2024 Masters Tournament recap from Day 2 at Augusta National

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Golf Channel Staff,

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Golf Channel Staff

Published April 12, 2024 08:01 PM

It was a long day at Augusta National with some players wrapping up their opening rounds and everyone finishing off Round 2.

Check out the highlights from Friday at the 88th Masters Tournament:

Your top 5 through 36:
T-1. Scottie Scheffler, 6 under
T-1. Bryson DeChambeau, 6 under
T-1. Max Homa, 6 under
4. Nicolai Hojgaard, 4 under
T-5. Cam Davis, 3 under
T-5. Collin Morikawa, 3 under

Should give everyone on this list Masters crystal:

Players to shoot under par in Friday's second round of #TheMasters:

Ludvig Aberg – 69
Collin Morikawa – 70
Patrick Reed – 70
Max Homa – 71
Tommy Fleetwood – 71
Keegan Bradley – 71
Adam Schenk – 71
Sepp Straka – 71

That's it.
— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) April 12, 2024

Cut line falls at 6 over:
And Rory McIlroy will be around for the weekend. Though, it wasn’t easy. McIlroy shot 5-over 77 on Friday to finish at 4 over par. Sixty players among the 89 that started will make the cut.

Rahm survives:
The defending champion birdied the 15th and 16th holes and then bogeyed the 17th. But a par at the last placed him at 5 over through two rounds and gave him two more to play.

JT, MC:
Justin Thomas was even par for the tournament until he hit it in the water on No. 15 and finished double-double-bogey-double. At 7 over, he’ll miss the cut.

A little more on Bryson’s irons:

Bryson DeChambeau’s one-of-a-kind irons go from conforming to contending

DeChambeau said the irons were originally deemed non-conforming by the USGA last week.

Rex Hoggard,

Rex Hoggard,

Monitoring the cut line:
It’s currently at 5 over par. Rory McIlroy is at 4 over with two holes to play. Defending champion Jon Rahm is in the same position, after birdies at Nos. 15 and 16.

Unforced error:
After a perfect drive on the par-5 13th, Scottie Scheffler hits it into Rae’s Creek on his second shot and makes bogey. He’s back to 6 under, tied for the lead.

Make it a double:
Rory McIlroy’s approach shot finds the water at the par-4 11th. He makes a double bogey and drops to 3 over par, with the cut line currently at 4 over.

DeChambeau in at 6 under.
Bryson bogeys the par-4 18th, hitting his approach shot well beyond the hole and three-putting. He shoots 1-over 73, a solid number in very trying conditions, and is currently one back of leader Scottie Scheffler, who is currently through 11.

Brutal finish:
Danny Willet leaves first greenside bunker shot in the sand, skulls the next and then three-putts for a triple bogey at the par-4 18th. He drops from 4 under to 1 under.

Augusta is tough enough without the wind:

The wind is really picking up in Augusta. #themasters pic.twitter.com/9zDWR240ZY
— Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) April 12, 2024

Bryson is a box of chocolates:

Bryson DeChambeau moves large sign en route to Masters birdie

DeChambeau moved a large, directional sign that was in his way before making birdie Friday at Augusta National’s 13th hole.

Brentley Romine,

Brentley Romine,

For Madison:
A touching story by Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine:

Denny McCarthy honors ‘sweetest girl,’ whose memory lives on at Augusta National

McCarthy has a rubber duck on his golf bag for this week’s Masters to honor the memory of 16-year-old Madison Smith, a family friend who died last fall from cancer.

Brentley Romine,

Brentley Romine,

Major disappointment:

Jordan Spieth (+9): Concluded an opening 79 Friday morning, his worst-ever round at the Masters by three shots.
Bubba Watson (+10): Was 1 over par through six holes of Round 2; shot 44 on the second nine, with a quad at the 11th.
Dustin Johnson (+13): ONE birdie through 36 holes.

Another two-shot swing:
DeChambeau bogeys the 14th and Scheffler birdies the eighth. Bryson leads by one.

DeChambeau leads by two:
Bryson birdies the 13th to reach 8 under par. Max Homa, in the clubhouse after a 71, is at 6 under. Scottie Scheffler just bogeyed the seventh to drop to minus-5.

Wind is whipping this afternoon:

A new (and another) record for Tiger:
Woods wrapped up his second round Friday afternoon and will make his record-setting 24th consecutive cut at the Masters, breaking his tie with Fred Couples and Gary Player. Woods played 23 holes on Day 2, closing out a 73 for Round 1 and shooting 72 in Round 2. At 1 over par, he’s well inside the cut line.

Ready for a run?
DeChambeau birdies the par-3 12th to regain a one-shot lead. He’s got the par-5 13th and par-5 15th ahead of him.

Double bogeys:
Scottie Scheffler horseshoes a 3-footer for par at the fifth. Bryson DeChambeau drops a shot at the 11th. They are now tied at the top with Max Homa, at 6 under.

Scottie Scheffler, T-1:
The world No. 1 easily birdies the par-5 second and joins Bryson DeChambeau at 7 under.

