Here are the live updates of the second round of the first major of 2024.
3PM ET–Here is the current leaderboard–1) Scottie Scheffler of Ridgewood, New Jersey, the 2022 Masters champion, and Bryson DeChambeau of Modesto, California, the 2020 United States Open champion, are tied for the lead at -7, 3) Max Homa of Burbank, California at -6, 4) Danny Willett of Sheffield, England, the 2016 Masters champion at -5, 5) Nicolai Hojgaard of Billund, Denmark and Ryan Fox of Auckland, New Zealand at -4.
3:17 PM ET–Willett bogeys the 12th and drops to -4…
3:21 PM ET–It should be noted that Homa is in the same group as 15-time major champion Tiger Woods…
3:28 PM ET–DeChambeau bogeys the 11th hole to drop to -6…
3:28 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys the fifth hole to drop to -6…fascinating that the leaders at the Masters bogeyed in the same minute…Scheffler, DeChambeau and Homa are tied for the lead at -6…
3:36 PM ET–With the bogeys to Scheffler and DeChambeau, it puts Australia’s Cameron Davis and American Patrick Cantlay into contention at -3…
3:41 PM ET–DeChambeau birdies the 12th hole to get to -7 and in the lead by himself…
3:47 PM ET–High winds in Augusta….wind is blowing the sand out of the bunker…
3:53 PM ET–Homa in the clubhouse at the midway point at -6…
3:55 PM ET–Vijay Singh of Fiji at 61 years of age is projected to make the cut at +4…
3:56 PM ET–Tiger Woods makes his 24th consecutive cut at the Masters, which sets a Masters record…he is currently at +1…Gary Player and Fred Couples had the old record of 23…
4 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) DeChambeau -7 2) Homa & Scheffler -6 4) Willett and Hojgaard -4…Hojgaard in the clubhouse after being +1 in round two….
4:07 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys the seventh and drops to -5…
4:11 PM ET--DeChambeau birdies the 13th to go to -8….birdied the 13th despite going into the rough with his tee shot…
4:25 PM ET--Scheffler birdies the eighth hole to get to -6…
4:26 PM ET–DeChambeau bogeys the 14th to drop to -7…
4:36 PM ET–Scheffler unable to reach the green with his approach shot on the ninth as the ball initially lands on the green and then rolls off ….
4:40 PM ET–Contenders earlier in the day but are not anymore are Davis (-3) in sixth, Cantlay (-2) in eighth and Fox (-2) in eighth…
4:59 PM ET–Scheffler birdies the 10th hole to improve to -7 and tied for the lead with DeChambeau…
5:10 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Scheffler & DeChambeau -7, 3) Homa -6, 4) Willett & Hojgaard -4
5:20 PM ET–Willett having all sorts of trouble on the 18th hole…
5:22 PM ET–Willett has first triple bogey on the 18th…drops from -4 to -1…drops from fourth to ninth in one hole….
5:25 PM ET–2024 Masters is a battle between the LIV Tour & PGA Tour…LIV is represented by DeChambeau and PGA Tour is represented by Scheffler…
5:28 PM ET–Two takeaways I will take from the second round were the interviews on the ESPN coverage with Tiger Woods and Max Homa…when Woods was asked to talk about his record 24 straight cuts made at the Masters, he told Michael Eaves how disappointed he was that he missed the cut as an amateur in 1996…meanwhile at the end of Homa’s interview with Scott Van Pelt of ESPN he stated…”It is a pleasure being here with you”…literally when was the last time you have ever heard a professional sports athlete tell the interviewer that at the end of the interview?
5:41 PM ET–DeChambeau bogeys the 18th and drops to -6 and one stroke back of Scheffler…
5:51 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Scheffler -7 2) DeChambeau & Homa -6, 4) Hojgaard -4
5:55 PM ET–Scheffler pars the 12th and remains at -7…
6:04 PM ET–Scheffler lands into the water on the 13th hole…the water is a little creek…
6:15 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys the 13th hole and drops to -6…in a three-way tie for the lead at the DeChambeau and Homa…
6:21 PM ET–Two more golfers are now in contention as Scheffler posts a six…they are Australia’s Cameron Davis and American Collin Morikawa at -3…Morikawa of Los Angeles is a two-time major champion as he won the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 British Open…
6:23 PM ET–Rahm double bogeys 14 and is now at +6…the world number three and defending champion is endangered of missing the cut…
6:37 PM ET–Wind continues to be high at Augusta…
6:54 PM ET–Scheffler pars the 15th hole and remains tied with Homa and DeChambeau…
6:59 PM ET–Rahm may make the cut after all as he birdies the 16th hole…
7:10 PM ET–Scheffler pars the 16th hole and remains at -6…
7:25 PM ET–Scheffler just misses long birdie putt…
7:27 PM ET–Scheffler pars 17th hole…still at -6…
7:51 PM ET–Scheffler pars 18th hole…finishes round two at -6 with DeChambeau and Homa….Hojgaard at -4, Morikawa at -3 and Davis at -3….
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