Masters Scoreboard at Midnight
AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB
Augusta, Georgia, United States
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
205 A Cabrera 68 68 69, K Perry 68 67 70.
207 C Campbell 75 70 72.
208 J Furyk 66 74 69.
209 S Stricker 72 69 68.
210 R Sabbatini 73 67 70, S Katayama 67 73 70, T Hamilton 68 70 72.
211 T Clark 68 71 72.
212 S O'Hair 68 76 78, I Pouler 71 73 68, L Westwood 70 72 70, T Woods 70 72 70, P Mickelson 73 68 71, N Watney 70 71 71, S Ames 73 68 71, H Mahan 66 75 71, A Kim 75 65 72.
213 S Flesch 71 74 68, C Villegas 73 69 71, V Singh 71 70 72.
214 D Johnson 72 70 72, J Merrick 68 74 72, G Ogilvy 71 70 73.
215 J Rose 74 70 71, L Mize 67 76 72, P Harrington 69 73 73, S Lyle 72 70 73, G McDowell 69 73 73, A Baddeley 68 74 73, S Garcia 73 69 75.
216 S Appleby 72 73 71, R McIlroy 72 73 71, L Donald 73 71 72, K Duke 71 72 73, H Stenson 71 70 76.
217 R Imada 73 72 72, T Immelman 71 74 72, D Trahan 72 73 72, R Allenby 73 72 72, P Casey 72 72 73, D Hart 72 72 73, B Watson 72 72 73.
218 R Fisher 69 76 73, B Curtis 73 71 74.
221 A Romero 69 75 77, M A Jimenez 70 73 78, R Mediate 73 70 78.
222 K Sutherland 69 76 77, M Weir 68 75 79.

What's all the fuss about? asks

Rory "no big deal" McIlroy

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Rory McIlroy insisted he had had no fears about being disqualified from The Masters - and called the entire episode "no big deal".
The 19-year-old Northern Irishman was called back to Augusta National by officials at around 8.40pm on Friday night over an incident in a bunker by the 18th green over four hours earlier. If he was ruled to have kicked sand after failing to get out first time the only possible penalty was disqualification, but it was decided there had been no violation.
"I thought the whole thing was handled very well and I was definitely surprised by the fuss," said the teenager after a one-under-par 71 in his third round left him level par for the tournament.
"There was probably a bit of a fuss made that there should not have been."
He added: "After my round I didn't even think about what I did until Fred Ridley (chairman of the tournament committee) rang me to tell me what had happened and what he had seen.
"That was 6.30pm and then he called again and said, 'Do you want to have a look?'.
"I said, 'No - I'm confident I've done nothing wrong'.
"Then at 8.30pm he said it was in my best interest to come.
"It's a natural instinct for me to smooth out bunker shots. I didn't kick it.
"I slept okay and it's in the past now. I'm looking forward towards shooting a good score tomorrow.
"The reason it took so long was that I had left the property and I declined first time. I didn't think I was going to be disqualified - it wasn't a tantrum."

