Tiger Woods confronted the prospect of finishing 23 holes in in the future as he appeared to maintain his hopes of a record-equalling sixth Masters title alive on Friday.
Woods was among the many 27 gamers who had been unable to complete their first rounds on Thursday at Augusta Nationwide after unhealthy climate meant the beginning of play had been delayed by two and a half hours.
The 15-time main winner managed to finish 13 holes in a single beneath par to lie six photographs off the tempo set by former US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, with pre-tournament favorite Scottie Scheffler only a shot behind following a flawless 66.
Scheffler got here into the week with kind figures of 1-1-2 and the largest impediment to a 3rd win in 4 begins would look like his spouse Meredith going into labour with their first youngster.
“The nursery shouldn’t be fairly prepared and we’ve had some points at our home the previous couple of weeks,” Scheffler stated. “I believe that’s the thrilling half. I believe we’re positively underprepared to be mother and father.
“So far as her going into labour, I wouldn’t say I’m very involved. We haven’t seen any of the early indicators. However being pregnant is bizarre. It may possibly occur at any time.
“Yeah, [we have] open traces of communication and she will come up with me if she must. I’m able to go at a second’s discover.”
Shot of the day
Scottie Scheffler holed out from a bunker on the twelfth for his third birdie in a flawless 66.
Statistic of the day
Prime statistician Justin Ray highlights the robust activity dealing with anybody carding one beneath par or worse in spherical one.
Quote of the day
Hardest gap
With three gamers but to finish the outlet, the eleventh was narrowly ranked the toughest gap forward of the 18th, with six birdies, 32 bogeys and three double bogeys giving a scoring common of 4.372.
Best gap
The par-five eighth performed downwind and yielded three eagles, 50 birdies and simply three bogeys for a scoring common of 4.404.
Tee instances
The primary spherical will resume at 0750 native time (1250BST), with the second spherical getting beneath method at 0800.
Climate forecast
Barely cooler and fewer humid situations return Friday with largely sunny skies and highs within the low 70s. It can proceed to be windy out of the west at 15-20mph, with gusts as much as 30mph all through the day. After a cool begin on Saturday morning, temperatures will rebound properly this weekend with highs within the higher 70s Saturday and low to mid 80s on Sunday with plentiful sunshine.
