Scotland's Stephen Gallacher speaks to BBC Sport after finishing one under at halfway: "I'm glad to still be in the red numbers. It was a bit trickier today, the wind was a bit up. So I'm delighted with level par. I got away with a few things but that's just the course, if you get out of position, a bogey is good.

"You've got to keep your temperament, your acceptance levels have got to be through the roof, you've just got to hit it, accept it and get on with it. It's a very strategic course. I think everyone at home knows how to play it but it's just a case of trying to do it."

Freddie Couples is back up to three under par with a long, worming putt finally sliding down the pipe on 13. That is a share of third place with Thomas Bjorn and Jonas Blixt.

Jonas Blixt has not shifted anyway today. The Swede has added a one-under 71 to his opening round 70 and is three under at the halfway stage.

Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent

On clubhouse leader Bubba Watson: "Interestingly, there have been eight occasions where he led at the halfway stage but only on one has he gone on to win the tournament.

"He is so difficult to read. He's an odd character. The way he plays is so engaging and natural. He's never had a lesson in his life but he very rarely engages with the media which makes him difficult to read. He's a man of very strong faith but he's not one of those who you instantly warm to as you go around the circuit which is strange given his charismatic style of golf."

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-7 B Watson (US); -4 Senden (Aus) 16; -3 Bjorn (Den), Blixt (Swe) 17, -2 Couples (US) 12, Walker (US) 12, Haas (US) 10, Donaldson (Wal) 9.

Selected others: -1 Gallacher (Sco); E McIlroy (NI), Westwood (Eng); +2 Rose (Eng), Poulter (Eng) 13; +6 McDowell (NI) 12.

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

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Ian Poulter scoops up a birdie at 13 and he is making good progress today, moving to two over for the tournament, but on course for a two under round.

John Senden is on his own in second place after following up a birdie on the 14th with another on the 15th. The 42-year-old won his first PGA Tour event since 2006 earlier this year triumphing at the Valspar Championship in Florida in March.

Conditions and course set-up on day two are making life slightly easier for the field, even if the major charge in scoring has only been grasped by Bubba. On day one, the course played at an average of 74.5 strokes, but today that mark is down to 73.86.

If averages and decimal points are not your thing, then we have had 240 birdies already today with a lot of play left. The course offered up only 250 on Thursday.

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Lee Westwood, who finished the day on one under par: "I think that experience counts for a lot round here, especially in competition play, and this is my 15th Masters.

"I think that even if you are not hitting the ball well, and I am this week, you can still get round in a good score as long as you miss in the right places."

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BBC Radio 5 live commentator at Augusta

"The scene here is once again an absolute picture. The warm sun shining, yet it is so tricky and deceptive."

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Bill Haas, overnight leader after the first round, is stamping on the ignition pedal by the engine isn't sparking like it was yesterday. He drops a shot at nine to go to one over for the day and three under under overall.

-7 B Watson (US); -4 Haas (US) 8; -3 Bjorn (Den), Blixt (Swe) 16, Senden (Aus) 14, Couples (US) 11.

Selected others: -1 Gallacher (Sco), Donaldson (Wal); E McIlroy (NI), Westwood (Eng); +2 Rose (Eng); +3 Poulter (Eng) 12; +4 McDowell (NI) 10.

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

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Wales' Jamie Donaldson has picked up a stroke at the par-five eighth to move to two under for the day and one under for the tournament.

BBC Radio 5 live

A typically sterling shift from Stephan. These ones are easy after you have overseen England being dismantled Down Under for a whole winter of overnight Ashes shifts.

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Right then, that's me off to the clubhouse. Mike Henson is the man with the late tee time and will talk you through to the close.

Freddie Couples, the coolest man in Georgia, rolls in his par putt at 11 then strolls to the 12th tee, taking in the acclaim of the patrons as he goes. Australian John Senden and Swede Jonas Blixt have both joined Couples on three under, four off the lead.

Francois Guguen:, external Anybody else has a feeling the winner could actually be coming from very far down the field? +2, +3, +4?

Justin Rose, who finished two over, on his second round: Seventy is good. It is playing difficult out there. I was out there playing with two guys who have won titles and Majors but Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and I were all struggling to get it going out there. It was more about survival out there.

"Even though at two over I am perceived as a long way off, I feel I am still just about in it.

"I don't see many players being better than three under par by the end of the day. You have to look at how the field play at large. If a guy goes out and wins by five, six seven strokes there is nothing you can do about it."