Gary Lineker hits woodwork with

Masters commentary

FROM THE TELEGRAPH.CO.UK WEBSITE
By JASPER GERRARD
Augusta is so impossibly beautiful it would tempt even that great golfing sceptic Mark Twain to take out his driver – and not just to club the television commentary team into blessed silence.
The Masters is both joy and torture. What delight we feel each year at our first glimpse of greens smoother than billiard tables and bunkers a deadlier white than Greg Norman's teeth – all tempered by the realisation we will have to endure that commentary.
The BBC coverage is presented by Gary Lineker who, while so comfortable hosting Match of the Day, appears so wooden here that Tiger Woods could use him on a long par-five.
Not since Cherie Blair decided she would make an amusing after-dinner speaker have we seen such a mismatch. At the end of play he and Sam Torrance sit on two comfy chairs by the verandah of what could be an old folks' home, chewing over rounds we haven't been shown.
When Gary asked Sam if good conditions would help Tiger, Sam looked like one made to sit with an old boy who's gone a bit gaga; very slowly, he explained that top players want tornadoes because these will blow away the field.
And then there's the incidental music – the sort you might hear on a low-budget advert for a hospice: "Let us help your loved one die with dignity."
As for Torrance, a slot surely awaits on Newsnight to deploy all his Paxmanesque savagery. Not really. No matter how bad the slice or shank, Torrance applauds. Always.
Woods was furious with his first round but our Sam declared it the best the master had played in a decade. When Paul Casey ran up a bogey Torrance called him a "birdie machine".
Torrance also runs up the odd bogey himself, confusing a pair of Oriental golfers. He resisted saying "they all look the same", but did shrug "well, they are both teenagers".
Equally ludicrous but also rather lovable is Ken Brown with his "Ken on the Course" slot. As a golfer he looked stern but he is morphing into an affable Percy Thrower, telling us how azaleas need to avoid the frost and even showing us a range of garden chairs.
The post-round interviews have scarcely been more illuminating. The best line came from a player, Ian Poulter, when asked by Shane O'Donoghue how good he was at forgetting misses. "Forgetting what?" Poulter shot back.
Less funny is the commercialisation. Not only are players invited to boost ratings in emerging golf nations, but we are told repeatedly the Masters is sponsored by everyone from Mercedes Benz to AT&T.
Peter Alliss even said Augusta is "sponsored by Exxon Mobil and everyone is very happy". What was that about the BBC being advert free?
As for Alliss, he is easy to rib but we'll miss him when he's gone. He has taken to quoting himself ("as I said a few years ago, Gary Player is the Queen Mother of golf, everyone loves him") and like Dan Maskell in his later years, he is stuck in yesteryear. But how remarkable to have a commentator who can say he advised Gary Player to return to South Africa rather than turn pro.
And at least he knows his golf. Some of his colleagues, by contrast, are teaching us more about plants than putting. If Twain were still with us he'd probably describe this as "a good azalea ruined".

Just champion! That's how David Law (Hazlehead) is feeling as he holds aloft the Scottish boys' trophy after his 36th green victory over Paul Shields (Kirkhill) in what is considered to be one of the finest finals in the history of the tournament which was first played in 1935. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

David Law (Hazlehead) and beaten finalist Paul Shields (Kirkhill) are flanked (left to right) by Paul Lawrie (David Law's mentor), Hugh Stuart (who won the Scottish boys' title 50 years ago), Ian Ross from Tain (president of the Scottish Golf Union) and David Davidson (captain of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club). Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency. You can enlarge it by clicking on it.

Quadruple bogey 9 kills off

Harrington major hopes

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Padraig Harrington wrote off his chances of a third successive major after taking a nightmare nine on one hole at Augusta National on Saturday.
The quadruple bogey came on the long second and was only one short of the record high score at the hole in Masters history.
Although the Open and US PGA champion came back with five birdies he knew it was never going to be enough after starting the day already seven adrift.
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While Harrington signed for a 73 and one-under aggregate, American Kenny Perry, at 48 trying to become the oldest major champion in history, birdied the 10th to go to 12 under and into a one-stroke lead over compatriot Chad Campbell.
Leading Europeans were Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, round in 68 and 70 respectively to be joint eighth. But at four under they were eight behind.
Perry and Campbell were joint halfway pacesetters and both had two birdies in front nine 34s before the former edge in front on the next.
Argentina's Angel Cabrera was only two behind, but then there was a further three-stroke gap to another former US Open champion, Jim Furyk.
Phil Mickelson was alongside Westwood and Poulter with one to play and the 70 of Tiger Woods meant he was on the same mark. He produced three birdies in the last six holes for that, but a 15th major - and fifth green jacket - remains a long-shot.
Alongside Harrington on one under were Justin Rose (71) and 51-year-old Sandy Lyle (73), while Luke Donald's 72 left him one further back with 19-year-old Rory McIlroy - still in the tournament after being cleared of any wrong-doing in a bunker on the final hole of his second round.

Ben Enoch leads by two at

halfway in Duncan Putter

Ben Enoch takes a two-shot lead into the final day of the Duncan Putter 72-hole open amateur tournament at Southerndown Golf Club's links in South Wales.

Two sub-par rounds of 65 and 69 put the Cornish golfer, pictured right in action today by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography, in strong contention for the title. But there is a powerful pack of talented golfers close on his heels, waiting for a slip!
Pressure to make the cut was quite intense, with nine players tying on 147 or 148 - the cut finally coming at 147.

