Stenson bad out: "Zero self-confidence"

Thus, the Swedish golf star is one over par in total - and needs to make one or maybe two birdies on Saturday morning on the last six holes of the round to be able to continue playing after the "cut" at Augusta National.

- You always fight to pass the qualifying limit when you are around, it is well in your DNA to do so.

But the most important thing is that we can end up on the right track with the game, and unfortunately we do not.

To sum up Henrik Stenson's game during the second round: Nothing worked particularly well.

Shabby start

He went out on hole 10 and started by hitting two straight innings cards.

Both chips became long and the putts were missed - two straight bogeys as a start.

- If you get a shitty start with two bogeys, you need to do something at 13 or 15, says Stenson.

But the 44-year-old left both par 5s with par and thus two good opportunities to take strokes were lost.

On hole 18, he found the forest for the second day in a row and had to fight to save the bogey, before it became a birdie on hole 2 and a nicely saved pair on hole 3 before the game was stopped.

- We have eight left which is always a certain birdi chance and nine can also give a birdie.

But it does not matter how easy a hole is if you do not hit any sensible blows.

We'll see if we can make a birdie or two, otherwise there's nothing more to do about it.

Located 61st

Stenson shares 61st place before the end of the second round and the top 50 will then continue to play after the qualifying limit.

Leading are Abraham Ancer, Mexico, Cameron Smith, Australia, and Americans Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson.

The quartet is nine under par on an empty and still desolate Augusta.

- It is calm and nice in a way, but there will be no atmosphere.

You do not get that feeling, says Stenson about the different major feeling in the Masters.

- For the players who are here for the first time, it is quite tricky.

If you only get to play one Masters in your career, it feels like this might not be the best.

It also feels a little strange that it is usually the starting shot for the season, but now it is the "grand finale" instead.

But it goes well in the style of 2020, that it is the world upside down.