masters 2025: Bryson DeChambeau goes on early birdie run to shoot 68 Friday

DeChambeau went on an early run Friday to put himself in prime position over the weekend at Augusta National.

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DeChambeau holes out from the greenside bunker for birdie at the par-3 fourth.

He is tied for second with Ludvig Åberg at 5 under, three back of Justin Rose.

Matt McCarty, making his Masters debut, started Friday double bogey-bogey. He made the turn, however, with four consecutive birdies.

McCarty is at 2 under, six back of Justin Rose.

McIlroy was here off the tee at the par-5 second:

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He punched out, hit the green with his third and made the putt. McIlroy is back under par, six off the lead.

Matt Fitzpatrick eagles the par-5 second to get to 2 under, five back of fellow Englishman Justin Rose.

He drops his first shot of the second round at the par-4 fifth. His lead is now three shots, at 7 under.

Justin Rose comes up 54 yards (yards!) short of the flag on the par-3 fourth but saves par to remain at 8 under, four clear of the field.

Now eight back, he needs to make hay on the par 5s today — the second hole awaits.

The Englishman gets up and down from a greenside bunker at the par-5 second, converting a 14-footer for birdie.

He’s now four clear of the field at 8 under.

Rose has now led or co-led after the first round of the Masters more times than anyone (5), moving from a share of the top spot with Jack Nicklaus.

Here’s how he’s fared in the second round on those four previous occasions (note: twice, in ’04 and ’21, he was the 36-hole leader as well).

2004: 71
2007: 75
2008: 78
2021: 71

The overnight leader has started his second round at Augusta National.

1. Justin Rose (-7): 8:52 a.m.
T2. Ludvig Åberg (-4): 9:58 a.m.
T5. Bryson DeChambeau (-3): 10:15 a.m.
T27: Rory McIlroy (E): 9:58 a.m.

Golf Channel’s Damon Hack reports around 1/4" of rain fell overnight on Augusta National.

The elements looks tame at the moment, but stronger winds are expected in the afternoon.

He didn’t talk about it, but GolfChannel.com senior writer Ryan Lavner wrote about it:

Two late double bogeys send Rory McIlroy tumbling down Masters leaderboard

Rory McIlroy blew past the waiting media and headed straight to the parking lot late Thursday at the Masters.

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He was working into the evening Thursday at Augusta National. DeChambeau is out at 10:15 a.m. EDT today.

Here’s what’s in store for Day 2:

2025 Masters weather: Wind and possible rain in Friday forecast at Augusta National

Here’s the weather forecast for the remaining rounds of the 89th Masters Tournament.

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