Rose could become the third-oldest player to win the Masters if he hangs on over the weekend. / Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated
AUGUSTA — Another sun-splashed day greeted the 95 players Friday at Augusta National, but by day’s end, 42 slammed the trunks on their courtesy cars to depart the Masters. Meanwhile, Justin Rose holds a one-stroke lead at 8 under over Bryson DeChambeau with Rory McIlroy and Corey Conners within two shots at 6 under heading to the weekend. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is lurking at 5 under. Here are some key numbers and stats from Round 2.
DeChambeau’s 366-yard drive on the par-5 575-yard second hole set up his birdie and ignited a first nine charge in which he shot 4 under to close the gap on Rose.
McIlroy’s bogey-free round included birdies on Nos. 2, 10, 11 and 15 and an eagle on 13. This is the second time McIlroy has shot the outright best round of the day at the Masters. He also did it in 2022, recording an 8-under 64. Jack Nicklaus posted the outright best round 11 times.
Rose is the third-oldest player at 44 years, 255 days to hold the solo lead after 36 holes. Raymond Floyd (47 years, 214 days) and Sam Snead (44 years, 313 days) are Nos. 1-2.
The combined score for the five amateurs, who all missed the 36-hole cut: Justin Hastings (+4), Hiroshi Tai (+6), Evan Beck (+9), Jose Luis Ballester (+10) and Noah Kent (+11).
Number of shots Nick Dunlap improved after shooting an 18-over 90 in the opening round. Dunlap had birdies on Nos. 3, 4, 8 and 15 before finishing his 1-under 71 with consecutive bogeys on 16, 17 and 18.
McIlroy eagled the 13th for the sixth time, which is tied with Bubba Watson for the most eagles on that hole over the past 25 years (2001 to ’25). Rose is third on the list with five.
Angel Cabrera’s score. The 2007 U.S. Open and ’09 Masters champion spent over two years in prison, beginning in ’21, after being convicted of domestic violence in his native Argentina. Released in August ’23 on parole, Cabrera came into the Masters after winning the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla.
DeChambeau played a solid second round, finishing with a 4-under 68 Friday. / Erick W. Rasco
Number of LIV players who made the cut including DeChambeau (-7), Tyrell Hatton (-5), Patrick Reed (-3), Bubba Watson (-1), Joaquin Niemann (+2), Charl Schwartzel (+2) and Jon Rahm (+2).
Bogey-free rounds at Augusta National for McIlroy, the most of any player in the last 30 years.
Thirty-six hole score for Bernhard Langer, who at age 67 played in his final Masters. Langer bogeyed 18 to miss the cut by one shot. He would’ve been the oldest player in Masters history to make the 36-hole cut.
Masters champions who overcame making two or more double bogeys (or worse) for the week. Craig Stadler made three doubles in 1982, including two in the first round. Gay Brewer also made two in ’67 (first and third rounds). McIlroy could be on track to be the third after he made two doubles in the last three holes in Round 1. But he played a perfect round Friday, shooting a bogey-free 6-under 66.
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