Rory McIlroy, with his second-round 69, leads by two shots after 36 holes of the Masters. The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland sits at 10-under-par and will be in Saturday's final pairing with 23-year-old Jason Day, who shot the day's low round, an 8-under-par 64. Day is alone in second at 8-under.
Rory McIlroy
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Korean K.J. Choi shot 70 and is tied for third place at 7-under with a familiar face. Four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods, who birdied seven of the final 11 holes, shot 66 - his best round since 2005. Choi and Woods will tee off in the next-to-last pairing in the third round.
Geoff Ogilvy (69) and first-round co-leader Alvaro Quiros of Spain (73) are tied for fourth at 6-under.
Y.E. Yang of Korean, who shot 72, heads up a group of five players tied at 5-under, including 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples (68), World No. 2 Lee Westwood (67), Rickie Fowler (69) and Ricky Barnes (71).
Defending champion Phil Mickelson shot a ho-hum 72 and is eight shots off the pace at 2-under. Dustin Johnson, a popular pre-tournament favorite, rebounded with 68 and is also at 2-under.
Bubba Watson, the popular long-hitting American, carded 71 and is even-par.
Fifty players at 1-over-par or better made the cut. World No. 1 Martin Kaymer, who shot 78-72, missed making weekend play by five shots. Other notables missing the cut include: Anthony Kim (2-over), Stewart Cink (2-over) and Retief Goosen (4-over)
Only one of six amateurs advanced to the final two rounds. Asian Amateur champion Hideki Matsuyama shot 73 to make the cut on the number. He will win low amateur honors and the silver cup that goes with it.