In the lead after two rounds of the Augusta Masters, Dustin Johnson, world number 1, Justin Thomas, Abraham Ancer and Australian Cameron Smith have provisionally taken the lead. French n ° 1 Vincent Perez reached his first goal and passed the cut to -3 a few strokes from the top 10.

Masters: Johnson, Thomas, Ancer, Smith in the lead, Perez passes the cut

Victor Perez with his caddy at the Masters - photo twitter account Vincent Perez

The second group, including the Briton Paul Casey, co-leader at the end of the first round, Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, still well placed to aim for the head, had just started their journey, with no guarantee of finishing it before nightfall. of the night.

In the meantime, things are jostling at the top of the standings, since Dustin Johnson rushed there in extremis, entering his 4th birdie of the 2nd round at the last hole, thus maintaining his leading position assured early Friday morning after the first tower he had had to stop the day before because of the darkness.

With a total of -9, he joined Justin Thomas, 3rd in the world and winner of the PGA Championship in 2017, who entered two of his seven birdies (one double-bogey, two bogeys) on the last two holes, as well as the surprising ones. Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer.

The first, winner of two tournaments on the PGA Tour, also tumbled late in the race, scoring an eagle and then three birdies on his last four holes. The runner-up, who is looking to become the first golfer to win the Masters on his first appearance since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979, also finished strong with a decisive birdie on the penultimate hole.

One stroke behind this quartet is the American Patrick Cantlay, 5th, author of the best card of the day (-6) with the English Danny Willett, winner of the Masters in 2016, and Tommy Fleetwood, 16th in the world, who share the 6th place with the South Korean Sung-jae Im and Paul Casey, who is therefore only two lengths behind the leaders.

Tiger Woods is five strokes away, Rahm six and DeChambeau seven.

Victor Perez very satisfied with his first two laps, the first objective of the French n ° 1 is reached. “I'm a few strokes behind the leaders and the top 10. The key for me over the next two laps will be finding the right set-up on the greens. If I can find the right rhythm, I think I'll find the right reads. There, I left a lot of short putts, which obviously makes a lot of pars (29). But all that remains correct… ” 

Victor Perez is only the fifth French golfer - to cross a cut in Augusta!
After Jean Van de Velde in 2000, Thomas Levet in 2005, Victor Dubuisson and Romain Langasque in 2016.

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