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2020 Masters Tournament (10Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)

2020 Masters Tournament (10Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)

2020 (10th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)

Augusta, November 12-15, 2020 FedExCup Points: 600 (winner) Augusta National Club /Yards: 36-36—72/7,475 Purse: TBD

Second-Round Notes – Saturday, November 14, 2020

Friday weather: Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind NW 5-10 mph. Due to darkness, play was suspended for the day at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Saturday weather: Play resumed Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET. Partly cloudy. High of 74. Wind ENE 5-10 mph.

36-hole cut 58 professionals and two amateurs at even-par 144 from a field of 86 professionals and six amateurs.

Second-Round Leaderboard 68-67—135 (-9) 67-68—135 (-9) 66-69—135 (-9) 65-70—135 (-9) 69-66—135 (-9) 70-66—136 (-8) Sungjae Im 66-70—136 (-8) C.T. Pan 70-66—136 (-8) 68-68—136 (-8) 68-68—136 (-8)

Things to Know • Five players tied for the 36-hole lead; ties 2019 for the most in tournament history • Each of the top three players in the Official World Golf Ranking is tied for the lead (Johnson, Rahm, Thomas) • Of the five co-leaders, Dustin Johnson is the only player to have previously held a 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship (1-for-3 to date) • becomes the oldest player to make the cut in Masters history • enters the third round T17 and trailing by four strokes; has overcome a 36-hole deficit of four strokes or more twice to win the Masters (2002, 2005)

Second-Round Lead Notes 32 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Masters Tournament (most recent: Patrick Reed/2018) 2 Second-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21 (/Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, /Shriners Hospitals for Children Open)

Comparing the co-leaders (entering the week) Category Ancer Smith Thomas Johnson Rahm Age 29 (2/27/1991) 27 (8/18/1993) 27 (4/29/1993) 36 (6/22/1984) 26 (11/10/1994) FedExCup 40 32 13 17 19 OWGR 21 45 3 1 2 Major championship wins 0 0 1 1 0 Starts at the Masters 0 3 4 9 3 Wins at the Masters 0 0 0 0 0 Top-10s at the Masters 0 1 0 4 2 Career PGA TOUR starts 101 133 158 276 93 Career PGA TOUR wins 0 2 13 23 5 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 14 19 56 105 41 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 4 4 3 2 3 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 0 0 0 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 1 1 2 2 1

Dustin Johnson (T1/-9) • 21st career 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; 11 wins in the previous 20 instances (2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2013 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2016 U.S. Open, 2016 BMW Championship, 2017 The Genesis Invitational, 2017 , 2018 FedEx St. Jude Classic, 2019 WGC- Mexico Championship, 2020 THE NORTHERN TRUST, 2020 ) • Third 36-hole lead/co-lead in his last six starts (Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, Won/TOUR Championship) • 1-for-3 when holding 36-hole lead/co-lead in major championships (T49/, Won/2016 U.S. Open, 3rd/2018 U.S. Open) • Looking to become the eighth player (ninth instance) to win the Masters after finishing 2nd/T2 the year prior (/1939, /1942, /1962, /1965, /1970, Nicklaus/1972, /1984, /2015) • One major championship title (2016 U.S. Open) • Four consecutive top-10s at the Masters (T6/2015, T4/2016, T10/2018, T2/2019; DNP/2017) • Holds the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking entering the Masters for the third time in the last four years (No. 2 in 2019; regained the No. 1 position after the Masters) • Last World No. 1 to win the Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods, 2002 • Last World No. 1 to win on TOUR: Johnson, 2020 TOUR Championship • Finished T2 at last week’s Vivint • Top-10s in each of his last six starts, including five results of T2 or better: T2/PGA Championship, Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, P2/BMW Championship, Won/TOUR Championship, T6/U.S. Open, T2/Vivint Houston Open • Reigning FedExCup champion • Ranks 27th all-time with 23 PGA TOUR wins; would move into a tie for 26th with with a victory

