Jason Day on edge of Masters contention
Jason Day – during day two – image courtesy of Augusta National
Jason Day’s second consecutive round of 70 has him in a share of 9th place and four off the lead held by Justin Rose at the completion of 36 holes at the Masters Tournament.
Day progressed nicely through the opening nine holes to be 3 under for the day and 5 under for the tournament and although he continued to make pars through the back nine he was unable to convert several opportunities before a pulled drive at the last led to a bogey.
Day was frustrated at the number of opportunities he missed and suggested he would work on that after his round today.
“I feel like I’ve been very patient with myself out there,” said Day. “Yeah, I just need some putts to go in.
“I think overall I’m hitting really good putts. I’m just going to kind of work on that this afternoon.
“This golf course, it can frustrate you. It’s a funny golf course because where they put the pin locations, if you’re leaving yourself 30 to 35 feet, very rarely do you hit it very close. You’re always leaving yourself two, three, four-footers, and that can be very frustrating because you’re going to go through your process again and try and hole the putt, and that’s why you feel mentally fatigued getting off the golf course at the end of the day, just where they place the pin locations.
“But when you’re missing putts and giving yourself opportunities, it is what it is. I feel like the stats will soon kind of turn for me, and hopefully it’s this weekend.
“I feel like I’m playing very nicely. I just don’t get — we’ve got 36 holes left, so there’s a lot of golf to be played. If I can get myself rolling the way that I feel like I can, then I feel like I can get myself into contention.”
Min Woo Lee bounced back from a horror double bogey at the first to be 1 under through 15 holes and although a bogey at the last hurt, his round of 72 has him in a share of 22nd and seven shots from the lead.
Cameron Smith and Adam Scott both missed the cut, Smith’s perhaps more of a surprise, given his recent record at Augusta National. A round of 78 left him three shots from the cut line.
Scott improved significantly on his opening round 77 for an even par 72 but will miss the cut for the first time since 2009.
Cam Davis stumbled to a second round of 79 to miss the weekend by seven shots and for the first time in three appearances in the event.
The leader Rose was out early and added a round of 71 to move to 8 under and now sits atop the leaderboard and one ahead of Bryson De Chambeau with Rory McIlroy and Corey Conners another shot back.
McIlroy bounced back from the disappointment of two late double bogeys on Thursday and finds himself very much in contention for what would be the completion of his own career Grand Slam.
