Harry Styles sighting (2024)

It was a windy, gusty Friday at Augusta National for the second round of the Masters.

It's a three-way tie atop the leaderboard heading into the weekend with Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Max Homa all at 6-under-par.

DeChambeau, who was the 18-hole leader, shot a second-round 73. He is searching for his second major championship this weekend.

Scheffler shot even par in his second round. The 2022 Masters champion is also searching for his second major after victories at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship.

Then there's Homa, who continued his brilliant play after his first round Thursday was suspended due to darkness. After playing 23 holes Friday, Homa shot a second-round 71, putting himself in contention to win his first major.

Tiger Woods shot a second-round 72 and made a record 24th cut at the Masters. Woods also played 23 holes on Friday after completing his first round in the morning.

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Leaderboard:

T1: Scheffler -6 (72)

T1: Homa -6 (71)

T1: DeChambeau -6 (73)

4: Højgaard -4 (73)

T5: Davis -3 (72)

T5: Morikawa -3 (70)

T24. Woods +1 (72)

In other news, I met Harry Styles on the 17th tee box at Augusta National. He was watching Christo Lamprecht, the 6-foot-8 amateur from South Africa who qualified for the Masters by winning the British Amateur Championship.

Someone in Styles' camp seemed to have a connection to Lamprecht, potentially from Georgia Tech, where he is a current senior. I had a brief interaction with the British pop star, where he told me he has played Augusta National and this year is his second year attending the Masters.

Bryson DeChambeau shot a stellar 7-under 65 at Augusta National and really seemed to be in a rhythm out there in blustering conditions, especially with the driver and putter. His mom, Jan, was following him and seemed to be enjoying his tee shots. After he bombed one all the way up to the patron walkway on No. 8, she yelled, "That's the Krank effect!" referencing the special long-drive competition driver that DeChambeau has in his bag right now.

The LIV golfer headed into the press center for a lengthy interview session after his round. He admitted to some past mistakes. He regrets his comment from the 2020 Masters, where he said he looks at Augusta National as "par 67."

More to come on that.

Tiger Woods pars the par-4 7th after missing the fairway.

Woods remains at even par as he heads to the par-5 8th hole.

Patrick Cantlay has an early candidate for not just the shot of the opening round but the shot of the tournament.

Cantlay recorded a birdie on the par-4 17th...from the fairway.

An incredible hole out.

Here comes Scottie Scheffler.

The 2022 Masters champion is in solo second after a birdie at the par-5 15th. He's about to make another birdie at 16.

Dominant golf from the World No. 1.

Through five holes, Tiger Woods is even par.

Woods has one birdie, one bogey and three pars.

A solid start to his 2024 Masters.

Rory McIlroy drains a lengthy birdie putt on the 14th hole.

With the par-5 15th upcoming.

McIlroy is 2-under-par for the tournament and five off the lead.

After missing the green on the par-3 4th, Tiger Woods recorded his first bogey of this year's Masters.

Woods is now even par for the tournament.

DeChambeau’s travails at Augusta National have been well chronicled. Perhaps no venue has so regularly vexed the 30-year-old — a T21 performance as an amateur in 2016 remains his best result at the Masters, and since his comment in 2020 that the course is a par 67 for him because of his length off the tee, he’s gone T34, T46, missed cut, missed cut. He was 10-over-par in his last three Masters first rounds.

Well, it seems certain he’ll make the weekend this time around. DeChambeau caught fire early, with birdies on his first three holes. A bogey on No. 9 dropped him to 2 under, but he got it back with a birdie on No. 12. Then another birdie on No. 13, and on 15 a sensational second 228-yard shot out of the pine straw that stopped on the green for another birdie. He hit it to 6 feet on No. 16 for yet another birdie, and on 17 poured it in from 31 feet to get to 7 under.

What seemed different this time was how often DeChambeau played from optimal position — he hit 10 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation. It took him 27 putts to get around Augusta National.

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Bryson DeChambeau at the Masters:

First 24 rounds:

3.9 bogeys/worse per round

61 percent greens hit

-0.48 strokes gained putting per round

Thursday:

1 bogey

83 percent greens hit

+3.56 strokes gained putting

Scottie Scheffler chipped in for birdie from the bunker at the par-3 12th hole.

On one of the most difficult holes at Augusta, Scheffler walks away with a birdie, with the par-5 13th coming up.

The past Masters champion moves to 3-under-par, four off the lead.

After his tee shot found the pine straw on the par-5 second hole, Woods was able to chip out to the fairway.

His third shot found the rough over the green. But Tiger was able to secure the up and down for par.

Woods remains at 1-under-par for the tournament.

Bryson DeChambeau shoots 65, tying his lowest career round in any major championship (final round of 2021 Open).

He gained more than 3.5 strokes putting in his round. He entered the day averaging -0.48 strokes gained putting in his Masters career.

Tiger Woods birdies the first hole.

It's the third time in his Masters career Tiger opens the Masters with a birdie (1999, 2020).

Viktor Hovland birdies holes 7 through 9.

The reigning FedEx Cup Playoffs champion sits at 4-under-par making the turn, three off the lead.

Tiger Woods, the five-time Masters champion, tees off at the 2024 Masters.

It is Tiger's 26th Masters appearance.

Tiger finds the fairway on hole No. 1.

2016 Masters champion Danny Willett shoots 68.

It's his first competitive round in 207 days after having left shoulder surgery.

Bryson DeChambeau birdies three of his last four holes.

With Ryan Fox bogeying the par-5 13th, DeChambeau is the solo leader at 5-under-par.

Scottie Scheffler entered Thursday having shot better than the field scoring average in 14 of his 16 career rounds at the Masters.

That's the highest such percentage all-time among players with 16 or more rounds played.