2019 Masters Saturday pairings https://www.masters.com/en_US/players/pairings/index.html
2019 Masters leaderboard https://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index.html
After their late fireworks on Thursday the leaders all stalled allowing most anybody that scored at all right back into the race ensuring a wild moving day today at the Masters.
Bryson DeChambeau shot 75, Phil Mickelson 73 and Brooks Koepka just 71 early on Friday and as a result were soon caught and passed with only Koepka at -7 retaining a share of the lead. He is joined by Frankie Molinari 67, Louis Oosthuizen 66, Adam Scott 68 and Jason Day 67.
Right behind them at -6 are Xander Schauffele with the round of the day 65, Dustin Johnson 70, Justin Harding 69 and Tiger Woods 68.
Ian Poulter 71 and Jon Rahm 70 are next at -5.
Corey Connors didn't have his "A" game but hung in there with 71 and he is in a large group at -3. He is paired today with Tony Finau at 1.15pm in Group 24.
Mike Weir has missed the cut. It was on this day in 2003 he won the Masters.!!
There are 34 players within 6 shots of the lead going back to -1 and heck even Rory, the pre tournament favourite with the bookies is at E so who knows who is going to emerge from this pack over the weekend.
As I mentioned yesterday this warm, humid thunder system sitting over Augusta isn't going away and is forecast to intensify come Sunday afternoon with strong winds and rain. There is a chance of showers today, and a light breeze at 10mph, again, ideal for scoring today.
Mother Nature may have the last laugh tomorrow.
The combination of lightly swirling breezes, a few difficult pins, the legendary fast greens and to be frank some spotty play kept the scoring close on Friday so either we're going to have a playoff come dinner time on Sunday or one or two of these guys is going to post a 66 66 weekend to slip on the green jacket.
Of course all the focus will be on Tiger but beware of the media hoopla. He missed 5 putts yesterday from 6 feet that just weren't in his old DNA and he also made a couple of bombs he's not likely to repeat. Still, he's driving well and producing some brilliant shot making to keep him in contention. Tiger is paired with Ian Poulter in Group 29 at 2.05pm.
The last pairing is Francesco Molinari and Jason Day in Group 33 at 2.45.
Play gets underway with Eddie Pepperell and marker Jeff Knox at 9.05.
So in horse racing terminology they are tightly bunched going along the backstretch and by Sunday well see how they're placed as "down the stretch they come" !!!
Bryan Angus
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