The Masters 2019: Francesco Molinari shares four-way lead as Tiger Woods lurks just one-shot back at Augusta
Relive all the action from the second day at Augusta
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Your support makes all the difference.Major winners Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Brooks Koepka, Jason Day and Adam Scott shared top spot at the Masters on Friday at the end of the second round, but it was Tiger Woods who commanded the spotlight once again at Augusta National.
Woods brought the roars back to the famed venue with a brilliant four-under-par 68, putting himself on track for a fifth Green Jacket.
At six-under-par 138, the American is just one shot off the leaders heading into 'moving day'.
After an ordinary outward nine featuring three birdies offset by a pair of bogeys, Woods embarked on one of his trademark charges, carding three birdies after the turn to shoot up the leaderboard.
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Brooks Koepka (-6) responds well to his double-bogey on the second with a birdie on the third, he's level for the day without making a par.
Jordan Speith also makes par to stay at +3 which is the project cut off, so he needs to make something happen if he wants to be here at the weekend.
On seven, Kuchar leaves his third shot in the bunker and has a testing putt to save bogey. Poulter found himself in the same bunker but has a decent looking putt for par.
Poulter (-4) saves par on the seventh as Kuchar (-2) makes a bogey.
Three straight pars for Bryson DeChambeau keeps him at 7-under and with the outright lead.
Par 3 tournament winner and debutant Matt Wallace makes back-to-back bogeys on nine and ten to move to +4 and on the wrong side on the projected cut line.
Jason Day joins Ian Poulter at -4 after a birdie at the fifth.
Patton Kizzire in the first group of the day makes a birdie at the 14th to move to -3. A couple more birdies and he'll pose a challenging score in the clubhouse.
Koepka's up and down day continues with a bogey at the 4th and he drops back to -5.
Leader Board Update: Leader -7
DeChambeau -7 (5)
Mickelson -6 (4)
Koepka -5 (4)
Poulter -4 (7)
Day -4 (5)
Kizzire -3 (14)
Aphibarnrat -3 (8)
Molinari -3 (7)
D. Johnson -3 (5)
Harding -3 (1)
Scott (6:05pm)
Rahm (6:49pm)
A bogey at the fifth moves Mickelson back to 5-under leaving DeChambeau with a two shot lead.
Corey Conners birdies the third but bogeys the fourth to still at -2.
Justin Thomas (-1) chips in from off the green on the par-3 sixth to finally move into the red. He's two under for the day.
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