Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau surge; Justin Rose holds slim Masters lead at midway point

We are successful for 1 of the all-time top finishes astatine Augusta.

The leaderboard is stacked with golfers who person a combined 10 large championships each wrong 3 shots of each different astatine the top, and the players astatine adjacent par (eight shots back) oregon amended person a combined 24 large wins.

Fifty-four players made the chopped Friday, and the playing has been superb. The chopped enactment was a specified 10 strokes backmost of the lead. It's a agelong changeable for those guys, but they're not retired of it.

Here's what happened astatine Augusta National astatine the midway constituent of the 89th Masters.

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Rory McIlroy plays his changeable from the 16th tee during the 2nd circular of the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club.  (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

After double-bogeying 2 of his last 4 holes Thursday, McIlroy came retired acceptable to pounce. He mastered Amen Corner and the full course, for that matter. He changeable a 6-under 66 and opened up his backmost 9 with 4 consecutive threes, including an eagle connected 13, and went bogey-free successful the round. He present sits astatine 6-under for the tournament.

DeChambeau came retired firing early, birdying 3 of his archetypal 5 holes and 4 of his archetypal 8 to get to 2nd astatine 1 point. He cooled disconnected connected the backmost nine, however, shooting adjacent par to decorativeness 4-under connected the time and beryllium astatine 7-under done 2 rounds.

Bryson DeChambeau plays his changeable from the 16th tee during the 2nd circular of the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club.  (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

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Justin Rose doubly reached 9-under for the tourney aft birdies connected the par-3 12th and 16th. But helium bogeyed 17 and gained conscionable a changeable successful his 2nd round. He has a one-shot lead.

By the clip those 3 golfers were finished, though, reigning champion Scottie Scheffler was done conscionable 7 holes, and nary 1 is ever harmless erstwhile he’s connected the course. But helium had an inconsistent day, putting up six birdies and 5 bogeys. Overall, it added up to 1-under connected the day, and he’s 3 down Rose.

DeChambeau wasn’t the lone LIV prima to person changeable a debased number, though. Tyrrell Hatton recovered himself close successful the heavy of it. Hatton birdied 7, 8, and 9 to get successful the mix, and, astatine 1 point, helium was tied for second. But helium had back-to-back bogeys connected 16 and 17, and alternatively was tied with Scheffler, Shane Lowry and Matt McCarty successful 5th spot astatine 3 back.

Corey Conners held his ain connected time two, shooting 2-under connected the day. He is tied with McIlroy successful third, 2 strokes down the leader.

Scottie Scheffler plays his changeable from the 18th tee during the 2nd circular of the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club.  (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

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Other large names wrong striking region see Viktor Hovland and Jason Day astatine 4-under; Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed and Collin Morikawa astatine 3-under; and Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood and Brian Harman six backmost astatine 2-under.

Major champions astatine 1-under oregon adjacent see Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick and Wyndham Clark.

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