The Englishman at the head at -8 after the second day, behind him Dechambeau. No Amateur passes the cut. The exciting greeting to Langer
It will be a beautiful weekend at Masters. Because the favorites of the eve, Scottie Scheffler and Rory Mcilroy, are there at the top and their chances of winning are intact. But for the moment in Augusta there is still Justin Rose at the top of the leaderboard. With a less crackling ride than the first – 71 shots against 66 on Thursday – English was able to hold the inevitable pressure that always weighs on the leader of the race and brought a score with four birdies and 3 bogey to the clubhouse: – 8 total for him and another night in his head. From behind the recovery of Bryson Dechambeau (69; 68: -7) who confirmed the good impressions of the first lap: the former “crazy scientist”, as he was called, has now been very humanized and has become a jovial and nice boy who always seeks contact with the public and willingly give himself to the spectators. It is the LIV holder, the Arab League, and its sympathy operation is certainly not accidental. Five birdies and one Bogey, at the 16th, because of a second finished blow on the right in the middle of the spectators, for the rest a ride without stains with many jewels. Last year, in the majors, Dechambeau has always been very competitive: sixth at the Masters, according to the PGA, first at the US Open. Only at the British Open he had missed the cut.
comeback mcilroy
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The great protagonist of the day, however, was Rory Mcilroy, always at the center of attention for better or for worse. Thursday he had played perfectly before throwing away four shots with two double Bogey at 15 and 17. He seemed irreparably passed off, but after a quiet night (“I returned home in time to greet Poppy who was going to bed and I detached the mind from the golf”) showed up in the loading and determined field: a Bogeyfree lap was released with 5 birds and also an eagle, A final score of 66 shots that puts him in third position (72, 66: -6). His 66 was the best result on Friday. Rory has never won the Masters, making him would close the Grand Slam in his career, and it seems that in the National woods he is the darling of all, even the Americans who behind the ropes and tribunes are enhanced for every nice blow of the Northernish. With him the Masters has always been cruel, the hope is that the curse that began in 2011 with a drive pulled in a place unthinkable at ten, a place where no player had ever been, who in the end cost him the victory … It is over. Here in Augusta it would be everyone’s party. At -6 together with Rory there is also the Canadian Corey Conneurs (68, 70).
fluctuating Scheffler
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Very fluctuating Scottie Scheffler (68, 71: -5). All his tour can be told with what happened at 12, the most iconic par 3 in the world and recognizable in the world: error with the tee with the ball that flies the green and slips into the bushes, but bounces out and lies a few meters from the green avoiding the pine needles that would have made the blow very problematic. Instead, he has pissed the approach for a birdie unexpected after the Bogey at 7, 10 and 11. Golf is like this, always poised between the company and the disaster. Scottie then saved a par to 13 after sending the second blow to the water, made Birdie at the 14th, Bogey at 16, another birdie at 17 and an incredible Bogey at the 18th with a blow pulled from under a tree. It is three lengths away from Rose, nothing is compromised.
Outside Koepka and Michelson
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Out of cutting some important names such as the five of the Liv Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson. There will not be even the two big old men Bernhard Langer, 67 years old and 41 Masters played, and Fred Couples, 65 years old and 40 appearances for him. The German has already announced that this is his latest Masters. The applause of the people and the embrace with Fred Ridley, Chiarman of the Augusta National, and then with his own family – children, grandchildren and his American wife Vikki – gathered in front of the Clubhouse to greet a legend of the world golf. His two victories in Georgia in 1985 and 1993 is unforgettable. Couples instead will also be next year, the time of farewell for him is postponed, there will still be time to admire his unique and elegant swing a little. Finally a curiosity: this year the silver cup that goes to the best Amateur will not be assigned because none of the 5 amateurs passed the cut.
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