The wind and firm conditions wreaked havoc on players during Friday’s second round, pushing the cut line up to 6 over at Augusta National for the 2024 Masters.

Saturday’s weather forecast is projected to be sunny with a high of 76 degrees, according to AccuWeather. The site says it will be “a great day for golf.” Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa and Bryson DeChambeau opened the day at 6 under and in a tie for the lead.

Here’s a look at our second-round coverage. And here’s our full Masters hub, complete with scoreboards, course previews and more.

Xander Schauffele inches back into contention

While Xander Schauffele’s 70 was a thing to behold on a difficult Saturday at Augusta National, the real artistry was simply hanging around.

While others dealt with difficult conditions, Schauffele made few mistakes in staying bogey-free on the day. He’s 2 under for the tournament.

“It was a weird one. I had a couple, 8 and 9 I really would want back, but then making that par on 18 from the middle of nowhere kind of makes up for it. All in all, to go bogey-free today was pretty special,” he said.

“I think just really plodded along. Didn’t leave it in the best spots at times, but with how windy it still is and how firm the greens are, even the sort of okay spots that were kind of chipping uphill to the holes still aren’t that good.”

Tyrrell Hatton on playing with Tiger, late mistake

Tyrrell Hatton played with Tiger Woods on Saturday and was even through the first 17 holes until he took a double on the final hole. Although he’s still just 3 over, he’s likely fallen out of contention and the mistake was clearly eating at him.

“I don’t know how I have to play golf around here to shoot under par. Like it’s now my 23rd tournament round. I’ve got four rounds under par,” Hatton said. “I don’t know what to say about the last there. The greens are getting quicker, but I’m putting up the hill. I actually felt like I’d left the putt a foot short. My face has been like good all day. It’s gone like three foot past, and the cup’s sitting like that.

“Obviously I hit it a little bit firm. It looks horrific on TV, but if you’re putting on … if it’s a flat putt, it’s going a foot past, two foot past, not six foot, eight foot past.”

When asked about playing with Woods, Hatton said it was a thrill to play in the pairing.

“I’ve said the kid inside of me playing with Tiger at the Masters, like that’s really cool. That’s certainly not lost on me,” he said. “But at the same time, I’m going out there competing, trying to put together the best round I can and trying to move up the leaderboard, which for 17 1/2 holes I feel like I did a really good job of.

“Yeah, I’m devastated, to be honest.”

Hojgaard briefly took lead with birdie on No. 10

Nicolai Hojgaard made three straight birdies around the turn and briefly took the lead at Augusta National on Saturday afternoon. He promptly bogeyed the next two holes to slip back behind the leaders.

Nicolai Højgaard birdies No. 10 to take the solo lead. #themasters pic.twitter.com/NI9GDe0oiJ

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 13, 2024

But who is he?

He turned pro at 19 years old and, in 2021, won his first European Tour event at the DS Automobiles Italian Open, following his twin brother Rasmus’ win at the Omega European Masters to become the first brothers to win in back-to-back weeks on the European Tour.

Nicolai picked up his second European Tour victory in 2022 at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and earned a spot on the European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup, where he went 0-2-1 in a 16.5-11.5 European win. Two months later, he won the DP World Tour Championship.

Here’s more on the twin phenom.

Denny McCarthy suffers through triple, double finish

In his first appearance at the Masters, Denny McCarthy shot rounds of 74-74 to sit at 4 over for the tournament and make the weekend cut. Also, he was honoring his late family friend, Madison Smith, a 16-year-old high schooler who died in October after battling metastatic colorectal cancer.

Unfortunately, McCarthy’s day didn’t finish the way he’d have liked.

McCarthy gave back five shots on the final two holes on Saturday, running through the green numerous times on the 17th hole on his way to a seven and then making double on the final hole of the day.

He’s at 11 over for the tournament after finishing with a 79.

Max Homa playing his game, near the top of leaderboard

Through the first seven holes on Saturday, Max Homa has stayed consistent and calm while posting pars on each. After Friday’s round, in which he made just a single bogey en route to a solid 71, Homa said he’s doing a better job of taking what the course gives him. More importantly, being okay when a designed shot doesn’t work out.

