Sandy Lyle celebrated the 25^th anniversary of his Masters win ending a run of two Augusta National missed cuts to also find himself the leading Scot.

Lyle, 55 added a second round level par 72 to his opening 73 for a one over par tally and a share of 31^st place late on day two of the 77^th Masters.

The double Major winning Lyle birdied his second and third holes and then brought the crowd to their feet at the ninth, and despite a bogey at the 11^th and 14^th he birdied the par five 15^th for a second day running and then ended with three pars.

“Any time you make the cut at Augusta you’re really happy,” he said.

“I was two‑over after four holes yesterday and wasn’t looking very good and I wasn’t really striking the ball, so I just hung in and hung in and then there was some life at the end and I got back to level par.

“But today I had a good start for a change.  I got a couple under very early on.  And then I lost a few on the way round.  And then I made a nice birdie at nine.

“I also shaved the hole so many times down the stretch here, I was just crawling around there.

“I’ve also been all over the hole at 18 for birdie as well.  So it could have easily been three or four under.  But I’ll be very happy playing tomorrow.

“I’m giving myself a chance to obviously play tomorrow, so I’m highly delighted with that.  That’s what I came out to do was to do that.  And even now I’m right there to get back in there.”

And Lyle continues to stick with one of the most ‘ugliest’ looking putters on show in this year’s Masters, a Black Swan that one Augusta fan was heard to remark:  “Man, I bet that putter of Sandy’s could pick up the internet’.

It led Lyle to comment:  “The Black Swan is still a Black Swan and hasn’t turned into an ugly duckling yet.”

And in his 32^nd Masters, and after 94 rounds of Augusta, Lyle responded to a question when he may consider not competing further in the Masters.

“I think that if you are shooting sort of 78 and 80s I’ll probably rethink what’s going on,” he said.

“At the moment I’m feeling good, I still have a good two or three years left at the moment.  My body’s still in ‑‑ I’m not suffering with anything at the moment.  I don’t have any knee operations or back operations.  So I’m really good that way.

“I’m going to keep going.  I mean, four, five years max for me.  It’s hard on the old body to get around this course as it’s so up‑and‑down and hilly.”