84th Masters – Round Two – Facts & Figures

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Friday weather: Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind NW 5-10 mph. Due to darkness, play was suspended for the day at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Saturday weather: Play resumed Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET. Partly cloudy. High of 74. Wind ENE 5-10 mph.

36-hole cut

58 professionals and two amateurs at even-par 144 from a field of 86 professionals and six amateurs.

Second-Round Leaderboard

Abraham Ancer                       68-67—135 (-9)

Cameron Smith                       67-68—135 (-9)

Justin Thomas                         66-69—135 (-9)

Dustin Johnson                       65-70—135 (-9)

Jon Rahm                               69-66—135 (-9)

Patrick Cantlay                        70-66—136 (-8)

Sungjae Im                             66-70—136 (-8)

C.T. Pan                                 70-66—136 (-8)

Hideki Matsuyama                  68-68—136 (-8)

Patrick Reed                            68-68—136 (-8)

Things to Know

  • Five players tied for the 36-hole lead; ties 2019 for the most in tournament history
  • Each of the top three players in the Official World Golf Ranking is tied for the lead (Johnson, Rahm, Thomas)
  • Of the five co-leaders, Dustin Johnson is the only player to have previously held a 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship (1-for-3 to date)
  • Bernhard Langer becomes the oldest player to make the cut in Masters history
  • Tiger Woods enters the third round T17 and trailing by four strokes; has overcome a 36-hole deficit of four strokes or more twice to win the Masters (2002, 2005)

Second-Round Lead Notes

32             Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Masters Tournament (most recent: Patrick Reed/2018)

2                Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21 (Hudson Swafford/Corales Championship, Martin Laird/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open)

Comparing the co-leaders (entering the week)

Category Ancer Smith Thomas Johnson Rahm
Age 29 (2/27/1991) 27 (8/18/1993) 27 (4/29/1993) 36 (6/22/1984) 26 (11/10/1994)
FedExCup 40 32 13 17 19
OWGR 21 45 3 1 2
Major championship wins 0 0 1 1 0
Starts at the Masters 0 3 4 9 3
Wins at the Masters 0 0 0 0 0
Top-10s at the Masters 0 1 0 4 2
Career PGA TOUR starts 101 133 158 276 93
Career PGA TOUR wins 0 2 13 23 5
Career PGA TOUR top-10s 14 19 56 105 41
PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 4 4 3 2 3
PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 0 0 0 0
PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 1 1 2 2 1

 

Dustin Johnson (T1/-9)

  • 21stcareer 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; 11 wins in the previous 20 instances (2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2013 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2016 U.S. Open, 2016 BMW Championship, 2017 The Genesis Invitational, 2017 THE NORTHERN TRUST, 2018 FedEx St. Jude Classic, 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, 2020 THE NORTHERN TRUST, 2020 TOUR Championship)
  • Third 36-hole lead/co-lead in his last six starts (Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, Won/TOUR Championship)
  • 1-for-3 when holding 36-hole lead/co-lead in major championships (T49/2015 Open Championship, Won/2016 U.S. Open, 3rd/2018 U.S. Open)
  • Looking to become the eighth player (ninth instance) to win the Masters after finishing 2nd/T2 the year prior (Ralph Guldahl/1939, Byron Nelson/1942, Arnold Palmer/1962, Jack Nicklaus/1965, Billy Casper/1970, Nicklaus/1972, Ben Crenshaw/1984, Jordan Spieth/2015)
  • One major championship title (2016 U.S. Open)
  • Four consecutive top-10s at the Masters (T6/2015, T4/2016, T10/2018, T2/2019; DNP/2017)
  • Holds the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking entering the Masters for the third time in the last four years (No. 2 in 2019; regained the No. 1 position after the Masters)
  • Last World No. 1 to win the Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods, 2002
  • Last World No. 1 to win on TOUR: Johnson, 2020 TOUR Championship
  • Finished T2 at last week’s Vivint Houston Open
  • Top-10s in each of his last six starts, including five results of T2 or better: T2/PGA Championship, Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, P2/BMW Championship, Won/TOUR Championship, T6/U.S. Open, T2/ Houston Open
  • Reigning FedExCup champion
  • Ranks 27thall-time with 23 PGA TOUR wins; would move into a tie for 26thwith Gary Player with a victory

 Jon Rahm (T1/-9)