Nothing was more dramatic than 17-year-old Rhodri Fieldhouse's 60ft birdie putt on the 18th that narrowly secured his place in the field for Sunday's final two rounds.
DUNCAN PUTTER SCOREBOARD

1 BEN ENOCH TRURO 65 69 134
2 BEN WESTGATE TREVOSE 71 65 136
3 MARK THISTLETON HAYLING 69 67 136
4 SAM MATTON BOWOOD 70 67 137
5 JAMES ROBINSON SOUTHPORT & AINSDALE 67 71 138
6 TOMMY FLEETWOOD FORMBY HALL 69 69 138
7 ANDREW WINDSOR FERNDOWN 68 70 138
8 MILES MACKMAN BROOME MANOR 69 70 139
9 TOMEK DOGIL STUTTGARTER GC 72 67 139
10 OSCAR SHARPE MINCHINHAMPTON 71 69 140
11 MATT HAINES ROCHESTER & COBHAM PARK 67 74 141
12 NIGEL EDWARDS WHITCHURCH 72 70 142
13 CHRISTOPHER MIVIS MILLENNIUM GOLF 70 72 142
14 OLIVER FARR LUDLOW 73 69 142
15 JONATHAN HOLMES SOUTHERNDOWN 71 71 142
16 LAURIE CANTER SALFORD 73 69 142
17 ALISTAIR JAMES CUMBERWELL PARK 72 70 142
18 VINCENT THORNE HAVERFORDWEST 69 73 142
19 IAN WINSTANLEY FORMBY 74 69 143
20 ADAM RUNCIE ABERGELE 71 73 144
21 SAM STUART ST ANNE'S OLD LINKS 74 70 144
22 RHYS PUGH VALE OF GLAMORGAN 72 72 144
23 JAMES FRAZER PENNARD 71 74 145
24 NICK JAMES WENVOE CASTLE 74 71 145
25 RICHARD HOOPER NEATH 73 72 145
26 CHARLIE COSSINS BATH 75 70 145
27 MATTHEW MOSELEY CARMARTHEN 74 71 145
28 BILLY DOWNING TRURO 71 74 145
29 JOE VICKERY NEWPORT 73 73 146
30 DAMIEN TURNER ROCHESTER & COBHAM PARK 68 78 146
31 JEAN RELECOM ROYAL WATERLOO 73 73 146
32 STEPHEN WHITTY ST PIERRE 73 73 146
33 THOMAS REES CREIGIAU 74 72 146
34 AMIR HABIBI ROCHESTER & COBHAM PARK 75 72 147
35 CHRISTOPHER NUGENT FULFORD HEATH 72 75 147
36 LUKE THOMAS VALE OF GLAMORGAN 78 69 147
37 RHODRI FIELDHOUSE WREXHAM 75 72 147

MISSED THE CUT
38 RICHARD SMITH THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 77 71 148
39 RICHARD BENTHAM ST PIERRE 74 74 148
40 FRANCOIS VERHEYEN SEPT FONTAINES 75 73 148
41 JAMES WILSON FORMBY 75 73 148
42 STEVEN LANE THE WORCESTERSHIRE 72 76 148
43 CRAIG EVANS WEST MONMOUTHSHIRE 74 75 149
44 MATTHEW JONES BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 75 74 149
45 CHRISTOPHER EVANS KENDLESHIRE 73 76 149
46 CHRIS MORGAN SOUTHERNDOWN 74 75 149
47 JONATHAN GIDNEY CHURCH STRETTON 78 72 150
48 JON WHITE SAUNTON 73 77 150
49 CRAIG LEWIS PRENTON 74 76 150
50 NICK FLYNN BURHILL 77 73 150
51 INDRA DHAON CELTIC MANOR 72 79 151
52 NEIL DEAN MINCHINHAMPTON 79 72 151
53 MATT UNDERWOOD WOODLAKE PARK 76 75 151
54 JAMES MAXWELL TREFLOYNE 77 74 151
55 CHRIS O'NEILL RADYR 75 77 152
56 RICHARD MERCHANT WERNDDU 73 80 153
57 BEN LOUGHREY WRAG BARN 75 78 153
58 MARC CAVIELL VALE OF GLAMORGAN 76 77 153
59 MIKE HEARNE SOUTHERNDOWN 79 74 153
60 MATTHEW PHYTHIAN RHONDDA 75 78 153
61 ROSS McLISTER CARDIFF 78 76 154
62 TIM HAYWARD PONTNEWYDD 78 76 154
63 MATTHEW SWALES CUMBERWELL PARK 78 77 155
64 GARETH PHILLIPS CREIGIAU 78 78 156
65 DAVID PHILLIPS PYLE & KENFIG 77 80 157

