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Golf: Day leads Masters as Tiger stumbles and Guan plays on

April 12, 2013 21:15
A Masters second round that tested how top golfers handle adversity Friday saw Tiger Woods stumble, Jason Day take the lead and teen Guan Tianlang make the cut despite a rare slow-play penalty. Day, hoping to be Australia's first Masters champion, shot a four-under par 68 to stand on six-under 138 and take a one-stroke lead over countryman Marc Leishman and Fred Couples, trying at 53 to become the oldest major winner. "It's a hard course out there," Couples said. "They put most of the pins in, I thought, really hard spots."

Tiger's charge halted by unlucky bounce

April 12, 2013 21:15
By Julian Linden AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - A freakish bounce cost Tiger Woods the chance to finish higher up the leader board in the second round of the Masters on Friday but he remained on course for a shot at winning a fifth green jacket. The world number one was on the charge late in his round, grabbing a share of the lead and with the Augusta National galleries roaring him on.

Golf: Guan makes cut and more history at Masters

April 12, 2013 20:46
Chinese schoolboy Guan Tianlang made the cut at the 77th Masters on Friday despite being penalized one shot for slow play in the second round. But he needed to endure an agonising wait of several hours until the final grouping came in to be sure that he had survived. The 14-year-old from Guangzhou, who is the youngest player in Masters history, was sanctioned as he played the 17th hole. That meant he came in with a three-over par 75 and stood at four-over 148 after 36 holes.

McIlroy soars back into Masters contention with eagle

April 12, 2013 20:45
By Mark Lamport-Stokes AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - A dazzling eagle at the par-five eighth was the highlight of Rory McIlroy's second round at the Masters as the Northern Irishman clawed his way back into contention after making a stumbling start on Friday. Two bogeys in the first three holes wiped any hint of a grin from the world number two's face and he did well to salvage pars from outside six feet on the next four holes to remain at two over for the tournament.

Golf: History-maker Guan in penalty-stroke drama at Masters

April 12, 2013 16:01
Chinese teen wonder Guan Tianlang was at the center of a drama at the Masters on Friday when he was hit with a one-stroke penalty for slow play on the penultimate hole of his second round. The penalty brought the 14-year-old schoolboy in at four-over par 148, endangering his chances of making the cut and playing in the final two rounds at the weekend. The 14-year-old amateur from Guangzhou became the youngest player in the history of the Masters on Thursday when he carded a one-over 73 that included four birdies and five bogeys.

Golf: History-maker Guan in penalty-stroke drama at Masters

April 12, 2013 15:45
Chinese teen wonder Guan Tianlang was at the center of a drama at the Masters on Friday when he was hit with a one-shot penalty for slow play on the penultimate hole of his second round. The penalty brought the 14-year-old schoolboy in with a four-over 75, endangering his chances of making the cut and playing in the final two rounds at the weekend. The 14-year-old amateur from Guangzhou became the youngest player in the history of the Masters on Thursday when he carded a one-over 73 that included four birdies and five bogeys.

Golf: Masters resumes after overnight rain softens greens

April 12, 2013 09:00
Second-round play began Friday in the 77th Masters with Spain's Sergio Garcia and Australian Mark Leishman sharing the lead and Tiger Woods lurking close behind in familiar territory. Overnight rain softened the undulating greens of Augusta National, which surrendered 45 rounds of par or better in Thursday's opening round. But tougher pin placements Friday at Augusta National, 11 of them within five paces of a greenside edge, figure to toughen the test for a world-class field in the year's first major championship.

Golf: Garcia back on course at Augusta National

April 11, 2013 20:30
Sergio Garcia is not a great fan of Augusta National Golf Club, but he certainly looked at home on the course on Thursday, taking the joint lead in the first round of the Masters. The Spaniard, once the boy wonder of world golf and now labelled as the best current player not to have won a major, carded a bogey-free 66, his equal-best Masters round since he made his debut in 1999. That put him level with Australian Marc Leishman atop the leaderboard and raised the prospect that an elusive win in one of the four major tournaments might be just around the corner.

Woods upstaged as "Vonn-tourage" takes over Masters

April 11, 2013 20:00
By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Tiger Woods got his Masters campaign off to a solid start on Thursday but the world number one was forced to share the Augusta spotlight. When first round action began it seemed for a moment as if the 14-times major winner was part of girlfriend Lindsey Vonn's 'Vonn-tourage' as hundreds of media and thousands of spectators scrambled to catch glimpse of the Olympic skiing champion.

Golf: Putter powers Tiger to familiar 70 at Masters

April 11, 2013 18:00
Tiger Woods, who last won a major title in 2008, shot a two-under par 70 on Thursday in the first round of the Masters, the same opening score as in three of his four Augusta National wins. World number one Woods, a 14-time major winner chasing the all-time record of 18 major titles won by Jack Nicklaus, stood four strokes off the pace but well in the hunt for a possible fifth green jacket. "It's a good start," Woods said. "Some years some guys shot 65 starting out here, but right now I'm only four back and I'm right there.
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