One heck of a back nine from Scottie Scheffler, and the world number one is in the box seat going into the weekend. A quarter of a century on from Tiger’s maiden procession in 1997, there will no doubt be plenty of talk about the 25-year-old Texan romping away with it in similar style ... and yet we all know the majority of this year’s story is almost certainly yet to unfold. A lot of people still in this should Scheffler stumble. Here’s how the top of the leader board looks after the second round. See you tomorrow for Moving Day!
-8: Scheffler
-3: Schwartzel, Im, Lowry, Matsuyama
-2: Varner III, D Johnson, Na, Smith
-1: Conners, Morikawa, Zalatoris, Willett, Niemann, Thomas
E: Bezuidenhout, Fitzpatrick, Spaun
+1: Simpson, Cantlay, Kisner, Woods
+2: MacIntyre, Westwood, Watson, Garcia, Hatton, Rahm, McIlroy, Straka, Swafford, Higgs, Kim, Kokrak, Gooch, Berger, Finau
Some big names missing the cut: Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele, Gary Woodland, Justin Rose, Bryson DeChambeau, Sam Burns, Padraig Harrington, Zach Johnson.
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Scheffler signs for a 67 and a five-shot lead!
Scheffler leaves his birdie effort a couple of turns short, and it’s just a par. Just a par on 18 at Augusta! He puts his signature at the bottom of a five-under 67, to go alongside yesterday’s 69. He bogeyed two of the first three holes, as well! What a performance.