Clark equals Craigmillar Park

record with a 61 for lead

Kilmalcolm's Matthew Clark, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, equalled the course record of nine-under-par 61 on his way to going to strokes clear of the Craigmillar Park Open field with two rounds to play on Sunday.
Clark had shot a first-round 69 before his great effort to match the record held by local member Kenneth Mail.
Clark led by two shots after the opening two rounds from English "invader" Jack Senior from Heysham who had a pair of 66s for 132 on a day of low scoring and Murrayshall's Gavin Dear.
Dear, a member of the trio who won the Eisenhower Trophy for Scotland in Australia last October, led at the end of the first round with a seven-under-par 63 but he slipped back to a share of second place after a 69 in the afternoon.
Only those with 36-hole aggregates of 138 or better qualified for Sunday's final two rounds.
There were two holes in one during the day. Scott Michie (Thornton) aced the 204yd seventh and Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) had a hole in one at the 13th (152yd.

LEADING TWO-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2 x 70)
130 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 69 61.
132 Jack Senior (Heysham) 66 66, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 63 69.

+More scores later, hopefully!

News from Duncan Putter at Southerndown

The Duncan Putter - the curtain-raising event on the 72-hole men's open calendar in England, is underway at the Southerndown Golf Club links in South Wales.
The club website reports:

Several good scores in Round 1, with Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park) and James Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale) in the lead with 67 (3 under par).
Matt's clubmate, Damien Turner, is one behind on 68 with Tommy Fleetwood a shot further back on 69.
Current holder, Nigel Edwards, scored 72.

David Law wins Scottish boys' title after 36-hole thriller

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DAVID LAW, left, from the Aberdeen club Hazlehead, who will have his 18th birthday on May 4, and Paul Shields from the Cambuslang club Kirkhill, who was 18 on January 16.

The 36-hole final at Royal Aberdeen went all the way and was, according to those who have seen most of them, arguably the best there has ever been in the series which began at North Berwick in 1935.

Law, the top seed and beaten in the semi-finals last year, won the title by one hole - on the 36th green - after taking up a four-hole lead over the first 18 holes.

Shields, who lost in last year's final at Southerness, gave a never-say-die performance that saw him rally on the outward half of the second round, cutting his opponents' lead to two holes.

There were more ups and downs to come before Shields squared the final at the 33rd, only to fall one down again at the 34th.

But the Kirkhill man won the short 35th when Law made a mess of it.

And so it was level pegging on the 36th tee. Law was first to play his approach shot and his ball ran slightly through the green to the back right fringe. Shields hit the green but could have done with a club more into the wind.

Shields putted up to about four or five feet, and Law, using his putter from the short grass, putted about six feet past. Law, wasting no time, charged his putt in for a par-saving 4 ... Shields' putt to take the final down the 37th lipped out.

Law is the new Scottish boys' champion by one hole after a match-play tie that will not be bettered, even when the Walker Cup match comes to Balgownie in 2011.

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HOW THEY GOT TO THE FINAL THIS WEEK

DAVID LAW

Bt Stuart Houston (Kirkhill) 5 and 3.

Bt Graeme Reid (Newbattle) 8 and 6.

Bt Ryan Campbell (Grangemouth) 4 and 3.

Bt Calum McLean (Cowglen) 1 hole.

Bt Simon Taylor (Germany) at 19th.

Bt Danny Edwards (Elgin) 3 and 1 (Q/F).

Bt Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) at 19th (S/F)

PAUL SHIELDS

Bt Graeme Ritchie (Troon Welbeck) 4 and 3.

Bt Jamie Auchinvole (Glenbervie) 5 and 4.

Bt Thomas White (Milnathort) 5 and 4.

Bt Alexander Ferguson (Paisley) 2 and 1.

Bt Chris Low (Tantallon) 1 hole.

Bt Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 4 and 3 (Q/F).

