Moving Day at Augusta National will be a particularly important one this year.
Forecasted, sustained winds Friday afternoon of 16 miles per hour—gusting up to 30 mph—could make conditions very, very difficult. The course should firm up as the day goes on and present quite the ball-striking examination—creating quite the imposition to make the cut for the afternoon wave.
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Among the top players in the world Tiger edged on Thursday: Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland and defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, to name a few. That was just one round, of course … and we heard the Masters doesn’t start until the back nine on Sunday anyways. That’s why Friday is so essential—make the cut (top 50 and ties) and you’ll very well have a chance with this possible weather.
Masters 2022 live updates:
7:40 a.m.: It is a chilly morning in Augusta. Two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad and 1988 Masters champion Sandy Lyle start things up at 8 a.m., and it was frigid for their warm-ups on the range. Things will warm up to a high of 66 degrees, but like we said, the wind will really pick up in the afternoon.
Here are the pin positions for Friday’s second round. We’d say these might be slightly less severe than Thursday’s pins. The tournament committee undoubtedly knows the wind could really blow in the afternoon. And the scoring average was 73.83 on Day 1, plenty tough for Thursday.
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