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AUGUSTA \u2014 Oh, what a weekend the golf gods have gifted us at the 89th Masters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only way the leaderboard through 36 holes could be more delicious would be if Tiger Woods was 10 years younger with his left Achilles tendon intact.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin Rose, at age 44 and in pursuit of a second career major championship 12 years removed from his first one, retained the lead he took in Thursday\u2019s opening round at 8-under after shooting 71 Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau, the reigning U.S. Open champion and YouTube golf superstar, is one shot back at 7-under after carding a 4-under 68.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy, on the chase for the career Grand Slam, made a furious second-round rally after a demoralizing finish to his first round, and is two shots off the lead after shooting 66 to get to 6-under.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion and winner of two of the past three, is 5-under and three shots back after shooting 71 in his pursuit to join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three of four.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shane Lowery, the 2019 British Open champion at Portrush, where the Open will be played in July, is also 5-under and three shots back, along with Korn Ferry Player of the Year Matt McCarty and LIV Golf member Tyrrell Hatton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, in the mix entering Saturday are Jason Day and Viktor Hovland at 4-under, and 21-year-old star in the making Ludvig \u00c5berg, who\u2019s 3-under, along with two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and former Masters winners Hideki Matsuyama and Patrick Reed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The leaderboard is packed with star power. Eight players are within three shots of the lead, and most of them are among the game\u2019s best.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe leaderboard is stacking up very favorably for what looks like world-class players right up there,\u2019\u2019 Rose said. \u201cSo, you\u2019re going to have to play great golf, and you\u2019re going to have to go out there and want it and go for it and get after it. It\u2019s as simple as that, really.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rose, who won the 2013 U.S. Open, called the class, quality and star power around him on the leaderboard \u201cthe company that I expect to keep.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where I have tried to be my whole career,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where I\u2019ve been for a lot of my career. I\u2019ve been a top-10 player in the world for a decade or more. So yeah, this is nice to be back in that mix, 100 percent.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fred Couples, the 65-year-old 1992 Masters winner who missed the cut playing in his 40th Masters this week, handicapped the leaderboard after his round was over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe guy to watch is DeChambeau,\u2019\u2019 Couples said. \u201cDeChambeau, if [the wind] is not blowing, I think he\u2019s going to make 13 birdies the next two days. Then Rory. Look at what Rory did today. Everyone was picking on him after a couple doubles [in Thursday\u2019s round]. It\u2019s fun to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cScheffler has been battling, and Tyrrell Hatton, and I don\u2019t know McCarty very well, but that\u2019s what I enjoy.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scheffler lamented about \u201ctoo many mistakes on the back nine,\u2019\u2019 adding, \u201cOverall, I did enough to stay in the tournament. Three shots back going into the weekend, hopefully I\u2019ll clean up the card a little bit tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGolf is a funny game. It\u2019s a day-to-day thing. Yesterday, I felt really sharp. Today, not as sharp.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Max Homa, who played with Rose the first two days, marveled at his play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was great,\u2019\u2019 Homa said. \u201cWhen you think about really rounded golf, that\u2019s what it was. He obviously hit a ton of great shots. He made a lot of putts the last couple days. When he was out of position, he had some really hard pitches and made them look very easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was total-package type golf for two days. He was very consistent through the bag.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Day raved about the stacked board.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRory\u2019s trying to finish that Grand Slam that he\u2019s been trying to get for a long time,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cScottie is Scottie. I feel like that guy is always in contention no matter what he does. He always gives himself the opportunities. Doesn\u2019t get too high or low. It seems like he\u2019s always somewhere around the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, I\u2019m kind of under the radar, which is nice. I feel like sitting at T-9 is good going into the weekend. I just keep my head down and keep pushing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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