Day 2 at Augusta

Keep that card

Bryson DeChambeau: The amateur, only 51 days younger than leader Jordan Spieth, blew up with a triple bogey on No. 18 but even so finished Friday with an even par score of 72. DeChambeau made six birdies, two at the famed Amen Corner, to get within two shots of the lead before the last hole.

Toss that card

Zach Johnson: With scores ballooning all afternoon, the former Masters champion seemed to be in OK position for the weekend despite a 6-over 78 that left him 6 over for the tournament — right on the cut line. However, after a video review Johnson was given a 2-stroke penalty for grounding his club while chipping out of Rae's Creek on No. 16. He brushed the water with his backswing. It turned his 6 into an 8 and thus missed the cut by a pair.

On the course with …

Rory McIlroy: A green jacket is all that keeps McIlroy from the career grand slam and he kept himself in the running for this year with birdies on three of the four par 5s plus a bonus birdie from 40 feet on the par-3 16th. "I started it ... maybe 6 feet left of the hole and just got it up there really, really high," he said. "And basically let gravity and wind take it the rest of the way. I was just looking to two-putt, try to get it within 2 or 3 feet of the hole." McIlroy is at 3 under, one shot back of Spieth.

Masters moment

Tom Watson said goodbye to Augusta National with the same flair he used to win two green jackets among his total of eight majors. On his last competitive hole, Watson split the fairway with his tee shot at No. 18 and nearly made birdie. He finished his round 6-over 78 and at 8 over for the tournament. He had just enough time to check his emotions before family members — led by his son and sometimes-caddie Michael — poured onto the green.

Chip shots

• Spring Lake Park graduate Troy Merritt took advantage of an early tee time and fired a 1-under 71 that left him 1 over for the tournament. "I don't know what Jordan is going to do, but I feel like I'm in this," he wrote on a player's diary for golf.com. His round was one of only four under par on Friday.

• Phil Mickelson missed the Masters cut once in first 20 starts. After Friday, he's failed to make the weekend for the second time in three years.

• Angel Cabrera's combined score on No. 15 through two rounds is 6 over. If he merely made par both days at that hole, he'd be tied with Spieth for the lead at 4 under.

• There were zero rounds in the 60s, the first time since 2007 such a day happened at the Masters.

Key hole

Par-4, 465-yard No 18: In addition to DeChambeau's triple-bogey, Spieth made a 15-foot putt to save to preserve a one-shot lead over McIlory, who made a 6-footer for par there himself.

Quote of the day

"Probably more difficult than today."

— Spieth, on how he expects the course to play Saturday.

Tweet of the day

"Bubba wins low Watson - as he should at nearly 30 years younger. But only beat Tom by 2 shots. Because golf."

— Golf Digest writer @DaveShedloski

Day 3

Who will emerge a day after nearly everyone submerged? Ch. 4 picks up coverage at 2 p.m.