Bt Daniel Kay (Dunbar) 2 and 1 (S/F)

THE FINAL: HOLE-by-HOLE FIGURES

Figures supplied by courtesy of the Scottish Golf Union website (http://www.scottishgolf.org/)

1st hole. Par 4. Law 5, Shields 4. Shields wins hole. Shields 1 up.

2nd hole. Par 5. Law 6, Shields 5. Shields wins hole. Shields 2 up.

3rd hole. Par 3. Law 3, Shields 4. Law wins hole. Shields 1 up.

4th hole. Par 4. Law 5, Shields 5. Hole halved.

5th hole. Par 4. Law 3, Shields 4. Law wins hole. Match all square.

6th hole. Par 5. Law 4, Shields 5. Law wins hole. Law 1 up.

7th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

8th hole. Par 3. Law 3, Shields 3. Hole halved.

9th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 5. Law wins hole. Law 2 up.

Par out: 36. Law out in 37. Shields out in 39.

10th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

11th hole. Par 3. Law 3, Shields 3. Hole halved.

12th hole. Par 5. Law 5, Shields 5. Hole halved.

13th hole. Par 4. Law - , Shields -. Law conceded. Shields wins hole. Law 1 up.

14th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 5. Law wins hole. Law 2 up.

15th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

16th hole. Par 4. Law 3, Shields 4. Law wins hole. Law 3 up.

17th hole. Par 3. Law 3, Shields 4. Law wins hole. Law 4 up.

18th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

Par in: 35. Total 71. Law 4 up after the first round.

19th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

20th hole. Par 5. Law 5, Shields 4. Shields wins hole. Law 3 up.

21st hole. Par 3. Law 2, Shields 3. Law wins hole. Law 4 up.

22nd hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

23rd hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

24th hole. Par 5. Law 5, Shields 4. Shields wins hole. Law 3 up.

25th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 5. Law wins hole. Law 4 up.

26th hole. Par 3. Law 4, Shields 3. Shields wins hole. Law 3 up.

27th hole. Par 4. Law 5, Shields 4. Shields wins hole. Law 2 up.

28th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

29th hole. Par 3. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

30th hole. Par 5. Law 6, Shields 6. Hole halved.

31st hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 4. Hole halved.

32nd hole. Par 4. Law 5, Shields 4. Shields wins hole. Law 1 up.

33rd hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 3. Shields wins hole. Match all square.

34th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 5. Law wins hole. Law 1 up.

35th hole. Par 3. Law - , Shields -. Law conceded. Shields wins hole. Match all square.

36th hole. Par 4. Law 4, Shields 5. Law wins hole. Law 1 up.

Law wins match and the championship by one hole.

Rory McIlroy a very lucky young man to

escape disqualification for bunker kick

From Times Online
By John Hopkins, Golf Correspondent
Rory McIlroy is gifted, charming, engaging, precocious and a good many other things and he will surely go on to become one of the world's major golfers in the coming years.
But the Northern Irishman is fortunate that what appeared to be an elementary golfing mistake that he appeared to make at the end of his second round at this year's Masters did not cost him his place in the field for the year's first major championship.
McIlroy had had a rollercoaster of a second round, at one point getting to four under par and close to the lead before falling back when he took four putts on the 16th. But it was what he did when in a bunker on the side of the 18th green that prompted officials to investigate.
McIlroy, having failed to hit his third shot out of the bunker, kicked at the sand before successfully hitting his ball on to the green where he three-putted.
Kicking the sand when your ball remains in a bunker constitutes a rule infringement because it is interpreted as testing the sand. This is forbidden under rule 13-4 a, which states that ".....the player must not test the condition of the hazard or any similar hazard."
The consequences are clear. If a player admits his mistake immediately he would incur a two-stroke penalty to be added to his score at the end of the round. If the alleged infraction is only discovered after he has signed his card then he has signed for a wrong score, one two strokes fewer than he had actually taken, and would be disqualified.
So it all came down to whether or not McIlroy kicked the sand.
It is believed he said he did not remember doing so (Editor's comment: Well, he would, wouldn't he?) and as club officials did not find the television evidence to be conclusive in any way they believed McIlroy.
After an investigation that ended nearly four hours after he had concluded his round, a statement issued by club officials said:
"Based on the tape and Mr McIlroy's statement of what had taken place after he played the shot, it was determined that no violation of the rules had occurred."
As a result McIlroy was included in the draw for the third round. He and Trevor Immelman, the defending champion, will play together and both men will be pursuing Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry, the overnight leaders, who are 10 shots ahead.
McIlroy is a lucky young man.