Scottie Scheffler ties the lead at 7-under with a solid chip to set up birdie on No. 2. #TheMasters

🎥 @TheMasters pic.twitter.com/doXwal3lz1
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) April 12, 2024

Bryson back in front:
Homa bogeys the 11th while DeChambeau birdies the seventh.

Bryson DeChambeau rolls it in for birdie and the solo lead (-7) on No. 7. #TheMasters

🎥 @TheMasters pic.twitter.com/Yhx4XxhZwS
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) April 12, 2024

Bryson bogeys the fourth:
This is your new solo leader at the Masters (the guy on the right):

Just past the 1 o’clock hour:
And we’re getting closer to Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy teeing off at 1:48 p.m. EDT.

Even par for the round:
Tiger Woods made birdie at the par-5 eighth (below) to continue his topsy-turvy day. After opening with a pair of pars, he went birdie-bogey-bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie. He then made a great up-and-down on No. 9 to turn in even for the day, 1 over for the tournament.

Stopped on a dime. Tiger Woods gets one back on No. 8. #themasters pic.twitter.com/UZ708iiy1q
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 12, 2024

Move it to November?
Dustin Johnson, the 2020 Masters champion, has played 23 holes so far this week and made no birdies. He’s at 8 over par.

Tiger’s last four holes:
Birdie-bogey-bogey and this chip-in birdie at the par-3 sixth. He’s at 1 under par and inside the projected cut line.

TIGER!!!pic.twitter.com/iFjbrtvgxm
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 12, 2024

Bryson is off in Round 2:
The first-round leader pounded a tee shot down the fairway on No. 1.

Max Homa!
Playing alongside Woods, Homa hit 7-wood into the brutal, 240-yard par-3 fourth and made a 34-footer for birdie to tie for the lead at 7 under. Tiger, meanwhile, made bogey to drop back to 1 over.

Max Homa rolls in the birdie from 34 feet to move into the co-lead! 🔥 #theMasters

(📽️ The Masters) pic.twitter.com/OyG9Fdnrzj
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) April 12, 2024

Birdie at the third for Tiger:
Brilliant wedge shot — after a good bounce out of the trees off the tee — gets him under par for the tournament.

Brilliant with a wedge.@TigerWoods things at #theMasters pic.twitter.com/fhN8rG6X0X
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 12, 2024

Par-par start:
For Tiger Woods in Round 2. He remains at 1 over, with the current projected cut line at 2 over. How does the Masters cut work? Glad you asked:

What is the Masters cut line and how is it determined?

Like most professional events, there is a cut made to reduce the field after 36 holes of the Masters Tournament.

Golf Channel Staff,

Golf Channel Staff,

Round 1 is complete:
It ends just after 10:05 a.m. EDT on Friday, with Bryson DeChambeau leading the way at 7 under and Scottie Scheffler one back. Former champions Jordan Spieth, meanwhile, shot his worst-ever score at the Masters.

Spieth’s disaster on 15 leads to his worst Masters score

Spieth shot 7-over-par 79 after a debacle at the 15th hole on Friday morning.

Ryan Lavner,

Ryan Lavner,

Harman’s collapse:
The reigning Open championship shot 47 (!) on the second nine, en route to an 81. He made double bogey on Nos. 13, 17 and 18. He also triple-bogeyed the 16th and made bogeys on Nos. 11 and 12.

Open champion Brian Harman shoots 47 on second nine at Masters

Harman had a disastrous second nine in the opening round of the Masters Tournament.

Golf Channel Staff,

Golf Channel Staff,

If you’re looking for Jordan Spieth on the leaderboard ...
Keep scrolling. He made a quadruple-bogey 9 at the par-5 15th and is now 6 over par with two holes left in his first round.

Round 2 in less than 50 minutes:
For Tiger Woods. With a bogey at 18, he dropped two shots in the five holes he played to conclude Round 1. Woods shot 1-over 73 and is currently T-35.

Tiger Woods backs up on chilly Masters morning, has quick turnaround

Woods wrapped up an opening 2-over 74 and will tee off again at 10:18 a.m. EDT Friday at Augusta National.

Brentley Romine,

Brentley Romine,

Picking up where he left off:
Max Homa made a 9-foot birdie putt at No. 13 before pausing his opening round due to darkness. This morning, he’s birdied Nos. 16 and 17 to reach 6 under par, one off the lead.

Max Homa is dialed in. #themasters pic.twitter.com/njmMZuClUq
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 12, 2024

Solid rookie debut:
Nicolai Hojgaard wrapped up his first official round at Augusta National on Friday morning, shooting 5-under 67 to place him two off the lead.

Tiger’s playing competitor:
Presented without commentary.

Round 2 hole locations:

Hole locations for the second round of the Masters Tournament pic.twitter.com/2ae9xCzECS
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) April 12, 2024

Round 2 is also underway:
Click here for tee times.

Tiger’s body:
He said it was going to be a lot of work to get himself ready for the quick turnaround — and 23 holes. Woods comes up short of the green after a fat shot into the 14th and makes bogey to drop to even par. He’s laboring, physically, early.