US Masters 2018

[Spargo]

Negligently forgot it was starting tonight, turned it on and quickly put a tenner on Kuchar at $17.

Hope you collect, hombre
Something about him appeals to me
I got him at $51

[Grenville]

Negligently forgot it was starting tonight, turned it on and quickly put a tenner on Kuchar at $17.

Hope you collect, hombre
Something about him appeals to me
I got him at $51

Good luck lad, $51 is way overs for a bloke of that talent. Must confess he was 3 under when I turned it on though, couldn't get on quick enough.

[Corona Man]

Patrick Reed currently leads at -6. Speith is in at -4. Halfway cut projected to be +5. Tiger on the bubble.

Leishman at -5.

Kaymer giving us a sighter at +2.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Weather forecast looks iffy for the weekend

[Grenville]

Negligently forgot it was starting tonight, turned it on and quickly put a tenner on Kuchar at $17.

Hope you collect, hombre
Something about him appeals to me
I got him at $51

Good luck lad, $51 is way overs for a bloke of that talent. Must confess he was 3 under when I turned it on though, couldn't get on quick enough.

3 over par round dropped him back a bit, still close enough if good enough. I'm regretting not putting a bit of coin on Charley Hoffman.

[Corona Man]

MARC Leishman’s second-ever Augusta eagle was the crown jewel in a golden day for the Aussie who has a date with the final group on Masters Saturday.

The audacious 191m approach shot Leishman played to the green of the tricky par five 15th, where he made a double-bogey the day before, set up his second eagle in 288 holes at the Masters.
It propelled him to seven-under, and when he signed for a round of 67, he sat in second position behind only leader Patrick Reed on nine-under.
Marc Leishman leads the Aussie charge at Augusta.

The American looms as the man to catch after his own stunning 66, but the backwards movement from overnight leader Jordan Spieth, who shot a 74, and predicted wild weekend weather has left the 2018 Masters door open to a star-studded leaderboard.

Leishman made a sizzling start with birdies in his opening three holes to hold the lead outright early on.
His only real error was a bogey on the tough 14th, but then he bounced back the very next hole with an eagle made from a position off the tee most commentators thought required the Victorian to lay up.

But he didn’t, and his five iron sailed to within 2m of the pin to build some massive Masters momentum.
“We’re not here to lay up,” Leishman said.
“It’s a Major, you’re going to have to take some chances at some point during the week if you want to win and that was a time where I thought I had to take a chance.
“And like I said, I’ve been hitting that shot well on the range and I thought it was a prime opportunity to give it a test there at the course and it came off.”

Tiger Woods failed to fire on the cylinders most expected from the four-time Masters champion who entered the tournament with a groundswell of momentum, and attention.
But the 42-year-old went backwards form his opening round 73, and flirted with the cut line to the very last minute. He carded a 75, which left him four-over, and made the cut by a single shot.
And the former world number one wouldn’t rule out his own weekend run.

“Six months ago I didn’t know if I’d be playing golf. Forget playing at the Tour level, I didn’t know if I ever be playing again,” he said.
“But it’s incredible for have the opportunity again, to still come out here and play this golf course. Now I know I’m on the weekend. Even though I’m a lot behind, if I play a special weekend, shoot two rounds in the mid 60s, you never know.”
While Leishman will lead the Aussie charge in to the weekend, he’ll have a full supporting cast after Cameron Smith (1-under), Jason Day (two-over) and Adam Scott (four-over) all survived, with the final two getting in by the skin of their teeth.

Expectations 2015 Masters champ Jordan Spieth would run away with the tournament after his opening 66 were blown away in his first two second round holes.
He started with a double-bogey, followed it with a bogey, before rallying to finish his day at four-under, tied for fourth with Rory McIlroy, all poised to pounce on any mistakes made by the men out in front.

“Good starts are really nice out here. Bad starts are tough to come back from,” Spieth said.
“If I look at it one way, I mean, in 2016, I went bogey, bogey, quad and then was able to rebound from that.

“So what’s the first couple holes on a Friday start mean? It doesn’t really mean much to me. It means let’s figure out what was wrong and fix it, but it’s not going to affect the outcome of this tournament off of those two holes. I’m still in a great position.”.

Leader Board after 2nd round.

1 P. Reed -9

2 M. Leishman -7

3 H. Stenson -5

4 R. McIlroy -4
4 J. Spieth -4

[Corona Man]

Rory chips in on the 8th hole to get it to -9 and now co leader with Reed. Leishman just bogies 7.

[Corona Man]

Martin Kaymer at +5 on completion of his 3rd round. Clearly he has been weighed down by the amount of SA Footy Forum money on his back!

[carey]

REED chips in for eagle. He is going to take some catching

[Corona Man]

F me. Reed chips in for eagle on 15 to go to a 5 shot lead. Arrogant yank toss bag he is.

[carey]

This years picks-

Win- DJ @$12’s (5 under probably can’t win it)
E/Way- Fleetwood @$34 (6 under good chance for a collect) , Leishman @$51 (6 under has had nothing go his way today) and Smith @$91 (was on a run of 4 birdies out of 5 holes the finished bogie, bogie to be about 4 under)

Reed looks the winner. Playing seriously good golf.

[Corona Man]

This years picks-

Win- DJ @$12’s (5 under probably can’t win it)
E/Way- Fleetwood @$34 (6 under good chance for a collect) , Leishman @$51 (6 under has had nothing go his way today) and Smith @$91 (was on a run of 4 birdies out of 5 holes the finished bogie, bogie to be about 4 under)

Reed looks the winner. Playing seriously good golf.

Has bogied both par 3’s on the back side.

Spieth to far back I think to win now. Kaymer cooked. Your picks are better than mine Carey.

[Corona Man]

I’ve watched the Masters every year for 30 years I reckon... Leishman has hit it to a part of the course on 18 that I’ve never seen.

[carey]

I’ve watched the Masters every year for 30 years I reckon... Leishman has hit it to a part of the course on 18 that I’ve never seen.

He has scrapped really well today to recover from some ‘interesting’ positions

[Corona Man]

I’ve watched the Masters every year for 30 years I reckon... Leishman has hit it to a part of the course on 18 that I’ve never seen.

He has scrapped really well today to recover from some ‘interesting’ positions

I agree he made some good pars after hitting a few poor shots.

[Corona Man]

Speith making a move now.

Current leaderboard

Reed -13
McIlroy -11
Speith -9

[Corona Man]

Speith now -10..

[carey]

Speith making a move now.

Current leaderboard

Reed -13
McIlroy -11
Speith -9

Speith playing a great round as did Paul Casey he had a putt to beat the course record. I’ve watched my money fall away like I do every year. Fleetwood and Leishman both 2 over today and Smith even.

[Corona Man]

Hoping Reed drowns a ball or more at 12.

[Corona Man]

I'm at work now & following the scores online. Speith gave me a sighter at least, but he is done,

Fat prick Reed should go on and win it now.