AUGUSTA, Ga. — As Round 2 of the Masters will get underway, a few of the greatest names in the recreation are already at risk of lacking the reduce at Augusta National.
Jon Rahm got here into the week on fireplace over with LIV Golf, however a 6-over 78 put him on the flawed aspect of the cutline heading into Round 2.
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The prime 50 gamers and ties at the finish of the second spherical will make it to the weekend, and after Round 1, Rahm discovered himself in a tie for 73rd.
The projected cutline in the early going of Round 2 was 3-over. Big names who began the day on the flawed aspect of that line included: Rahm, Bubba Watson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay and Robert MacIntyre.
But as anticipated, the dry situations at Augusta National aren’t making issues simple. Just 14 gamers are at present underneath par on their rounds in the present day, whereas 28 are over par.
Per Data Golf, the cutline chances are:
+3: 21.5%
+4: 50.2%
+5: 24.4%
DeChambeau’s opening spherical imploded at No. 11, the place he wanted a number of pictures to get out of a greenside bunker. That led to a triple bogey.
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MacIntyre, the eighth-ranked participant in the world, had his spherical go fully sideways at the fifteenth, when he put two balls in the water en path to a quadruple bogey. Frustrated, the Scotsman raised his middle finger, a gesture that reportedly drew a reprimand from Augusta National officers.
He didn’t get off to a superb begin in Round 2, doubling his first gap.