The Masters - day two digest

Everything you need to know from round two at Augusta National.

Justin Rose remained out in front, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry provided plenty of Irish interest near the top of the leaderboard and Bernhard Langer bid farewell.

Here is everything you need to know from the second round in Georgia.

Rose remains man to catch

A second-round 71 was enough for Justin Rose to remain at the top of the leaderboard. The former U.S. Open winner moved to eight under at Augusta National, where he finished runner-up to Jordan Spieth in 2015 and lost a play-off to Sergio Garcia in 2017. The Englishman recorded four birdies and three bogeys to lie one ahead of American Bryson DeChambeau, with Rory McIlroy and Corey Conners on six under and defending champion Scottie Scheffler among those on five under. “That’s the company that I expect to keep, and that’s where I have tried to be my whole career,” Rose said. “That’s where I’ve been for a lot of my career. I’ve been a top-10 player in the world for a decade or more so this is nice to be back in that mix, a hundred per cent.”

Irish pair on the move

Rory McIlroy spectacularly revived his bid to win The Masters and complete the career grand slam as his friend and compatriot Shane Lowry also moved into contention. McIlroy carded an eagle and four birdies in a second-round 66 to reach six under, with Lowry a shot further back after a 68. “Overall I’m just really proud of myself with how I responded after the finish last night,” McIlroy said. “I just had to remind myself I played really good golf yesterday and was not going to let two bad holes dictate the narrative for the rest of the week. I don’t think I proved anything, if anything just backed up the belief I have in myself and the belief that I’m as resilient as anyone else out here.” Lowry added: “I sort of had a target to shoot something in the 60s today and then I’d be in a nice position going into the weekend. I come here to compete. This is what we practise for. This is what you get up out of bed for in the morning, for late tee times on Saturdays and Sundays of Majors."

Fond farewell for Langer

Two-time champion Bernhard Langer bid a bitter-sweet goodbye to Augusta National as he missed the cut by a single shot. A bogey at the last saw him miss out on extending his farewell Masters appearance by another two rounds and on becoming the oldest player to ever make the cut at 67. “It was a very special last two days for me,” Langer, the 1985 and 1993 Masters champion, said.

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