Rory McIlroy bemoaned the woeful pace of play after seeing his bid for a career grand slam blown off course on day two of the Masters, as Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Max Homa coped best with the tough conditions.
Rory McIlroy bemoaned the woeful pace of play after seeing his bid for a career grand slam blown off course on day two of the Masters.
At times he drove well, hit decent iron shots, chipped sharply and rolled in some putts, but rarely did he combine all of these qualities on one hole during an error strewn round. "It was stop and start, hard to get into a rhythm with the conditions and obviously how slow the play was as well." Lowry added a second round of 74 to his opening 73 for a halfway total of three over par, nine shots behind the leaders.
"It’s hard to pick a wind and it’s hard to get it right if we were playing around a normal golf course, but you’re playing around Augusta National, where you have to be so precise as well. On a day when only eight players broke par, Spieth actually shot a respectable two-over-par 74 in the second round but it was not enough to undo the damage from the 79 he posted in the opening round of the year's first major.
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