Update at 1:45 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods remained at 4 under for the Masters through 10 holes Friday.
Woods, who opened with a personal-best first round of 4-under 68 after a five month layoff following the revelations of his martial infidelity, currently is tied for eighth, three shots back of Lee Westwood.
Westwood moved past first-round leader Fred Couples with an eagle on No. 2 and a birdie at No. 3 to get to 8 under.
Couples was at 1 over after a a bogey on No. 14 in his second round, and is 5 under for the tournament. Ricky barnes and Ian Poulter are each 2 under today and are at 6 under for the tournament – two shots behind Westwood.
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Woods even through four; Couples still leading as scoring becomes tougher
Update 11:45 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – After 31 players broke par on Thursday, scoring appears to be a little tougher today. Several players off the tee early have found some difficulties.
Some of the second-round carnage:
– Sandy Lyle is 12 over through 13 holes;
– Vijay Singh is 4 over through nine;
– Trevor Immelman is 2 over through 10;
Tiger Woods just made bogey at No. 4 to drop to even-par for today and to move back to 4 under for the tournament in his return to professional golf from his five-month hiatus because of the revelations of his sex scandal.
Not all the returns are bad, though.
Fred Couples is 1 under through seven holes today. The 50-year-old Couples, who won here in 1992, is leading the field by a shot over Ricky barnes, who has made birdie on two of his first three holes to move to 6 under.
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Friday 10:00 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Wow, the fireworks from the first round opened up a number of interesting storylines.
Don’t know if you heard, but Tiger Woods was back in golf.
One of the other great items of interest heading into today’s second round was the surge of the senior stars here. Fred Couples, 50, leads at 6 under, one shot better than the group at 67 that included 60-year-old Tom Watson.
The early returns today did not bode well for the veteran former champs, though.
Sandy Lyle, who won this event in 1988, opened with an impressive 3-under 69 Thursday. He went off the tee early today – and he went off badly. Lyle, 52, opened was 9 over through his first seven holes today and dropped to 6 over for the tournament.
Couples made par on No. 1 and of the early groups, Nick Watney made birdie at No. 5 to get to 5 under for the tournament.
Woods tees off in about 30 minutes.
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