“I wrote something in my journal yesterday that said however good I am is however good I am, I don’t need to try to be better than I am, and just see where that takes me,” Homa said. “Maybe it’s winning this and maybe it’s not, and I’m okay with that. I know what I put into this game, trying to get every ounce back doesn’t really work, and I’ve tried that part.

“So I just feel like so much of it has been just from making golf swings that feel good to me. They are not always the right one, I would say, for what maybe a commentator would look at, but picking the right ones.”

You rent in Augusta every year? Why not buy?

Do you make a yearly trek to Augusta to see the Masters and realize after the fact that you could make a mortgage payment instead of rolling up an outrageous rental bill?

Let’s take a look at five of the most expensive residential properties on the market (as of April 11) in Richmond County, according to Zillow.

Bryson DeChambeau drops a shot, falls two off lead

While Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa breezed through the first three holes on Saturday, 36-hole co-leader Bryson DeChambeau struggled out of the gate, making par on the par 5 second and then posting a bogey on No. 3.

On Friday, after hitting his tee shot right on the par-5 13th hole, DeChambeau had no choice but to punch out toward the 14th fairway. In doing so, he had to move a sign out of the way, one of those giant signs that point patrons at Augusta National Golf Club toward different areas of the grounds.

Cameras caught him in the act carrying the sign around like a toy on his shoulder, and social media had a field day reacting to the latest DeChambeau highlight.

Collin Morikawa off to hot start

It was a smooth start to Saturday for Collin Morikawa, who made birdie on the first three holes of the day to get to 6 under for the tournament.

Morikawa has played well at Augusta, finishing T-10 last year, 5th in 2022 and T-18 in 2021.

Three straight birdies to open Collin Morikawa's third round. He's one stroke off the lead. #themasters pic.twitter.com/nzA9kSJD11

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 13, 2024

After a second-round 70 in which he birdied three of the last six holes, Morikawa felt his game was trending in the right direction.

“Look, this is exactly where I’d want to be. Obviously I’d rather be a little lower and closer to the lead, but for right now after I’ve been playing the past kind of month, I’m very, very happy,” he said. “It feels like I have control of the golf ball, and that’s the biggest thing. My irons have been holding me back, and normally that’s not the case. It’s kind of nice to just hit some quality golf shots.”

Just as Morikawa cut the lead to one, however, Scheffler dropped his second birdie in the opening three holes to get to 8 under.

A concert? At Augusta National? It happened

Larry Gatlin — the famed country musician — stood beneath the Clubhouse Oak tree on Tuesday morning as clouds hovered over the Masters Tournament.

According to Gatlin, it’s been 40 years since he was asked to perform inside Butler Cabin, at an annual singalong called “The Friday Sing.”

“I stayed in a house with Ben (Crenshaw) at the 1984 Masters, and after Ben won, we were in the locker room with Charlie Yates,” Gatlin said.

Here’s more on the incredible story.

Aberg, Fox, Morikawa making early moves

While the final pairings are about to tee off, there’s a little bit of noise being made behind them by the chase group of players under par.

Ludvig Aberg birdied No. 2 to get to 3 under, while Ryan Fox opened with three consecutive birdies to get to 4 under. Collin Morikawa also birdied No. 1 to get to 4 under.

On a day where no truly low scores have been posted, any amount of early birdies will help in the long run.

Which amateurs made the cut?

There is no question about the top amateur in the field for the 2024 Masters: come Sunday, Neal Shipley, a graduate student at Ohio State, will receive the Silver Cup and get to sit next to the champion in Butler Cabin after the conclusion of play, rewards for earning Low Amateur honors at the Masters.

A stellar performance during the first round helped the U.S. Amateur runner-up earn weekend plans. Shipley dropped a couple shots on Saturday morning and sat at 5 over through eight holes in the third round.

Here’s a look at how the five amateurs performed at Augusta National.

Masters purse breakdown

Not only will the winner of the 2024 Masters earn the coveted Green Jacket, they’ll take home a record payday too.

