Scottie Scheffler posts 2-over 74 in 2nd round at Masters - ESPN

AUGUSTA, Ga. — After posting his first score over par at Augusta National Golf Club in three years Friday, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is going to have to do something magical on the weekend to get back into contention at the 90th Masters.

Scheffler hit two balls into the water on par 5s on the second nine and lost more than a stroke on the greens to the field, while posting a 2-over 74 in the second round.

Scheffler is even par after 36 holes and was seven strokes behind defending champion Rory McIlroy when he walked off the 18th green.

It was the first time Scheffler finished over par in a Masters round since carding a 3-over 75 in the second round in 2023. He tied for 10th at 4 under in the Masters that year, eight strokes behind winner Jon Rahm.

Scheffler's performance Friday ended his streak of 11 consecutive rounds of par or better, which was third longest in the tournament's history. Five-time Masters winner Tiger Woods has 16 straight rounds at par or better from 2007 to 2011; Rahm had 15 in a row from 2018 to 2021.

«I felt like it was really challenging,» Scheffler said. «I played really pretty well. It got very, very difficult late in the day yesterday. Then today I felt like I played a lot better than my score. You know, I got off to a slow start. A few up and downs early that I should have had that I didn't convert. Then I fought back to get it to even through 12 holes.»

The two-time Masters champion put himself in an early hole when he hit his tee shot into a greenside bunker on the par-3 fourth. He chipped to 7 feet, but missed the par putt.

On the par-4 fifth, Scheffler's approach shot stopped on the fringe. His putt from 33 feet was 6 feet short, and he missed the par putt for a second straight