Masters Round 2 Recap & Preview of the Weekend

After a difficult Thursday and Friday at Augusta three players are under par going into the weekend. Brett Wetterich and Tim Clark go into the weekend -2 and tied for the lead and right behind them is Vaughn Taylor at -1. After that four players are at even par including Vijay Singh.

Easily the most impressive golfer so far of the tourney is South African Tim Clark. He has shot two rounds of 71 with only two bogeys and one double bogey. He has had a modest 53 putts but has hit 85% of the fairways at Augusta. If he can continue that and lets say he shots 71 and 71 on the weekend he will win this major.

Some of the other major names around the leader board are as I mentioned before Vijay Singh. He has been all over the place in these first two rounds having eight bogeys and eight birdies. But he has kept damage to a minimum. If he can continue to grind out pars and throw some birdies in on the par 5's unfortunately he could win it. Geoff Ogilvy is at +1 and I think this man can make a major run come Sunday. He already has a major under his belt and is playing fantastic golf right now. If he can continue to strike his irons like he has the first two days and maybe a couple putts will fall I think he can easily take this.

Former Masters Champion Mike Weir is +3 and playing decent golf. I expect him to have a top ten finish this weekend. He is +3 along with Tiger, Paul Casey, and Luke Donald. I think obviously Tiger can but Casey and Donald could also make big runs tomorrow and maybe just win this damn thing. Casey shot a tourney best 68 today and is poised to be in the final group of a major on Sunday considering how consistent he is. Other notables are Philler Up and DL III are +5 and Adam Scott, Fred Couples, and Retief Goosen are all +8 and just made the cut.

Couple notables not to make the cut are Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, hometown kid Charles Howell III, Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn, and no amateurs made the cut.

This all sets up for a great weekend especially if both Phil and Tiger can put some sort of score in the 60's up on Saturday. If both are in the Top Ten come Sunday and within 3-4 strokes of the lead we can expect a typical Augusta Sunday.

Some of the guys I expect to perform well this weekend based on history and how they are playing at the moment in no specific order.

• Tim Clark for the reasons I mentioned above.
• Padraig Harrington because he is a grinder and usually performs well in majors. He also shot a 68 on Friday and is at +1 going to Saturday.
• Geoff Ogilvy for the reasons mentioned above.
• Luke Donald is at +3 but can manage Augusta with the best of them I believe. He is not a long hitter but can putt and has some good short irons in his bag. If his putter gets going this weekend watch out, so far he has 61 putts, which is a lot.
• Tiger Woods.
• Paul Casey. I don't know about another 68, but if he plays like he did Friday he will win this thing.
• Mike Weir. For some reason I like this lefty and I usually like former Master's Champs especially when they make it past the cut.
• Mr. Mickelson. He has got the length but right now he doesn't have the swing. He did putt much better on Friday though and if he can figure out his swing he will be right there with Tiger come Sunday.
• Last but certainly not least, Ian Poulter. He will come out with some great fashion statement this week that will make all the money men in Augusta cringe.

Who I think will win? Well obviously Tiger. But if not Tiger I am high on Casey and Donald both at +3 as well.