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2021 (28th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR )

Augusta, April 8-11, 2021 FedExCup Points: 600 (winner) Augusta National Club /Yards: 36-36—72/7,475 Purse: TBD

Second-Round Notes – Friday, April 9, 2021

Weather: Mostly cloudy. High of 82. Wind SSW 8-14 mph.

36-hole cut: 54 professionals at 3-over 147 from a field of 85 professionals and three amateurs.

Second-Round Leaderboard 65-72—137 (-7) 70-68—138 (-6) 69-69—138 (-6) 72-67—139 (-5) 71-68—139 (-5)

Things to Know • Justin Rose attempts to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters since Jordan Spieth (2015) • Rose holds his 16th second-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (4-for-15 to date) • becomes the first World No. 1 to miss the cut at the Masters since Justin Rose in 2019 and the first defending champion to miss the cut since Sergio Garcia (2018) • Will Zalatoris attempts to become first player to win in Masters debut since 1979 • Jordan Spieth sits inside the top-4 on the leaderboard at the midway point of the Masters for the fifth time • Spieth and both enter the third round in the top 10 in a PGA TOUR event for the 10th time • Bryson DeChambeau records nine-stroke turnaround from round one to jump to T17 • An amateur failed to advance to the weekend for the first time at the Masters since 2015 • Notables to make the cut on the number include past champions and • Notables to miss the cut include Dustin Johnson, , Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy,

Second-Round Lead Notes 33 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Masters Tournament (most recent: Dustin Johnson/2020) 5 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21 (most recent: /Sentry Tournament of Champions)

Justin Rose (entering the week) Category Justin Rose Age 40 (July 30, 1980) FedExCup 164 OWGR 41 Starts at the Masters 15 Wins at the Masters 0 Top-10s at the Masters 5 Career PGA TOUR starts 360 Career PGA TOUR wins 10 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 100 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 7 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 0

Justin Rose (1st/-7) • Playing in his 60th round at Augusta National , followed an opening-round 65 with an even-par 72 • Has nine birdies on the back nine through two rounds, tied for the most at the Masters in the last 30 years • Holds his 16th second-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (4-for-15 to date; most recently winning the 2019 • Only prior 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship: 2004 Masters (T22) • Is the first player to lead outright after each of the first two rounds since Jordan Spieth (2016/T2) • Five wire-to-wire winners of the Masters (Jordan Spieth/2015, /1976, /1972, /1960, Craig /1941) • 2013 U.S. Open champion is making his 67th major championship appearance • Most recent of his 10 PGA TOUR victories came at the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open • Finished T2 in 2015 and 2nd in 2017 for his best finishes in 15 prior appearances at the Masters

Will Zalatoris (T2/-6) • Birdied final three holes for a 4-under 68, moving within one of Justin Rose • Would become the first player to win in his debut Masters appearance since in 1979 • Would become the first player to earn first PGA TOUR win in a major since at the 2016 Masters • Making his third major championship start (MC/2018 U.S. Open, T6/2020 U.S. Open) • Has 10 top-25 finishes in 14 starts this season

Jordan Spieth (T4/-5) • 2015 Masters champion leads field with 30 greens hit in regulation, his most through two rounds at the Masters • Sits inside the top-4 on the leaderboard at the midway point of the Masters for the fifth time (2014/3rd/finished T2, 2015/1st/won, 2016/1st/T2, 2018/4th/3rd, 2021/T4/TBD) • Would become the first Masters champion to have a triple bogey (No. 9/R1) and still win • Would become the 18th multiple winner of the Masters • Winner of last week’s Valero Open; the last player to win on TOUR the week before winning a major was Rory McIlroy (2014 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, 2014 PGA Championship) • Four top-three finishes in seven starts at the Masters (T2/2014, Won/2015, T2/2016, T11/2017, 3rd/2018, T21/2019, T46/2020)

Additional Player Notes • Former University of Georgia standout Brian Harman (T2) opens with matching 69s; two of three top-10 finishes this season have come in last two starts (T3/, T5/WGC-Dell Technologies ) • One stroke shy of his personal-best score at the Masters, Marc Leishman (T4) posted a 5-under 67; scoring breakdown for the week: Nos. 1-4 (6-under), Nos. 5-18 (1-over); hoping to join Adam Scott as Aussie winners at the Masters • Justin Thomas (T6), winner of THE PLAYERS Championship in 2021, had his only bogey of the day on the par-4 18th to post a 5-under 67; has improved his finish at the Masters in each start since his tournament debut; marks the 10th time he and Jordan Spieth have both been inside the top 10 through two rounds of a PGA TOUR event (he accounted for the only victory in those events at THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES in 2019) • (T6) recorded a 6-under 66 (tied with for round of the day) for his first sub-70 score in 22 rounds at the Masters; has never missed a cut in six appearances at Augusta National Golf Club • (T6) posts 1-under 71 for his ninth straight par-or-better score at the Masters; has finished inside the top 20 in five of his last starts at Augusta National, led by a fifth place showing in 2015 • (T13) would become the ninth player (10th instance) to win the Masters Tournament following a runner-up finish the year prior (most recent: Dustin Johnson/2020) • Bryson DeChambeau (T17) follows 76 with a 5-under 67 for a nine-stroke turnaround – his largest in a major championship between rounds one and two; FedExCup leader is the only multiple winner on TOUR this season • With an even-par 72, (T21) cards his 13th consecutive par-or-better round at the Masters • Playing in his 100th round at the Masters, two-time champion Jose Maria Olazabal (T40) posted a 1-under 71 to make his first cut at the event since 2014 • Three-time champion Phil Mickelson (T48) makes the cut on the number for his 26th weekend appearance in 29 starts; most cuts made at the Masters: Jack Nicklaus (37), (30), (30), Raymond Floyd (27), (27), Mickelson (26) • Dustin Johnson (MC) becomes the fifth (six times) World No. 1 to miss the cut at the Masters: (1990, 1997), (1995), (2011), Justin Rose (2019) • Six players making their Masters Tournament debut: Will Zalatoris (T2), Robert MacIntyre (T21), Charles Osborne (MC), (MC), Joe Long (MC), (MC) • For the first time since 2015, an amateur failed to make the cut: Osborne (+8), Long (+10), Strafaci (+17) • was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard

Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 11th (4.511) Par-5 2nd (4.705) R2: Par-4 5th (4.460) Par-5 13th (4.494)

Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 37.159 37.364 74.523 --- R2: 36.333 35.920 72.253 73.394

Bogey-free rounds R1: None R2: None