While Tiger Woods and Jason Day mess about around the 17th green, Max Homa remains in the zone.

Another accurate approach leaves him with another birdie chance...

Bryson DeChambeau goes over the trees on the 11th but then looks a little undecided with his approach.

He elects to stay well clear of the pond down the left but can't find the dance floor and drifts right before complaining to his caddie Greg Bodine that there "was not a lot I could do there, maybe hit a seven iron" to cut over the water.

A seven iron from 200 yards plus. Many a recreational golfer has head in hands thinking of that.

Anyway I digress, Bryson clips his third on to 10 feet. Tricky when the putter is running cold and all of a sudden he's back to six under.

Things yet to really click into gear for either Jon Rahm or Matt Fitzpatrick despite the Englishman's birdie on the second.

Both presently finding it very difficult in these blustery conditions and with greens firming up to give themselves decent looks at birdie.

-7 DeChambeau (10), Scheffler (4)

-6 Homa (16)

-4 Hojgaard (73*), Willett (12), Fox (9)

-3 Davis (72*), Cantlay (7)

* denotes already finished round two

England's Danny Willett dropped a shot on the 11th but remains in a tie for fourth after Nicolai Hojgaard's late stumble.

Unlike the Danish debutant, Willett still has holes in hand as he aims to move closer to the leaders.

Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

On a day like this, where there is such a requirement for precision, the quality of the strike is what can separate you from the rest. I don't think it's any coincidence that Ludvig Aberg has gone from one over to two under today, in these conditions, on this golf course, on his debut. We know that he is a wonderful ball-striker who finds the middle of the club time and time again. And we know that Scheffler does that more than anyone else in the game right know and that's why he is such a danger.

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It sounds like Nicolai Hojgaard is in the clubhouse with one or two regrets after his bogey-bogey finish: "I would love to play 17 and 18 again. I just managed to make a couple mistakes in the end, which I feel like it's very, very expensive at the moment.

"I hate shooting over par, especially when you're after something good in the end, and you end up making a couple of mistakes in the end. It feels pretty good in general, the game. Just very disappointed how I made some silly mistakes on the last couple holes."

On being near the top of the leaderboard: "It feels good. I'm enjoying the challenge. It's tricky at the moment. Wind is swirling. It's gusting. There's some tough shots on the back nine. Front nine is tricky as well. But back nine there's more water in play. That's where the really tough shots are.

"I felt like I managed my game really well today, even though I didn't strike it properly. I felt like I was a bit all over the place, but kind of putted myself around, which was quite good to see. Yeah, I'm looking forward to the next two days."

Another clean swoosh of an iron from Max Homa leaves a chance of a birdie on the 16th.

This, from about 12 feet and left to right down the hill, will move him alongside Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler...

It's never in danger of dropping, though. A difficult one and overall he's doing all the right things out there.

Tiger Woods takes his par and walks. So too does Jason Day, who is a little too close to the cutline for comfort.

More pars on the short fourth, but it's by no means easy today with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler both ending up miles left and short when trying to work the ball against the wind.

Scheffler shows just how he handles these situations by just laughing at his shot, before playing a lovely chip across the green and sinking the par putt.

McIlroy follows him in.

Never mind Tiger Woods, what about Max Homa?

The 33-year-old American has been one of the hottest players on the planet in recent years, turning into a bona fide world-class player after impressive performances on the PGA Tour.

However, that's not really translated into eye-catching performances at the majors.

Homa has never finished higher than tied 43rd at the Masters, but seems to have learned lessons from his previous appearances and is putting them into practice.

Homa is playing smoothly and smartly, with early birdies on two and four being followed by 10 pars and one bogey.

Another par served up by Bryson DeChambeau on the 10th but so far too few birdies on the menu for his liking with his flat iron not running hot.

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It is a glorious albeit blustery day at the Augusta National but it must feel distinctly gloomy out there for Jordan Spieth who bogeys the 13th, as one of his playing partners, Ludvig Aberg, makes back to back birdies and continues his upward trajectory on the leaderboard.

One of the hallmarks of Woods' second round has been the ability to claw a shot back immediately after Augusta takes one off him.

For the third time, he follows up a bogey with a birdie and moves back to one over.

The projected cut is five under, so Woods is sitting pretty.

Golf's iconic superstar is aiming to reach the weekend of the Masters for a 24th consecutive year - which would be yet an outright record for the 48-year-old.

Woods is currently tied on 23 with Gary Player - the oldest living Masters champion - and his old mucker Fred Couples.

Like Danny Willett, Tiger Woods is supposed to be undercooked after barely playing because of injury.

There have not been too many signs of it.

Woods, aged 48 and with more fusions than a hipster food hall, flushes his drive on the 14th.

But then the lack of practice does appear again when he pulls his second shot into the crowd.

Patrons duck for cover and move out the way for Woods to come back onto the green.

The chip isn't bad but his putter isn't hot and he walks off with a bogey.

Nicolai Hojgaard is done but it’s a disappointing bogey-bogey finish for the Dane, who is let down by a rather tame iron shot that rolls back off the green to leave him with a wedge.

He knocks that to five feet but then blinks to drop a shot.

Ryan Fox. Wow. The New Zealander whips a low flat second shot into the eighth and sees his ball skirt the right edge of the green before curling in to leave an eagle putt from 14 feet.

His effort takes a slight wiggle left and misses by a fraction but it's still a relatively handy birdie for the 37 year-old.

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We keep reminding you but it needs reiterating... what Danny Willett is doing is incredible.

The 36-year-old Englishman, who earned a shock win here in 2016, was not even 100% sure on Sunday whether he would play this week.

After having surgery on a shoulder injury in September, Willett has not played competitively since. Anywhere. Never mind Augusta - one of the toughest tracks in the sport.

The Yorkshireman said he didn't want "to make up the numbers" if he was going to play - he's one of the leading numbers.

Scottie Scheffler has a look at birdie from 14 feet to take the outright lead on the third, but he can't convert it and he leaves himself a stinky three-footer for par. But he drains it to stay at seven under.

There's a hint of a fist pump from Rory McIlroy as he knocks in what is a testing six-footer for his par - there's no easy putts today with this wind on these greens.

Bryson DeChambeau seems guarded as he lines up his putt - I guess he doesn't want to go whizzing past the hole.

The slope doesn't catch his ball though and once again it has come up for air a good four feet short.

He safely makes it and escapes the front nine on the same mark he started it.