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Adam Hadwin will tee off at this 82nd Masters in group 17 with Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood at 12.50 EST, weather permitting. As I mentioned yesterday rain is anticipated around 10am with possible thunder storms during the lunch hour, and the rain showers will last until around dinner time.
Hadwin has been very good here this week, opening with -3 69 and at one point on Friday he was in a large group tied for the lead. Yesterday he was +2 thru 6 his first 6 holes, fought back with birdies at 7 and 8 to go out E 36. He came out of Amen corner +1 with bogey's at 11, 12 and a birdie at 13, and was playing steady par golf on a difficult windy day until a double bogey 6 at the 18th brought him in with +3 75 with a score of 144 or E.
That is 9 shots behind Patrick Reed who had a terrific day, with 9 birdies including 3 in a row to start for a score of -6 66, 135 or -9, good for a 2 shot lead over a brilliant Aussie, Marc Leishman (70,67 -7). Henrik Stenson is 3rd 69,70 -5.
So going into the weekend there are 53 players left to play, including Tiger (73 75 +4) and Phil (70 79 +5) both barely made the cut which fell at +5. This field is poised, the above pair not with standing.
Look at these star players / pairings in contention today, moving day.
2.30 Patrick Reed -9 / Marc Leishman -7
2.20 Henrik Stenson -5 / Rory McIlroy -4
2.10 Jordan Spieth -4 / Dustin Johnson -3
2.00 Justin Thomas -3 / Tony Finau -2
1.50 Rickie Fowler -2 / Louis Oosthuizen -2
1.40 Justin Rose -2 / Bubba Watson -2
If you're wondering what happened to Jordan Spieth who grabbed all the headlines on Thursday with that -6 66, he opened round two by nearly losing his ball off the tee at #1 for a double bogey 6, then a bogey 5 at #2, three shots dropped and the rest of the chasing pack had caught and passed him. He went out in 40 shots, settled down on the back in 34, 74 to sit at -4, still well in contention.
So the rain has set in as expected, we'll wait and see what Mother Nature has in mind and the inevitable affect that will have on the scoring.
Paul Casey gets it all started playing with an Augusta member as a marker at 10am EST and in a touch of irony Ian Poulter is paired with Tiger at 10.40am.
Bryan Angus
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