  • Third career 36-hole lead on the PGA TOUR in individual stroke-play events; 0-for-2 to date converting to victory (results: T3/2016 Quicken Loans National, T4/2017 Dell Technologies Championship)
  • First 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship
  • Seeking first major championship title
  • Best result in 16 prior major championship appearances: T3/2019 U.S. Open
  • Looking to become the fourth player from Spain to win the Masters, joining Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia
  • Two consecutive top-10s at the Masters (4th/2018, T9/2019)
  • Five-time PGA TOUR winner (2017 Farmers Insurance Open, 2018 The American Express, 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Ryan Palmer, 2020 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, 2020 BMW Championship)

 Justin Thomas (T1/-9)

  • 12thcareer 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; six wins in the previous 11 instances (2015 CIMB Classic, 2016 CIMB Classic, 2017 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii, 2018 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, 2019 THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES)
  • Second consecutive start on TOUR holding 36-hole lead/co-lead (led outright at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD before finishing T2)
  • First 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship
  • Second-lowest 36-hole score in his major championship career (lowest: 134/2018 PGA Championship; finished T6)
  • Fourth score in the 60s in his last five rounds at the Masters; recorded one such score in his first 13 rounds at the event (67, R2/2018)
  • One major championship title (2017 PGA Championship)
  • Has not finished in the top 10 at the Masters in four appearances (best result: T12/2019)
  • 13-time PGA TOUR winner, the most among players younger than 30 years old
  • No finish worse than T12 in three starts during the 2020-21 season (T8/U.S. Open, T12/THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, T2/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP)
  • 2017 FedExCup champion

Abraham Ancer (T1/-9)

  • First career 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (previous-best position: T2/2018 Houston Open; finished T8)
  • Seeking first PGA TOUR victory and first major championship title
  • Making Masters Tournament debut; last player to win in his first Masters appearance was Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979
  • Best result in six prior major championship appearances: T16/2019 PGA Championship
  • One of three players in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking without a win on the PGA TOUR (others: Tommy Fleetwood, Matthew Fitzpatrick)
  • Last player to earn first PGA TOUR win in a major: Danny Willett, 2016 Masters Tournament
  • Can become the fourth player from Mexico to win on the PGA TOUR; at last week’s Vivint Houston Open, Carlos Ortiz became the third (others: Victor Regalado, 1974 Pleasant Valley Classic, 1978 John Deere Classic; Cesar Sanudo, 1970 Azalea Open Invitational)
  • Best result by player from Mexico in the Masters: T30 (Victor Regalado, 1975)
  • Last time two different players from the same country outside the United States won in consecutive weeks on the PGA TOUR schedule: Greg Chalmers, 2016 Barracuda Championship followed by Aaron Baddeley, 2016 Barbasol Championship (Australia)
  • Member of the International Team at the 2019 Presidents Cup

Cameron Smith (T1/-9)

  • First career 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR in individual stroke-play events (previous-best position: T2/2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational; finished T12)
  • Played his final four holes in 5-under (E-B-B-B on Nos. 15-18); ties longest Birdie/Eagle Streak of his PGA TOUR career (R2/2017 RBC Canadian Open)
  • Best result in 16 prior major championship appearances: T4/2015 U.S. Open
  • Best result in three prior Masters Tournament appearances: T5/2018
  • Two-time PGA TOUR winner (2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Jonas Blixt, 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii)
  • Member of the International Team at the 2019 Presidents Cup; defeated fellow co-leader Justin Thomas, 2 & 1, in Singles

Additional Player Notes

  • Notables to make the cut on the number include Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth
  • Notables to miss the cut include Jason Day, Tyrrell Hatton, Kevin Kisner, Matt Kuchar, Henrik Stenson, Matthew Wolff, Gary Woodland
  • Amateurs to make the cut: John Augenstein (T28/-3), Andy Ogletree (T43/-2)
  • Tiger Woods enters the third round in a tie for 17thand four strokes back of the lead; Woods has overcome a 36-hole deficit of four strokes or more twice to win the Masters (4/2002, 6/2005)
  • Bernhard Langer (T28) becomes the oldest player to make the cut in Masters Tournament history at 63 years, 2 months, 18 days old; mark previously was held by Tommy Aaron in 2000 (63 years, 1 month, 16 days)
  • Due to illness, Vijay Singh withdrew during the second round

Course Statistics

                  Toughest Hole                     Easiest Hole

R1:            Par-4 10th(4.250)                   Par-5 2nd(4.489)

R2:            Par-4 18th(4.308)                   Par-5 2nd(4.422)



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