Campbell and Perry halfway leaders at Augusta National

McIlroy survives rules breach

night inquiry at Masters

FROM AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Just when it seemed he was coping with all that windy Augusta National could throw at him Rory McIlroy's Masters debut went horribly wrong on Friday but at least the 19-year-old from Belfast is still in the tournament.
McIlroy dropped five shots in two holes, four-putting the short 16th and taking a triple bogey 7 on the last. Then he was the subject of a rules investigation that extended into the night and could have led to his disqualification.
Bunkered in two on the last he left his attempted recovery in the sand and it looked from television coverage that he had kicked the sand before playing again.
It was potentially a breach the rules and because he had signed his scorecard the punishment would have been the harshest of all for not adding the penalty. But at 8.45pm - he had finished playing by 4.15pm - his name appeared in the third round draw and he was cleared.
The fastest rising star of European golf had climbed from 39th place to sixth with a superb run that included a 10-foot eagle putt on the 13th, but that was not how he would remember the day sadly.
On the 16th his long-range birdie try up the ridge ran eight feet past and by taking three more from there he tumbled off the leaderboard. When the 7 followed, he was right down on the cut mark of one over - suddenly 10 adrift of Americans Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry, who led by one from Argentina's Angel Cabrera.
At the time it left triple-chasing Padraig Harrington as the leading European after an eagle on the 13th put the Open and US PGA champion three under and joint 10th.
However, he was then also involved in a rules discussion when his ball was blown by the wind on the 15th green. Because he had addressed it previously a one-shot penalty was imposed and instead of putting for birdie the putt he then sank was for par.
Harrington then bogeyed the 17th and when his birdie putt at the last horseshoed out he was round in 73 for two under alongside Tiger Woods, who had bogeyed the 18th for the second day running and signed for a 72.
Spaniard Sergio Garcia leads the European contingent going into the concluding 36 holes as a result. A 67 in the last group of the day, completed with a birdie, put the world number three joint sixth.
Anthony Kim left his mark on the Masters on Friday, ripping apart Augusta National Golf Club for a tournament record 11 birdies.
Kim's round also included two bogeys and a double-bogey at the par-4 10th to leave him on seven-under 65, a 10-shot improvement on the 75 he carded in his debut round on Thursday.
"I haven't been making 11 birdies in TWO days; so to make 11 in one day is pretty special," the 23-year-old American told reporters after he moved into contention in a tie for sixth on four-under 140. "Obviously to do it at Augusta is amazing. Hopefully I can build off that and if I keep the putter hot, I like my chances here."
Playing with teenagers Rory McIlroy and Ryo Ishikawa, Kim was overshadowed by the pair during Thursday's opening round but stepped into the spotlight on Friday when he eclipsed the 10 birdies posted by Zimbabwe's Nick Price in the 1986 third round.
After covering the first eight holes in five under, Kim said he felt things slipping away with his bogey on nine and double-bogey on 10.
But then he recalled a story he had read early that morning about the death of promising Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, who was killed in a car crash on Thursday just hours after pitching six shut-out innings.
"No matter what I shoot, I want to put this tournament round in perspective," said Kim.
South African Gary Player ended his record 52nd US Masters appearance on Friday with a bogey, a tear and a rousing standing ovation.
Player's farewell closes one of the greatest chapters in the history of Augusta National as he becomes the final member of golf's "Big Three" to sign off from the Masters, following long-time rivals Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
Dressed in his trademark black golf shirt and trousers, the 73-year-old Black Knight marched purposefully up the 18th fairway as the other members of his group, Canada's Stephen Ames and England's Luke Donald, fell back, allowing the three-time champion to savour the growing cheers.
As Player stepped forward to make his final competitive putt at Augusta a fan yelled, "Thank you, Mr Player" before the gallery fell silent.
A few seconds later, after he had tapped in for a bogey 5, the crowd erupted again and continued to shower him with applause as he walked over to shake the hands of his fellow South African golfers, including defending Masters champion Trevor Immelman, who had stayed on after their rounds to honour the man that had inspired them.
"I'll never forget that as long as I live," Player told reporters while fighting to maintain his composure. "It just went on and on and on from all sides. But it happened on every single hole. All 36 holes, I got a standing ovation. I wish I had words to say the correct thing but it was a feast. It was something you'll never, ever forget.
"You'll go to your grave knowing you had tremendous love showered upon you."
Also bowing out of the Masters after 30 years as a competitor was 57-year-old Fuzzy (Frank Urban) Zoeller who had a 76 for 155 to miss the cut by 11 shots.
In 1979, he was the first rookie in nearly a half-century to win the Masters. And he did it without even seeing the course or practising over it.
His daughter Gretchen, one of four children and a former college golfer, was carrying his bag. They hugged on the 18th green, where moments earlier, Zoeller was treated to a standing ovation. Both of them were fighting back tears.
It came at the end of a farewell tour that Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver started off on Monday by handing him the key to the city. Ever the funny man, Zoeller couldn't resist a promise to return, if only because he already knew where the good bars in town were.
him at 155 and 11 strokes over the cut.
``I hope everybody's had fun, because I've enjoyed my ride,'' Zoeller said. ``I can tell you that. Now it's time to step aside and let some other young kid come in and win. Hopefully, they will, too.''
With that, he headed off toward the clubhouse and the locker where his own green jacket hangs. He plans to come back for the par-3 contest every year, then take a seat on the upstairs porch next to Arnold Palmer.

