All aboard the bogey train. Justin Rose was all over the shop on 11 and cannot sink a long putt to save. Dustin Johnson suffers a similar fate on 10. That leaves Rose on four under, Johnson one further back.

I'll put my head above the parapet and say it. Rory McIlroy could miss the cut.

He gave a stroke away on seven and is a shot over par for the tournament. The cut is around two worse off. His tee shot on eight is not great. McIlroy is struggling.

The 1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie is tuned in...

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if you have just tuned in, Jordan Spieth has taken the record for a low score of 130 at the halfway stage of the Masters. He equalled the halfway mark for any major.

Well done Paul Casey. A nasty four feet for par on eight well negotiated. He stays five under. Rory McIlroy will drop another stroke soon, his flirtation with trees on seven will not end well as he has a bogey putt. Ian Poulter is attacking a par five green... third shot... solid. Around 20 feet for birdie.

And Justin Rose will likely give one back on 11. Like virtually every player he went right of the green with his second shot to the ugly par four. His chip doesn't hold on the green, a long one for par.

And so to Charley Hoffman, Jordan Spieth's nearest challenger. He has a horrible, downhill, nightmarish putt on the 18th for par. It's probably 30 feet and while beautifully judged, will not drop.

The 18th claims a key stroke. His only lost one of the day. Nine under, the lead is five.

Sean Martin, events editor for the PGA Tour thinks it's curtains for the field at Augusta. A one horse race according to his latest tweet..., external

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Jordan Spieth is not getting carried away with his one-man crusade to the Green Jacket.

He is 14 under, four clear of Charley Hoffman and nine clear of anyone else. All over?

Spieth said: "I have been on my game and coming to a place that I love. It's special to be here and just be in the tournament let alone out front.

"I just need to keep my head down, set a goal for myself. It's definitely going to be more challenging and I am going to have to be aware of that and be okay with a bogey or two."

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It is just not happening for Rory McIlroy. He is behind a tree on the par four seventh. His second shot will not be able to gain lofty trajectory, too many branches will see to that. He skittles one up towards the green but it is well short. A good up and down needed for par.

Bubba Watson is ambling along. The champion has dropped a stroke today and is level par after 10.

Feast or famine? Peak or trough? Hot or cold? It's the usual all or nothing for Bubba at Augusta.

The man with two green jackets has had some very ordinary performances scattered around his two wins. Aside from victory, his best finish is tied for 20th.

Did you know? Watson served a home-cooked meal at the Champions' Dinner, a recipe of his mother's or 'mom's' as they'd say in America. "That's what I'm about," he said when describing it, though he stopped short of saying what the dish was. He also didn't clear up whether his mother was the one cooking for all of the former champions or if she had passed her recipe on to a chef.

Mike Devitt: Storms here in Cyprus. Rory McIlroy needs the weather to stay clear in Augusta or the slam is gone!

Nathaniel Jansen: What size chest is Jordan Spieth? May as well pop round to the tailor's tonight and get that green jacket fitted.

Jason Day, forever a bridesmaid at majors it seems, not quite on script with his read of the 18th green... par. Three under overall.

The fight for leading Brit is between Justin Rose and Paul Casey, Rose has a nice birdie on 10. Wonderful putt from left to right. Rose has some dodgy sunglasses on but we won't be too hard on him. He joins Casey on five under.

Sergio Garcia is in the clubhouse at two under, birdies on four of his last five holes.

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You can forget any move to 11 under. Hoffman pushes his tee shot on 18 into the trees and it's a deep walk into the woods for him. He will do well to save par. Jordan Spieth just did a little fist pump somewhere. This is looking more and more like his weekend.

Charley Hoffman is on a bogey-free round and can go five under for both trips around Augusta this week with one more par. He has rattled off four pars in a row now as he moves onto 18 at 10 under.

What odds would you have got on 10 under being four off the pace after 36 holes?

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Dustin Johnson five under, Paul Casey on the same mark, surely one of these can go on. Johnson has momentum, though she is a cruel mistress and can turn on a dime.

The American has five feet for his par on hole nine - Carolina Cherry.

Tiger Woods is on 'Holly' - the 18th. A birdie putt to move to three under dribbles away. He ends on two under but hats off to Tiger, it's a 69 for the day.

Casey has 10 feet for par on seven, big putt, heart of the cup.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Augusta

Where is the eagle I just mentioned? It's on the 13th green and it is the very vocal Kevin Na. An immaculate approach on the par five drag gives him a right-to-left breaker of around 12 feet which he judges wonderfully. That is him on to four under. He does a little jig which quite frankly should be banned at Augusta.

Talking of banned things...

Rory McIlroy looks less and less likely to be wearing a Green Jacket on Sunday. The four-time major winner has 20 feet for par on the fifth and that does not even threaten the cup. Short and not on the right line. Bogey and back to even par. A heavy price for smashing his second strike too far.

Now Phil Mickelson had a lovely read of Rory's putt but this is for birdie... he skips in the air in anger. An inch out. Birdie for Sergio Garcia on 17, news of an eagle coming up...

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Ilonen is right on the line of the cut at three over and in severe danger of heading home early. Some big potential casualties out there.

Justin Rose is having none of Paul Casey being ahead of him is he? Ninth green, the US Open winner has a long putt for birdie... it's in is it... ouch. That hurts, one roll away from a superb birdie. Rose will stay on four under.

Dustin Johnson started with a double bogey remember, now he has a chance for a second eagle of the day. It's the eighth hole and around 15 feet. Never in doubt, drops below ground level into the cup. That is him onto five under and maybe the charger through the field we long for.

Here is Tiger on the 18th tee. Hits it like a rocket, it sounds like a rocket off the club, perfect into the fairway.