The 5 biggest disappointments at the Masters halfway point

Day 2 on the 2024 Masters is full, and the wind continued to wreak havoc on the sector. Max Homa, Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler share the 36-hole lead at six underneath par whereas a lot of pre-tournament favorites missed the cut. Who — or what — has been the largest disappointment to this point?

Zephyr Melton, assistant editor (@zephyrmelton): I used to be mightily dissatisfied in Rory’s struggle as we speak. He entered Spherical 2 one underneath and with a spherical close to even par, he would’ve been proper within the thick of it heading into the weekend. As a substitute, he had one other lackluster spherical at Augusta Nationwide with three bogeys, a double and no birdies. His 77 was adequate to make the reduce, however barring one thing historic this weekend, his quest for the profession grand slam will drag on one other yr.

Jack Hirsh, assistant editor (@JR_HIRSHey): Justin Thomas’ final 4 holes. J.T. has had a combined bag of types this season after his objectively horrible 2023 season and it appeared like he was lastly going to move into the week at a significant with an opportunity to win once more. He was even par on 15 when he tried to put up across the timber that neck the left facet of fairway. He overcooked it and it ended up within the water. He made double and performed the final 4 holes in seven over par to overlook the reduce by one. It’s the second straight Masters he missed the reduce with debacle to complete his second spherical and it’s the fourth time within the final 5 majors he’s missed the weekend. Clearly the issue wasn’t “Bones” Mackay.

Claire Rogers, senior social media supervisor (@kclairerogers): Large names who missed the reduce! As blissful as I’m that Tiger made the cut (and a few historical past whereas he was at it) as we speak, I’m actually bummed that we gained’t get to observe Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas or Jordan Spieth tee it up this weekend. I can’t consider the Masters with out fascinated about how enjoyable it’s been to observe Jordan Spieth do Jordan Spieth issues out right here at Augusta Nationwide, so I’ll undoubtedly be lacking him this weekend.

Josh Berhow, managing editor (@Josh_Berhow): First, let me say this has been an exquisite Masters to this point. A robust leaderboard, some loopy wind, an excellent quantity of bizarreness and what ought to be an ideal weekend of climate to determine a champion. As for the largest disappointment, that’s Wyndham Clark. Positive, it was his first time right here, but it surely wouldn’t have been shocking to see him contend.

Jessica Marksbury, senior editor (@Jess_Marksbury): Agree, Josh! This weekend is about to be epic certainly. That stated, I assume I’ll decide on Viktor Hovland. I do know he’s cooled a bit because the prime kind he exhibited within the fall, however after type of getting within the combine with a gap spherical 71, I actually anticipated greater than an 81 to observe that, and a bummer of a MC.