US Masters Scoreboard
AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB
Augusta, Georia, United States
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
135 Kenny Perry 68 67, Chad Campbell 65 70
136 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 68
138 Todd Hamilton 68 70
139 Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 71
140 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 73 67, Anthony Kim 75 65, Jim Furyk 66 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 67, Shingo Katayama (Jpn) 67 73
141 Nick Watney 70 71, Steve Stricker 72 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 70, Hunter Mahan 66 75, Phil Mickelson 73 68, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 70, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 68, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 70
142 Tiger Woods 70 72, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 69 73, John Merrick 68 74, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 74, Dustin Johnson 72 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 73 69, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 72 70, Lee Westwood (Eng) 70 72, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 73
143 Mike Weir (Can) 68 75, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 73, Ken Duke 71 72, Rocco Mediate 73 70, Larry Mize 67 76
144 Dudley Hart 72 72, Ben Curtis 73 71, Bubba Watson 72 72, Paul Casey (Eng) 72 72, Justin Rose (Eng) 74 70, Sean O'Hair 68 76, Andres Romero (Arg) 69 75, Ian Poulter (Eng) 71 73, Luke Donald (Eng) 73 71
145 Ross Fisher (Eng) 69 76, Steve Flesch 71 74, Kevin Sutherland 69 76, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 72 73, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 72, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 74, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 73 72, D.J. Trahan 72 73, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 73
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146 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 71 75, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 71 75, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 75 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 71 75, Ernie Els (Rsa) 75 71, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 74, Fred Couples 73 73
147 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 74, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 76 71, Reinier Saxton (Ned) (am) 75 72, Stewart Cink 69 78, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 76, Greg Norman (Aus) 70 77, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 74
148 Jack Newman (am) 72 76, Justin Leonard 75 73, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 73 75, Soren Hansen (Den) 72 76, K J Choi (Kor) 76 72, Briny Baird 73 75
149 Ian Woosnam (Wal) 74 75, Boo Weekley 73 76
150 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 70 80, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 73 77, Drew Kittleson (am) 78 72, Zach Johnson 70 80, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 73 77, Brandt Snedeker 76 74
151 Mark O'Meara 75 76, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 74 77, Craig Stadler 77 74, Wen-Tang Lin (Tai) 77 74, Chez Reavie 75 76
152 Billy Mayfair 77 75
153 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 78 75
154 Pat Perez 75 79, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 70 84, Steve Wilson (am) 79 75, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 75 79
155 Danny Lee (Nzl) (am) 74 81, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 80 75, Fuzzy Zoeller 79 76
156 Ben Crenshaw 73 83
157 Tom Watson 74 83
158 Ray Floyd 79 79
161 Gary Player (Rsa) 78 83