The payout for winning first place will reach another high, as the Augusta National Golf Club announced the purse for the Masters is $20 million. It’s an increase from $18 million in 2023 and $15 million in 2022. With more money being handed out, this year’s winner of the Masters will take home the highest winnings in its storied history.

Here’s how much the top 10 will win:

$3.6 million
$2.16 million
$1.36 million
$960,000
$800,000
$720,000
$670,000
$620,000
$580,000
$540,000

Are we due for an ace?

The Masters is halfway over, and there hasn’t been an ace this week.

There have been 34 holes-in-one during the Masters, the latest coming in 2022. And as you can guess, the 16th hole has recorded the most aces of any hole at Augusta National with 24.

With calmer wind conditions expected in the coming days, it will be interesting to see whether players are able to take more direct lines at the flag and get close for a hole-in-one.

Here’s a look at every ace in the history of the Masters.

Former NFL head coaches on site

Former Washington Commanders and Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera was seen at Augusta cruising around, taking in the golf.

He wasn’t the only former NFL head coach/golf junkie.

Turns out former New York Jets boss Rex Ryan was there, too.

I knew I loved Rex Ryan!! LIONS FAN!! pic.twitter.com/R9sPIEHfdw

— Ryan Ermanni (@RyanEFox2) April 12, 2024

Ryan, now an analyst on ESPN, visited the telecast sporting a Detroit Lions golf polo. His son, Seth Ryan, is an assistant wide receivers coach in Detroit on Dan Campbell’s staff.

Seth is a third-generation Ryan coaching in the NFL. His grandfather Buddy Ryan was the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals head coach during his NFL career.

Tommy Fleetwood using local caddie to navigate Augusta

At 1 under through 36 holes, Tommy Fleetwood’s mindset at the 2024 Masters was to embrace the conditions, saying, “Enjoy the grind out there and just keep putting one foot in front of the other.”

And helping him do so was looper Gray Moore.

Moore, the former caddie master at Augusta National, is filling in for Fleetwood’s longtime caddie Ian Finnis, who is sidelined with an illness.

“Just a wonderful human being,” Fleetwood said of Moore. “I’ve loved every second out here with him.”

Tiger Woods set to tee off

Tiger Woods set the all-time record for consecutive cuts made at the Masters on Friday when he signed for an even-par 73 in the second round to solidify his spot inside the cut line for a 24th consecutive start at the first men’s major championship of the season. In 26 career appearances at the Masters, his lone missed cut came in 1996 as an amateur.

Sitting T-22 at 1 over par for the tournament to start the day, Woods will tee off at 12:45 p.m. ET alongside everyone’s favorite hothead Tyrrell Hatton in the third round on Saturday. Take a scroll below to follow Tiger’s Moving Day round with shot-by-shot live updates from the 2024 Masters at Augusta National.

Follow Adam Woodard and our Tiger Tracker all day for more coverage.

Looking for the likely winner? It’s probably in this list

Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler, Nicolai Hojgaard, Cam Davis, Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Aberg, Byeong Hun An, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox, Matthieu Pavon, Cameron Smith, Danny Willett and Cameron Young.

The chances the winner of the 2025 Masters comes from that list are strong, according to a note from golf stat guru Justin Ray. Including ties, everyone in that list is 1 under or better heading into Saturday’s play.

It's Saturday at #TheMasters

36 of the last 37 Tournament winners were in the top-10 entering round three. The largest 36-hole comeback to win was 8 shots by Jack Burke in 1956.

The last 20 Masters winners had a third round scoring average of 69.3.

— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) April 13, 2024

 

Hole locations for Round 3

Here are the hole locations for Saturday’s third round of play at the Masters.

Hole locations for the third round of the Masters Tournament. #themasters pic.twitter.com/OAydPtBFof

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 13, 2024

Adam Hadwin started the day by fixing the plumbing

At 4 over through two rounds, Adam Hadwin was safely inside the cut line and qualified for the weekend at the 2024 Masters. On Saturday, he is paired with Jason Day and the duo went off at 11:35 a.m.

But before he teed it up, the Canadian was apparently working on the plumbing in his rental house in Augusta.

