Masters 2024: What to observe for in spherical 2 at Augusta Nationwide

Inclement climate pushed the beginning of The Masters again a few hours, so Friday goes to be a protracted day at Augusta Nationwide.

Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson and Tommy Fleetwood can have the longest second-days, as they have been solely capable of get 10 holes in because of darkness. These with tickets to spherical two are fortunate, although – they’ll get to see Tiger Woods play for almost one-and-a-third rounds of golf.

Bryson DeChambeau’s -7 is the chief of the pack proper now, with 2022 inexperienced jacket winner Scottie Scheffler only a stroke behind.

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Here’s what to search for on Day 2 at Augusta.

How does the chief carry over?

DeChambeau acquired off to a red-hot begin, racking up three-straight birdies to start the day. He cooled off for a bit, going one-over by his subsequent eight holes, however he birdied 5 of his subsequent six and wrapped up with a round-one 66.

The highly effective LIV star was one of many first out on Thursday and was slated to tee off at 11:54 a.m. on Friday. Nonetheless, with the primary spherical being suspended, it’s attainable that he may very well be pushed again, giving himself an excellent longer relaxation.

Nonetheless, somebody who’s on severely brief relaxation is the five-time Masters winner, Tiger Woods.

How will Tiger react to the early tee time?

The already-short relaxation was already dangerous information for Woods, however now, it’ll be even shorter. Final 12 months, he barely made the minimize on Saturday morning after which withdrew within the third spherical in a while within the day.

Woods was initially slated to tee off at 10:18 a.m. ET, however he can be on the 14th gap at 8 a.m. as an alternative. The excellent news is he’s effectively contained in the minimize line at -1 (it’s at the moment one-over). The dangerous information is, Friday presents a large number of unknowns, and along with his latest historical past, it’s almost certainly damaging.

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That is nonetheless Scottie Scheffler’s Masters to lose

Scheffler was hitting at round +450 to win the match, the bottom odds in latest reminiscence.

He’s simply the perfect golfer within the sport proper now, and his outcomes present that. He’s effectively on tempo for his eighth top-10 in 9 occasions this 12 months, and it ought to shock no one if he’s within the top-two for a fourth match in a row.

All credit score to DeChambeau for an superior first day, however given his historical past at Augusta, his diminished time on the course with LIV, and the truth that he’s not Scottie Scheffler.

The place are the LIV guys?

After three of them completed T4 or higher (Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka have been T2), they’re seeing some extra success. Though, it’s somewhat top-heavy amongst them.

Tyrrell Hatton (-3) is T6 by 14 holes, whereas Joaquin Niemann and Patrick Reed completed at -2. 

Nonetheless, not one of the different 9 from LIV are beneath par, together with defending champion Jon Rahm, who carded a one-over 73. Adrian Meronk acquired an invitation for being within the prime 50 on the planet, however he shot a 78 and is T-85, solely forward of beginner Jasper Stubbs, Fred {Couples}, who’s there for enjoyable, and Peter Mainati.

One other sluggish begin for Rory McIlroy

It was an up-and-down day for McIlroy, who remains to be looking for the profession slam a decade later. He carded 4 birdies and three bogeys for a one-under 71. He missed the minimize final 12 months and performed one-over golf by three rounds till a closing spherical 64 that positioned him in second. He missed the minimize in 2021. His T5 in 2020 got here after a first-round 75, too.

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