Solely one of many three South Africans within the subject for this 12 months’s Masters at Augusta Nationwide will probably be teeing off in Spherical 3 on Saturday.
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Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 champion, signed for a 2-over par 74 and adopted that up with a level-par 72 in Spherical 2 to make the reduce on the variety of Friday.
There was much less excellent news for his two compatriots, nonetheless.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout may do no higher than a 4-over par 76 in his opening 18 holes and adopted that up with a second spherical 3-over par 75 for a complete of 151, 5 photographs exterior the reduce line.
Lastly, Thirston Lawrence struggled to a 7-over par 79 in Spherical 1, and, though he improved to a 4-over par 76 in his second spherical, his whole of 155 positioned left in in a tie for 92nd within the 95-player subject and 9 photographs off making the weekend.
Third spherical
Schwartzel will tee off at 17:10 (SSA time) in Spherical 3 on Saturday..
The highest 50 and ties all made the midway reduce.
After Spherical 2, Johannesburg-born Justin Rose continues to prepared the ground on 8-under par, having signed for an outstanding 65 on Thursday and a 71 on Friday.
Rose leads by a shot from American Bryson DeChambeau and by two strokes from Canada’s Corey Conners and Northern Eire’s Rory McIlroy.
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