Best and worst performances from Round 2 at the Masters 2023

Spherical 2 at Augusta Nationwide was postponed Friday and pushed to Saturday morning to finish the spherical. Play on the Masters proved to be difficult for a number of golfers as they battled climate situations so gamers made essentially the most of what they may.

Some, nonetheless, didn’t have to fret concerning the climate as their second spherical play concluded previous to the climate rolling into Augusta on Friday.

With that stated, listed here are the most effective and worst performances from the second spherical of play on the Masters.

Brooks Koepka (-5)

You possibly can’t cover the truth that the LIV Golfer was on hearth in Spherical 2. After posting a 65 on Thursday’s opening spherical, Koepka adopted it up with 5-under 67 throughout Friday’s second spherical. The four-time main champion Brooks Koepka information a 36-hole whole of 132 (-12), tied for third-lowest in match historical past, and holds his fourth profession 36-hole lead/co-lead in main championships.

Jon Rahm (-3)

The FedEx Cup chief continued to climb up the leaderboard after posting a Spherical 2 rating of 3-under 69. Rahm’s spherical was break up into two days on account of climate, and performed effectively contemplating the situations he performed by means of Saturday. Rahm managed to get to inside one stroke of Koepka after the fifteenth gap, however two bogeys within the last three holes pushed him down to 2 strokes of the lead.

Sam Bennett (-4)

The newbie from Texas A&M deserves a spot on this listing. The 23-year-old has performed constantly all through the match up to now regardless of the situations introduced to him. Bennett sits in third place with an total rating of 8-under 136.

Honorable Mentions

Fred {Couples} – Once more, the ageless veteran deserves to be talked about right here. {Couples} turns into the oldest participant in match historical past to make the minimize at age 63 years, 6 months, 5 days; the file was beforehand held by Bernhard Langer (63 years, 2 months, 18 days in 2020).

Okay.H. Lee – Shot a 67 in Spherical 2 after posting a 74 on Thursday.

Russell Hanley – Scored a 5-under 67 within the second spherical. A six-stroke enchancment after ending Spherical 1 with a 73.

Rory McIlroy (+5)

McIlroy not solely missed his shot at a profession Grand Slam, however he additionally missed the minimize at Augusta after scoring a 5-over 77 in Spherical 2. Surprising efficiency after being favored by many to win the match. That is the third time McIlroy has missed the minimize on the Masters. That is undoubtedly a efficiency the veteran golfer want to have again, and maybe one he want to shortly neglect.

Justin Thomas (+6)

After capturing a 2-under 70 in Spherical 1, Thomas wasn’t in a position to battle by means of climate situations and completed Spherical 2 with a 6-over 78. Bogeys at Holes 17 and 18 compelled him to overlook the minimize by a stroke — first missed minimize in eight begins on the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler (+3)

The defending Masters Champion continues his up and down play on the Masters this 12 months, scoring a 75 in Spherical 2. Scheffler is now twenty ninth within the discipline at -1 heading into the third spherical of the match.

Dishonorable Mentions

Tiger Woods – Completed the spherical 1-over, however flirted with the minimize line all morning.

Xander Schauffele – A six-shot distinction from Spherical 1 to Spherical 2 drops Schauffele all the way down to seventeenth after a 2-over 74 within the second spherical.

Viktor Hovland – The group of Woods, Schauffele, and Woods all struggled collectively, however no more than Hovland who noticed an eight-stroke distinction and lose the co-lead. He scored a 1-over 72 after posting a 7-under 65 the earlier spherical.