Rory McIlroy reacts after a double bogey on the eleventh gap in the course of the second spherical of the 2024 Masters.
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Day 2 on the 2024 Masters is full, and the wind continued to wreak havoc on the sphere. Max Homa, Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler share the 36-hole lead at six beneath par whereas a variety of pre-tournament favorites missed the reduce. Who — or what — has been the largest disappointment to date?
Zephyr Melton, assistant editor (@zephyrmelton): I used to be mightily dissatisfied in Rory’s struggle at this time. He entered Spherical 2 one beneath and with a spherical close to even par, he would’ve been proper within the thick of it heading into the weekend. As an alternative, he had one other lackluster spherical at Augusta Nationwide with three bogeys, a double and no birdies. His 77 was adequate to make the reduce, however barring one thing historic this weekend, his quest for the profession grand slam will drag on one other yr.
Jack Hirsh, assistant editor (@JR_HIRSHey): Justin Thomas’ final 4 holes. J.T. has had a combined bag of kinds this season after his objectively horrible 2023 season and it appeared like he was lastly going to move into the week at a serious with an opportunity to win once more. He was even par on 15 when he tried to put up across the timber that neck the left aspect of fairway. He overcooked it and it ended up within the water. He made double and performed the final 4 holes in seven over par to overlook the reduce by one. It’s the second straight Masters he missed the reduce with debacle to complete his second spherical and it’s the fourth time within the final 5 majors he’s missed the weekend. Clearly the problem wasn’t “Bones” Mackay.
Claire Rogers, senior social media supervisor (@kclairerogers): Massive names who missed the reduce! As joyful as I’m that Tiger made the reduce (and a few historical past whereas he was at it) at this time, I’m actually bummed that we received’t get to observe Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas or Jordan Spieth tee it up this weekend. I can’t consider the Masters with out serious about how enjoyable it’s been to observe Jordan Spieth do Jordan Spieth issues out right here at Augusta Nationwide, so I’ll undoubtedly be lacking him this weekend.
Josh Berhow, managing editor (@Josh_Berhow): First, let me say this has been an exquisite Masters to date. A robust leaderboard, some loopy wind, quantity of bizarreness and what must be an ideal weekend of climate to determine a champion. As for the largest disappointment, that’s Wyndham Clark. Certain, it was his first time right here, however it wouldn’t have been stunning to see him contend.
Jessica Marksbury, senior editor (@Jess_Marksbury): Agree, Josh! This weekend is about to be epic certainly. That stated, I assume I’ll decide on Viktor Hovland. I do know he’s cooled a bit for the reason that high kind he exhibited within the fall, however after form of getting within the combine with a gap spherical 71, I definitely anticipated greater than an 81 to comply with that, and a bummer of a MC.
