Adam Scott on the 12th tee and he has plonked that one right in front of the pin. Lovely.

Jamie Donaldson makes a decent attempt to salvage an almost impossible position on 13, but he cannot slam the brakes on in time with his chip and his par part veers wide of the hole. He drops back to one under.

Sergio Garcia on Facebook, external: Nothing better than some good food and ice cream after a hard day on the course!

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If Phil Mickelson misses the cut it will bring to an end a run of making 16 consecutive cuts at the Masters. Only Gary Player (23), Fred Couples (23), Tom Watson (21), Gene Littler (19), Bernhard Langer (19), Billy Casper (18) and Tiger Woods (17) have made more consecutive cuts at Augusta. The average cut score at Augusta is 148.54, with the lowest being 145 (1979, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2009 and 2011), with the highest being 154 (1982).

Webb Simpson holes from way downtown on 15 to moves to three over. Cheers and whoops for him from the gallery.

Jamie Donaldson has overcooked his approach at 13 and will have to land it right on the lip to stun his chip up onto the raised green.

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BBC Sport at Augusta National

Been chatting to Paul Azinger, the former US Ryder Cup captain and BBC commentator for this week.

He's extremely articulate and listening to him talk about golf and the Masters makes your spine tingle. More to come tomorrow, but here's a taster. We're discussing the mental side of the game.

"If you really get down to the brass tacks of it all, a golf swing takes about a second and a half. If you shoot 70, that's little more than a minute and a half of actual motion. The rest of it is just thought. Six full minutes in four days can make your head explode."

-7 B Watson (US); -4 Senden (Aus); -3 Bjorn (Den), Blixt (Swe), Couples (US) 14, Walker (US) 14; -2 Donaldson (Wal) 12.

Selected others: -1 Gallacher (Sco); E McIlroy (NI), Westwood (Eng); +2 Rose (Eng); +3 Poulter (Eng) 15; +7 McDowell (NI) 14.

Projected cut: +4 and better (top 50 + ties and all within 10 of lead)

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Jamie Donaldson has been steady as an ice-breaker ploughing his way towards the clubhouse with three successive pars from 10 to 12. He remains on two under.

Rory McIlroy takes his medicine on the tenth, but he is not keen on the taste. A double bogey sends him out in to near orbit at two over.

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Japan's Hideki Matsuyama moves a spectator's chair to reach his ball on the second hole.

Ian Poulter on the 16th tee, it is high and handsome, touching down and drawn, as if be subterranean magnets towards the cup. Stops just shot, but that will be a chance to move from three over to two over.

Rory McIlroy is in a world of trouble here. Out the back of the tenth green, he has to chip out off the dirt and through a corridor of spectators. A scruffy old connection dribbles only to the edge of the dancefloor. His fourth shot puts him to within ten feet, but it is a bogey at best.

Brandt Snedeker is heading out the backdoor at speed. The American, who finished third in the 2008 Masters, is two over after bogeys at 10 and 11.

Earlier we asked you whether anybody can stop Bubba Watson from winning this year's Masters tournament and 71% said yes and 29% said no.

I wonder what those 29% are going to do with their weekend now that is sorted.

Jimmy Walker reels in a birdie on 13th to move to three under and into a share of third place. The man in front of him, John Senden, is home and dry on four under.

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BBC Radio 5 live commentator at Augusta

Bill Haas has just missed from six or seven feet for his par four at the 11th. The overnight leader is falling away.

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What is going on with the defending champion Adam Scott and the game's second most marketable man Rory McIlroy, I hear you ask.

Well, we haven't been neglecting them, they just have not done much of note.

McIlroy pars the ninth after missing a tricky birdie half-chance to reach the turn one over for the day, and level par overall.

Scott is also halfway through his round, but only has three bogies, at the first, fourth and fifth, to show for it. Level par overall.

Bill Haas is feeling the burn round the turn. A double bogey at the par-four 11 takes him out to even par - seven shots behind the regal Bubba Watson at the top of the charts.

Sweden's Jonas Blixt, who sits three under: "I drove the ball maybe a little better today. The irons feel good and the putting is good.

"The majors give your short game the best test. The greens are really fast. It's a grind out there, you have to use your imagination.

"It's a completely new feeling, different, and I'm doing my best."

With plenty of players still out there we have passed yesterday's tally of birdies. There are 257 on the board compared to 250 when play was finished yesterday.

The course playing easier? The players wising up to its challenges? A little of both?

Jamie Donaldson, born in Pontypridd, resident in Florida, is right in the mix for this one. The 38-year-old birdies the ninth and is up to two under par.