AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The hottest player on the PGA Tour is threatening to turn the Masters into a runaway.
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler has a commanding five-stroke lead through two rounds at Augusta National. Scheffler fired a 5-under 67 under windy conditions to move to minus-8. He began the day two shots behind first-round leader Sungjae Im, who finds himself in a second-place tie with Shane Lowry, Charl Schwartzel and Hideki Matsuyama.
Only four other players in Masters history have led by five shots after 36 holes, most recently Jordan Spieth in 2015. All of them went on to win.
Scheffler has won three of his last five starts on the tour and doesn’t appear to be overwhelmed by the stage of Augusta.
Tiger Woods made the cut at 1-over, salvaging a 2 over 74 after playing the first nine holes in 39.
Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka missed the cut, as did Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele.
