Masters: Lowry benefits from blustery conditions as Woods fights to make cut

Shane Lowry has benefitted from blustery conditions on day two of the Masters, while Tiger Woods has battled to make the halfway cut.

The Offaly golfer was two-under par with five to play as of 10pm Irish time, and just two shots off the course lead of Scottie Scheffler.

Rory McIlroy was safely two-over par after another round of 73, while Seamus Power was also in the clubhouse but with an anxious wait to see if he would make the cut, on four-over after back-to-back rounds of 74.

Padraig Harrington was below the cut mark, after his 75 today left him on five-over.

Charl Schwartzel meanwhile took inspiration from watching footage of his previous Masters victory to move into contention for a second title.

Schwartzel has missed the cut in each of his last six starts on the PGA Tour and hit the headlines for throwing a club in frustration during the first round of the Valspar Championship.

But the 37-year-old South African shrugged off his lack of form to master the windy conditions at Augusta National and card a second round of 69 to share the clubhouse lead with South Korea’s Sungjae Im.

All smiles on No. 16 as 2011 champion Charl Schwartzel moves to three under par. #themasters pic.twitter.com/D549z3Bac9

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 8, 2022

Schwartzel revealed he had been inspired by rewatching his victory here in 2011 during some recent time off.

“The bad results didn’t really determine how I felt coming in here,” he said after a round containing five birdies and two bogeys.

“I actually took two weeks off and as the two weeks went by, my confidence grew in belief that I could win this tournament because I was starting to hit it very good and just looked at old footage and it’s still there.”

There was not such good