Jon Rahm (T1/-9) • Third career 36-hole lead on the PGA TOUR in individual stroke-play events; 0-for-2 to date converting to victory (results: T3/2016 Quicken Loans National, T4/2017 Dell Technologies Championship) • First 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship • Seeking first major championship title • Best result in 16 prior major championship appearances: T3/2019 U.S. Open • Looking to become the fourth player from to win the Masters, joining , Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia • Two consecutive top-10s at the Masters (4th/2018, T9/2019) • Five-time PGA TOUR winner (2017 , 2018 The American Express, 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with , 2020 the presented by Nationwide, 2020 BMW Championship)

Justin Thomas (T1/-9) • 12th career 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; six wins in the previous 11 instances (2015 CIMB Classic, 2016 CIMB Classic, 2017 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2017 , 2018 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, 2019 THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES) • Second consecutive start on TOUR holding 36-hole lead/co-lead (led outright at the @ SHERWOOD before finishing T2) • First 36-hole lead/co-lead in a major championship • Second-lowest 36-hole score in his major championship career (lowest: 134/2018 PGA Championship; finished T6) • Fourth score in the 60s in his last five rounds at the Masters; recorded one such score in his first 13 rounds at the event (67, R2/2018) • One major championship title (2017 PGA Championship) • Has not finished in the top 10 at the Masters in four appearances (best result: T12/2019) • 13-time PGA TOUR winner, the most among players younger than 30 years old • No finish worse than T12 in three starts during the 2020-21 season (T8/U.S. Open, T12/THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, T2/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP) • 2017 FedExCup champion

Abraham Ancer (T1/-9) • First career 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (previous-best position: T2/2018 Vivint Houston Open; finished T8) • Seeking first PGA TOUR victory and first major championship title • Making Masters Tournament debut; last player to win in his first Masters appearance was in 1979 • Best result in six prior major championship appearances: T16/2019 PGA Championship • One of three players in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking without a win on the PGA TOUR (others: , ) • Last player to earn first PGA TOUR win in a major: , • Can become the fourth player from Mexico to win on the PGA TOUR; at last week’s Vivint Houston Open, became the third (others: , 1974 Pleasant Valley Classic, 1978 ; , 1970 Open Invitational) • Best result by player from Mexico in the Masters: T30 (Victor Regalado, 1975) • Last time two different players from the same country outside the won in consecutive weeks on the PGA TOUR schedule: , 2016 Barracuda Championship followed by , 2016 () • Member of the International Team at the 2019

Cameron Smith (T1/-9) • First career 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR in individual stroke-play events (previous-best position: T2/2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational; finished T12) • Played his final four holes in 5-under (E-B-B-B on Nos. 15-18); ties longest Birdie/Eagle Streak of his PGA TOUR career (R2/2017 RBC ) • Best result in 16 prior major championship appearances: T4/2015 U.S. Open • Best result in three prior Masters Tournament appearances: T5/2018 • Two-time PGA TOUR winner (2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with , 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii) • Member of the International Team at the ; defeated fellow co-leader Justin Thomas, 2 & 1, in Singles

Additional Player Notes • Notables to make the cut on the number include Bryson DeChambeau, , , Jordan Spieth • Notables to miss the cut include , , , , , , • Amateurs to make the cut: John Augenstein (T28/-3), (T43/-2) • Tiger Woods enters the third round in a tie for 17th and four strokes back of the lead; Woods has overcome a 36- hole deficit of four strokes or more twice to win the Masters (4/2002, 6/2005) • Bernhard Langer (T28) becomes the oldest player to make the cut in Masters Tournament history at 63 years, 2 months, 18 days old; mark previously was held by in 2000 (63 years, 1 month, 16 days) • Due to illness, withdrew during the second round

Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 10th (4.250) Par-5 2nd (4.489) R2: Par-4 18th (4.308) Par-5 2nd (4.422)

Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 35.478 35.935 71.413 -- R2: 35.844 36.022 71.811 71.610

Bogey-free rounds R1 (4): (65), Dustin Johnson (65), (67), Tiger Woods (68) R2 (4): Rory McIlroy (66), Jon Rahm (66), C.T. Pan (66), Hideki Matsuyama (68)

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