This post came today from Hadwin’s wife Jessica, known as one of the funnier WAG social media posters:

When you’ve got a masters tee time at noon, but need to check out the structural integrity of the rental’s kitchen sink first. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/SXwLEwvkOw

— Jessica Hadwin (@jessicahadwin) April 13, 2024

Looking for 2025 Masters tickets? Good luck

Those hopeful of being patrons at the 2025 Masters can apply for multiple days at each event but are only eligible to secure tickets for one day. Applications are also limited to one per household.

Prices fluctuate, but the 2024 ticket cost was $100 for practice rounds and $140 for tournaments rounds. For the final round of the ANWA, it was $100; the DCP National Finals tickets were $25.

Hard to beat that value.

The only way to pay for tickets is through the website. Augusta National will inform those who have been selected in late July.

More information can be found on the official Masters website.

Hideki Matsuyama off to fast start in Round 3

Although he barely made the cut at 6 over, Hideki Matsuyama has started his weekend strong, posting birdies on both the second and third holes to get to 4 over.

Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese player to win the Masters in 2021. It was his first major championship victory.

In 2022, Matsuyama had another good week tying for 14th.

What can stop Scottie Scheffler? Maybe only a newborn

Scottie Scheffler and his wife Meredith are expecting their first child at the end of the month.

Scheffler told Golf Channel on Monday night that he would leave Augusta and the Masters if Meredith Scheffler went into labor. He doubled down to ESPN during the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday. Meredith Scheffler is not due for another three weeks.

“It’s going to be pretty wild. I don’t think it’s hit either of us quite yet, maybe sometime when the baby is moving around in her stomach a bunch, but it’s an exciting time for us as a family,” Scottie Scheffler said last month. “It’s been a pretty exciting last seven months or so and we’re looking forward to hopefully getting the baby out of there nice and healthy and with a healthy momma and then we’ll go from there.”

Friday’s lone score in the 60s? Look to Ludvig Aberg for that

Competing in his first Masters Tournament, Ludvig Aberg carded a 69 on Friday — the lone participant to clip 70 in the second round.

The 24-year-old will receive a crystal vase for achieving the day’s low score.

“It was not easy,” Aberg said. “But I felt like I played pretty good. I especially read the greens well and hit the putts the way I wanted to.”

After making consecutive bogeys on Nos. 5-6, the Swede stormed into contention with circles on 12, 13 and 16. He enters moving day alone in seventh place at 2-under 142.

Here’s more on the former Texas Tech star.

Rookie Diary: Malnati feels he’s better prepared for future

Peter Malnati qualified for his first Masters by winning the Valspar Championship last month. The 36-year-old veteran hadn’t won in nearly nine years on the PGA Tour. He shared a first-person account of his experience daily only at Golfweek.com.

This is from his finally entry, after he missed the cut.

In retrospect, I had this mindset that the greens were going to continue to get trickier as the week went on. But I think due to the forecast of high winds, the Masters tournament committee smartly backed off on the green speed a little bit. I was prepared in the wind for these greens to be lightning fast and they kept them at a pretty reasonable level. Kudos to them for doing such a great job. At the same time, it was a huge mistake on my part failing to adjust better. I was very timid on the greens on Thursday and it cost me. I never got into a groove.

Here’s the full entry from Malnati.

Tee times, TV listings

Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama began play at 9:35 a.m. ET, the first pairing to get underway for Saturday’s third round.

Here are all the tee times for Saturday.

Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau are tied for the lead at 6-under entering Saturday and Tiger Woods is at 1-over for the tournament, setting a record by making his 24th consecutive cut at the Masters.

Woods tees off at 12:45 p.m. with Scheffler (2:35 p.m.), Homa (2:45) and DeChambeau (2:45) scheduled to begin in the afternoon.

Odds heading into Saturday

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is still the favorite to win the title at Augusta National, potentially adding a second green jacket to his collection, according to BetMGM.

• Scottie Scheffler: +150
• Bryson DeChambeau: +600
• Max Homa: +1600
• Rory McIlroy: +1600
• Ludvig Aberg: +2200
• Brooks Koepka: +2500
• Joaquin Niemann: +2800
• Tyrrell Hatton: +2800
• Tommy Fleetwood: +3000