Jon Rahm has actually not had his finest things today at Augusta National.
The safeguarding Masters champ still handled to make the cut, thanks to a couple of crucial birdies on the 15th and 16th holes late throughout the 2nd round.
Prior to that, nevertheless, Rahm appeared like he would miss out on the weekend. An expensive double-bogey at 14 and 3 other bogies before that nearly sent him home packaging.
“Made simply a lot of errors when I put myself in a great position,” Rahm stated.
“To simply see one putt enter [on 15] is great, and after that a bonus offer on 16.”
Rahm made a 40-footer up the hill at the par-3 16th, which generated a great holler from the customers.
Rahm did not speak too extremely of the wind that roared all day at Augusta National.
“A number of times, I questioned myself why we were out there, particularly when I got to 18 and saw the entire front of the green simply filled with sand,” Rahm stated.
Jon Rahm throughout the 2nd round of the 2024 Masters. Picture by David Cannon/Getty Images
“It’s rolling a bit various. I comprehend they desire us to end up. I can picture they were really near calling it a couple of times, particularly when we were on 11 green, and we were getting those huge gusts every number of minutes or two. It was very tough.”
The 75.08 scoring average on Friday marked the greatest scoring typical because the 2nd round of the 2007 Masters, won by Zach Johnson.
The 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts made things almost difficult for the gamers, as just one gamer– Ludvig Åberg– handled to break 70. The Swede carded a 3-under 69.
“You simply put the ball down, and it’s extremely near moving,” Rahm continued.
“Not just that, the length of time did it take us to play? Over 6 hours to play even if they needed to blow the greens in between groups, and after that when you get to a group, individuals going back [out] and back in. It’s simply, once again, borderline. It was extremely, extremely close. It’s about as tough a golf course as I’ve seen in a long time.”
Jack Milko is a golf personnel author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Make certain to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for more golf protection. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko .