Augusta (United States) (AFP)
A quartet composed of the Americans Dustin Johnson, world number 1, Justin Thomas, the Mexican Abraham Ancer and the Australian Cameron Smith provisionally took control of the Augusta Masters, at midday, Friday at the end of their disputed second round in camera.
The second group, including the Briton Paul Casey, co-leader at the end of the first round, Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, still well placed to aim for the head, had just started their journey, with no guarantee of finishing it before nightfall. of the night.
In the meantime, things are jostling at the top of the standings, since Dustin Johnson rushed there in extremis, entering his 4th birdie of the 2nd round at the last hole, thus maintaining his leading position assured early Friday morning after the first tower he had had to stop the day before because of the darkness.
With a total of -9, he joined Justin Thomas, 3rd in the world and winner of the PGA Championship in 2017, who entered two of his seven birdies (one double-bogey, two bogeys) on the last two holes, as well as the surprising ones. Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer.
The first, winner of two tournaments on the PGA Tour, also tumbled at the end of the race, shooting an eagle and then three birdies on his last four holes.
The runner-up, who is looking to become the first golfer to win the Masters for his first appearance since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979, also finished strong with a decisive birdie on the penultimate hole.
One stroke behind this quartet is the American Patrick Cantlay, 5th, author of the best card of the day (-6) with the English Danny Willett, winner of the Masters in 2016, and Tommy Fleetwood, 16th in the world, who share the 6th place with the South Korean Sung-jae Im and Paul Casey, who is therefore only two lengths behind the leaders.
Tiger Woods is five strokes away, Rahm six and DeChambeau seven.
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