The second round of the 2026 Masters concluded on Friday with reigning champion Rory McIlroy taking control of the leaderboard and one of the biggest names in golf, Bryson DeChambeau, missing the cut after a brutal 18th hole meltdown.
Here are some takeaways from Friday’s round.
Bryson DeChambeau’s meltdown
DeChambeau already put himself in a bad position on Thursday thanks in large part to a triple-bogey on the 11th hole where he struggled to get out of the bunker. He never really recovered after that for the remainder of the round.
He added a little suspense to it on Friday, saving his meltdown for the 18th hole where he again triple-bogeyed to finish the day two over. That left him six over for the first two rounds, missing the cut entirely.
DeChambeau, who is still looking for his first green jacket, was one of the most bet-,on golfers going into this year’s tournament, especially after playing in the final group at last year’s tournament.
One year later and he is not even playing on the weekend, and his play in the sand is one of the biggest reasons why.
Scottie Scheffler has work to do
If the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, is going to claim his third green jacket he is going to have a lot of work to do over the weekend after going two-over on Friday. It is the first time he has gone over par in a round at Augusta in over three years, and it leaves him at even-par going into Saturday’s third round.
During Friday’s play, he put two balls into the water on Par 5s, resulting in a pair of bogey’s on the back nine.
He is 12 strokes off the lead.
Bad luck hit of the day
Kristoffer Reitan had the bad-luck hit of the day on Friday when he nearly aced the 16th hole, watching as the ball struck the flag stick and then rolling harmlessly away from the hole.