The wind and firm conditions wreaked havoc on players during Friday’s second round, pushing the cut line up to 6 over at Augusta National for the 2024 Masters.
Saturday’s weather forecast is projected to be sunny with a high of 76 degrees, according to AccuWeather. The site says it will be “a great day for golf.”
Here’s a look at the second-round coverage.
What can stop Scottie Scheffler? Maybe only a newborn
Scottie Scheffler, left, is met by his wife Meredith Scheffler after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament. (Photo: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
Scottie Scheffler and his wife Meredith are expecting their first child at the end of the month.
Scheffler told Golf Channel on Monday night that he would leave Augusta and the Masters if Meredith Scheffler went into labor. He doubled down to ESPN during the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday. Meredith Scheffler is not due for another three weeks.
“It’s going to be pretty wild. I don’t think it’s hit either of us quite yet, maybe sometime when the baby is moving around in her stomach a bunch, but it’s an exciting time for us as a family,” Scottie Scheffler said last month. “It’s been a pretty exciting last seven months or so and we’re looking forward to hopefully getting the baby out of there nice and healthy and with a healthy momma and then we’ll go from there.”
Friday’s lone score in the 60s? Look to Ludvig Aberg for that
Competing in his first Masters Tournament, Ludvig Aberg carded a 69 on Friday — the lone participant to clip 70 in the second round.
The 24-year-old will receive a crystal vase for achieving the day’s low score.
“It was not easy,” Aberg said. “But I felt like I played pretty good. I especially read the greens well and hit the putts the way I wanted to.”
After making consecutive bogeys on Nos. 5-6, the Swede stormed into contention with circles on 12, 13 and 16. He enters moving day alone in seventh place at 2-under 142.
Here’s more on the former Texas Tech star.
Rookie Diary: Malnati feels he’s better prepared for future
Peter Malnati and caddie Chad Antus look on from the fourth tee box during the first round of the Masters Tournament. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Peter Malnati qualified for his first Masters by winning the Valspar Championship last month. The 36-year-old veteran hadn’t won in nearly nine years on the PGA Tour. He shared a first-person account of his experience daily only at Golfweek.com.
This is from his finally entry, after he missed the cut.
In retrospect, I had this mindset that the greens were going to continue to get trickier as the week went on. But I think due to the forecast of high winds, the Masters tournament committee smartly backed off on the green speed a little bit. I was prepared in the wind for these greens to be lightning fast and they kept them at a pretty reasonable level. Kudos to them for doing such a great job. At the same time, it was a huge mistake on my part failing to adjust better. I was very timid on the greens on Thursday and it cost me. I never got into a groove.
Here’s the full entry from Malnati.
Tee times, TV listings
Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama began play at 9:35 a.m. ET, the first pairing to get underway for Saturday’s third round.
Here are all the tee times for Saturday.
Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau are tied for the lead at 6-under entering Saturday and Tiger Woods is at 1-over for the tournament, setting a record by making his 24th consecutive cut at the Masters.
Woods tees off at 12:45 p.m. with Scheffler (2:35 p.m.), Homa (2:45) and DeChambeau (2:45) scheduled to begin in the afternoon.
Odds heading into Saturday
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is still the favorite to win the title at Augusta National, potentially adding a second green jacket to his collection, according to BetMGM.
- Scottie Scheffler: +150
- Bryson DeChambeau: +600
- Max Homa: +1600
- Rory McIlroy: +1600
- Ludvig Aberg: +2200
- Brooks Koepka: +2500
- Joaquin Niemann: +2800
- Tyrrell Hatton: +2800
- Tommy Fleetwood: +3000
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