Masters Live Blog: Conners slides down leaderboard with 76
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Following the completion of a weather-delayed round one, the second round is set to get underway at Augusta National, where four Canadians will continue their quest for the green jacket.
Mike Weir (+2) will start his second round at 8:24 am ET/5:24 am PT, Adam Hadwin (+3) tees off at 8:48 am ET/ 5:48 am PT, top Canadian Corey Conners (-2) begins at 12:12 pm ET/ 9:12 am PT, while Waste Management Open winner Nick Taylor (+5) kicks his round off at 1:00 pm ET/ 10:00 am PT.
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Tournament Total:
Conners: 2-over (round complete)
Weir: 7-over (round complete)
Hadwin: 4-over (round complete)
Taylor: 14-over (round complete)
Projected cut: Plus-4
Conners falling down leaderboard
Conners shot a four-over-par 76 in the second round on Friday, but sits at plus-2 and is projected to make the cut.
Taylor out of contention
Taylor is plus-8 on the day and currently tied for 85th after 14 holes.
Conners rebounds on 12
After back-to-back double bogeys, Conners sank a birdie on the Par 3 12th to jump to 1-over for the tournament.
Round 2 total: +3
Conners doubles on 10, 11
Conners looks to have fallen out of contention after a pair of double bogeys on the 10th and 11th holes.
The Listowel Ont., native three putted on 10 for the double, while his second shot on the Par 4 11th found the drink. Conners missed an 11-foot putt that would have limited the damage to a bogey.
Round 2 total: +4
Taylor drops to 10-over
Taylor's second-round struggles continued with bogeys on five, seven and eight to fall to 10-over for the tournament. He is now 5-over thru seven holes for the round.
Round 2 total: +5
Conners ends par streak with bogey on nine
Conners had made six consecutive pars to remain at 3-under until a bogey on the Par 4 ninth dropped him to 2-under and five back of the leaders.
Round 2 total: E
Conners opens Round 2 with par, birdie
Corey Conners opened his second round with a par on the Par 4 first, keeping him at 2-under, and followed with a birdie on the Par 5 second, moving him to 3-under for the tournament.
He has since made par on the past five holes and remains four back of the lead.
Round 2 total: -1
Taylor bogeys three of first four holes
After another bogey on the par 3 fourth, Taylor has bogeyed three of his first four holes to fall to 7-over for the tournament
Round 2 total: +2
Hadwin 4-over thru 36 holes
Adam Hadwin finished his round with three straight pars after a double bogey on the 15th to finish at 1-over for the day and 4-over for the tournament.
It remains to be seen if Hadwin will make the cut.
Round 2 total: +1
Taylor goes bogey, birdie on first two holes
Nick Taylor opened his second round with a bogey on the Par 4 first, moving him to six-over for the tournament.
He quickly bounced back on the Par 5 second, draining a five-foot birdie putt to move back to 5-over.
Round 2 total: E
Weir bogeys 18 to finish at 7-over thru two rounds
Mike Weir bogeyed the 18th hole, finishing his second round with a 5-over 77. He is 7-over through two rounds and will likely miss the cut.
Round 2 total: +5
Hadwin fires double to fall to 4-over
Hadwin will be in tough to make the cut after firing a double bogey on the par 5 15th. His third shot landed on the green and rolled back into the water, forcing the double bogey.
Round 2 total: +1
Weir bogeys for third time on back nine
Weir's round has taken a turn on the back nine as the 53-year-old has now bogeyed three of his past four holes, with the most recent coming on the Par 4 14th, moving him to 6-over for the tournament.
Weir made par on the Par 5 15th and the Par 3 16th to remain at 6-over.
Round 2 total: +4
Hadwin bogeys, recovers with back-to-back pars
Hadwin bogeyed the Par 4 11th to fall back to 2-over and followed up with a par on the Par 3 12th and Par 5 13th.
Hadwin Round 2 total: -1
Hadwin drills back-to-back birdies
Hadwin followed up his earlier bogey with a birdies on the Par 4 ninth and Par 4 10th to move to 1-over for the tournament.
Round 2 total: -2
Weir bogeys again to fall to 4-over
Weir bogeyed the Par 4 11th to fall back to 4-over for the tournament and 2-over on the day
Round 2 total: +2
Hadwin bogeys to fall back to 3-over
After sinking a birdie on the sixth, Hadwin bogeyed the Par 5 eighth to fall back to 3-over for the tournament. After his tee shot found the fairway, Hadwin fired his second into the rough and was unable to recover, bogeying the hole to fall back to even on the day.
Round 2 total: E
Weir falls to 3-over
Weir sent his tee shot into the trees on the Par 4 fourth and struggled to recover, finishing the hole with a bogey that dropped him back to 3-over for the tournament. He followed up with pars on the eighth, ninth, and 10th to remain at 3-over.
Round 2 total: +1
Hadwin drains first birdie of Round 2
After starting his round with five-straight pars Hadwin sunk a birdie on the Par 3 sixth to move to 2-over for the tournament. The Moose Jaw Sask., native followed with a par on the Par 4 seventh.
Round 2 total: -1
Hadwin continues steady second round
Adam Hadwin had a difficult first round, finishing at 3-over but has been steady to start Round, sinking a par on each of his first five holes to remain at 3-over.
Round 2 total: E
Weir bogeys fifth to fall back to 2-over
Weir was unable to carry over the momentum after a birdie on the Par 3 fourth, bogeying the Par 4 fifth after missing an eight-foot par putt. The veteran followed up with a par on the Par 3 sixth to remain at even par for the day and 2-over for the tournament.
Round 2 total: E
Weir birdies Par 3 fourth
Weir followed up a trio of pars to begin his second round with a birdie on the Par 3 fourth, draining a 13-foot putt to improve to 1-over for the tournament.
Round 2 total: -1
Hadwin begins Round 2 with four pars
Adam Hadwin began his second round with pars on his first four holes remain at 3-over for the tournament.
Round 2 total: E
Weir even early in Round 2
Mike Weir was the first Canadian to tee off in round two, opening with a par on the Par 4 first. The former Masters Championship drained a 10-foot putt to save par after his approach sailed past the green. Weir then followed that up with a par on the Par 5 second and the Par 4 third to keep his second round even and stay at 2-over for the week.
Round 2 total: E