We’re getting late in the day at the second round of the 2024 Masters at Augusta National and due to inclement weather on Thursday morning, the start of the first round got pushed back by 2 ½ hours. Bryson DeChambeau opened the day in the lead at 7 under, but has serious challengers in Max Homa, Nicolai Højgaard, Scottie Scheffler and more.
And where will the cutline end up?
The weather is beautiful at Augusta today, with the sun shining and the green hues popping.
Here is our Friday photo gallery.
Recap: All the action from Day 1 of the Masters
Wyndham Clark had chance on 18, but missed the cut
It came down to the last hole for Wyndham Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open winner who said after Thursday’s opening round that he was happy with his place behind then-leader Bryson DeChambeau because, “We’ve got 54 holes. In LIV Golf they only play 54, so I like my chances.”
Clark made bogeys on Nos. 14, 15 and 17 to fall outside the cut line by a single stroke at 7 over. He missed a birdie putt on 18 that would have snuck him under the mark.
Clark, who was a middle-of-the-pack player for his first five years on the PGA Tour, has improved so much in the past year that his name was being thrown around as a possible winner in his Masters debut. Only three players have done that, the last being Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979.
New gnome caddie ornament available this year
The Masters Christmas ornament caddie garden gnome.
Six years after the popular debut of the bearded wonder — and three years after the mini gnome was introduced — the Masters Tournament golf shop has added a third sibling to the popular gnome: The Gnome Caddie Ornament.
“I can’t wait to add it to my collection,” said Tabb Hinson, who attended Thursday’s round as a Junior Patron.
Packaged in the same box as its larger brothers, the 2024 Caddie Ornament is outfitted in the same white jumpsuit as the mini gnome.
It costs $25 and was not sold during practice round days. They are limited to one per patron.
Jon Rahm three-putts from 7 feet, was in danger of missing cut in title defense
Thanks to an ugly double on No. 14 defending champ Jon Rahm is in real danger of missing the cut.
Rahm flew the green on the par 4, then chipped to seven feet with an opportunity to save par. He hammered his putt well past the cup, however, and came up well short on a 15-footer coming back up the hill.
The Arizona State product was 6 over with five holes to play but responded like a true champ with birdies on 15…
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