ROSE WILTS WITH A TRIPLE BOGEY 8
IN MASTERS' SECOND ROUND
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS WEBSITE
Joint first-round leaders Trevor Immelman and Justin Rose went in opposite directions on their return to The Masters on the second day at Augusta National.
While South African Immelman repeated his opening 68 for an eight-under-par halfway total of 136 and a one-stroke halfway lead over American Brandt Snedeker, England's Rose turned in 38, then slumped to a triple-bogey 8 at the long 15th and dropped another shot on the next.
The disastrous 8 came when he pitched into the water fronting the green, went long with his next attempt and then almost chipped back into the lake.
Rose finished with a 78 and fell into the pack on two over par 146, but fellow Englishmen Ian Poulter and Paul Casey did pick up the gauntlet thrown down at the start of the day by Immelman.
Poulter followed up his opening 70 - highlighted by a hole-in-one at the 16th - with a 69 to sit alongside left-handers Steve Flesch and Phil Mickelson in third place with 36 holes to play.
Casey's closing 10-foot birdie putt, meanwhile, meant he posted a 69 for four under 140 and joint sixth spot.
Tiger Woods improved from level par to one under 143 with an eventful 71, but slipped from four behind to seven shots adrift of the leader.
He mixed four birdies with three bogeys, two of them the result of three-putting on the lightning-fast greens.
The world number one stood one over with six to play, but two-putted the 510-yard 13th, hit close at the 17th and then salvaged a remarkable par on the last.
Lee Westwood got to four under, but then came a double bogey 7 on the 13th after he twice went into the creek and by missing a four-foot birdie opportunity on the last he had to settle for a 73 and two-under halfway total of 142. That was still good enough for a share of 11th spot.
Nick Dugherty had a 69, one of the better second rounds for a tally of 143.
Padraig Harrington is on level par 144 aftere a 71.
A 36-hole total of 147 or better was required to make it through to the weekend action.
Luke Donald (75-148), Ernie Els (74-148) and Sergio Garcia (72-148) were three of the bigger names eliminated.
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IN MASTERS' SECOND ROUND
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS WEBSITE
Joint first-round leaders Trevor Immelman and Justin Rose went in opposite directions on their return to The Masters on the second day at Augusta National.
While South African Immelman repeated his opening 68 for an eight-under-par halfway total of 136 and a one-stroke halfway lead over American Brandt Snedeker, England's Rose turned in 38, then slumped to a triple-bogey 8 at the long 15th and dropped another shot on the next.
The disastrous 8 came when he pitched into the water fronting the green, went long with his next attempt and then almost chipped back into the lake.
Rose finished with a 78 and fell into the pack on two over par 146, but fellow Englishmen Ian Poulter and Paul Casey did pick up the gauntlet thrown down at the start of the day by Immelman.
Poulter followed up his opening 70 - highlighted by a hole-in-one at the 16th - with a 69 to sit alongside left-handers Steve Flesch and Phil Mickelson in third place with 36 holes to play.
Casey's closing 10-foot birdie putt, meanwhile, meant he posted a 69 for four under 140 and joint sixth spot.
Tiger Woods improved from level par to one under 143 with an eventful 71, but slipped from four behind to seven shots adrift of the leader.
He mixed four birdies with three bogeys, two of them the result of three-putting on the lightning-fast greens.
The world number one stood one over with six to play, but two-putted the 510-yard 13th, hit close at the 17th and then salvaged a remarkable par on the last.
Lee Westwood got to four under, but then came a double bogey 7 on the 13th after he twice went into the creek and by missing a four-foot birdie opportunity on the last he had to settle for a 73 and two-under halfway total of 142. That was still good enough for a share of 11th spot.
Nick Dugherty had a 69, one of the better second rounds for a tally of 143.
Padraig Harrington is on level par 144 aftere a 71.
A 36-hole total of 147 or better was required to make it through to the weekend action.
Luke Donald (75-148), Ernie Els (74-148) and Sergio Garcia (72-148) were three of the bigger names eliminated.
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE HALFWAY SCOREBOARD
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