The story of the second day of the Augusta Masters could have been the war between LIV and the PGA Tour with the rebel Brooks Koepka dominating the tournament, or the first nine holes of Jon Rahm with -2 without failure that leaves him in second place alone, three shots behind the leader, that of an amateur, Sam Bennett fighting for victory, that of the debacle of Rory McIlroy outside the cut of the only major that is missing, Tiger Woods’ fight to save the cut, Sandy Lyle’s farewell, Sergio García’s bad feelings, etc… However, the second day of the Masters was shaken by the shadows of the tragedy. played Sergio Garcia hole 14 when a pine tree about 30 meters suddenly collapsed, dragging another nearby tree in its path. The incident occurred near the 17th tee and the 16th green.
Seconds before the scene, it can be seen that people begin to run, apparently alerted by the creaking of the wood and the strong gusts of wind. Then there were scenes of panic and nervousness, information circulated quickly through the networks with graphic documents that went viral instantly and the silence of Augusta National did not contribute to the calm. Fortunately everything was in a big scare and there were no injuries. Minutes after the accident, the tournament was suspended due to the storm for the second time that day and finally Augusta National confirmed the definitive suspension of golf until tomorrow at 8 in the morning local time and, what is more important, the absence of injuries in the event. accident.
The suspension came when Jon Rahm was on the 10th hole green, with a -2 card without a miss. These nine holes had nothing to do with the brilliance of his game on the first day, however the golfer from Barrika wasted effectiveness thanks to a sublime short game. He was able to keep a tricky round without misses and make the most of the chances he was generating. Hole one was quite a declaration of intent with a spectacular chip that allowed him to save a delicate par. The Spaniard did not take advantage of any of the birdie opportunities on holes 2 and 3 and again saved vital pars on holes 6 and 7. From that point on, ‘Rahmbo”s return took off with two consecutive birdies on holes eight. and nine, both as bad drives off the tee.
Brooks Koepka leads the round at -12 after completing his second 18 holes with 67 shots. The LIV Golf player feeds the morbidity of the tournament and of the golf war, increased by the historical point where there have only been two players in the history of the Masters who concluded with -12 after 36 holes; Brooks Koepka in 2023 and Greg Norman (now CEO of LIV GOLF) in 1996.
In third place, the surprise of the tournament is for amateur player Sam Bennett, who finished the first two days with two 68 shots. Never before has an amateur achieved such a low record in the middle of the tournament and is positioned four strokes from the head.
At the time of the suspension of the tournament, the tournament cutoff was around +3 and Tiger Woods on the 12th hole tee at the time of the break he was fighting with +2 to qualify for the weekend. Disappointment Rory Mcllroy with +5 and Sergio Garcia He was also projected out of the tournament with +4 with the last four holes to play. José María Olazbal also said goodbye to the tournament accumulating ten shots over par. Jon Rahm is once again our main trump card with nine holes to go to finish his second fly that he will resume at 8:00 a.m. (2:00 p.m. in Spain). Rahm will start second, three strokes behind the leader.
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