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Scotland's Bradley Neil finished his first Masters on 13 over after adding a seven-over 79 to Thursday's 78. The 2014 Amateur champion, who played with 1988 winner Sandy Lyle, said: "I've prepared well for this but this shows it's not been enough.

"You know how tough this place is before you get here but any expectations you have are blown out of the water. You don't realise how tough it is until you play it. You watch it so much on TV but you can't believe the difference.

"I'm disappointed with the last two days, I've done worse here than I did at the Open (missing the cut on 11 over at Hoylake)."

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Augusta

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Tiger Woods has a very, very ling birdie putt on 17 for a birdie three... it snakes from the fringe of the green, rolls up, starts to take the left-to-right break and breaks too far. Now he has 10 feet uphill for par.

Here he goes... the old Tiger Woods fist pump is with us ladies and gents. A nice save. Par, two under overall, 12 off the lead.

Now then, what about Paul Casey for birdie on six? Another fist pump. The Englishman is five under, one ahead of compatriot Justin Rose.

Ryan Matthew Grove: Sat in the garden, BBQ on the go, drink in hand, the Masters on my phone. Doesn't get much better!

Adam Bailey: Any other year and Hoffman would be leading the Masters but Jordan Spieth is on another level at the moment.

John Harradence: Cannot wait for this Spieth vs McIlroy battle to unfold in the next few years

Jay Townsend
Former American professional golfer on BBC Radio 5 live

"I think Jordan Spieth had so much form coming in it is not a surprise to see him at the top of the leaderboard but Charley Hoffman is a surprise, he is essentially five shots ahead of everyone but Spieth. Hoffman is a really good solid player, very level headed."

Spieth finished runner-up twice and won in the three tournaments he started before the Masters.

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Oh no Lefty. That is not how you start chopping at this lead. A hooked tee shot from Phil Mickelson on the par-three fourth finds sand, the chip is short, the putt is short, it's bogey. Back to one under, 13 off the pace.

Now then, what for our prime chaser? Charley Hoffman wastes the par five 15th and only pars, but hang on... hang on... this tee shot is juicy and on 16 he has five feet for birdie.

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Here is Streelman on the 11th, a horribly long par four. "Right there", he says with his second shot in the air. It's solid into the heart of the green. A long putt but two will get him par and keep him three under.

Jonas Blixt is one under and on the same hole... aggressive from a long way out and that's much better, 15 feet for birdie.

Stephen Gallacher - of Scotland - is right on the cut line at +2 and plays it safe, middle of the dance floor.

-14 Spieth (US)

-10 Hoffman (US) after 14

-5 Els (SA) -4 Rose (Eng) 8 Casey (Eng) 4

Selected others:-3 Day (Aus) 15 -2 Mickelson (US) 3, Woods (US) 16 -1 B Watson (US) 8, McIlroy (NI) 3, Garcia (Spa) 15 Level Willett (Eng) 14, Poulter (Eng) 9, Donaldson (Wal) 16,+1 Westwood (Eng),McDowell (NI) +2 Gallacher (Sco) 10 +3 Clarke (NI) 12 +5 Harrington (Ire)

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Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Kevin Streelman, Jason Day. What do they have in common? Three under.

Can one of these rattle off a birdie-fest and get involved?

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BBC Sport's Ian Singleton at Augusta: "Augusta places a lot of stock on etiquette. As a result one of the constant sights of modern life is nowhere to be seen. Mobile phones are banned on the course and it is odd not to see people taking pictures, chatting or surfing the internet on them.

"You won't find a selfie stick here. Or if you did that person would likely be ejected. This means the pay phone is alive and well: precisely 24 of them around the food stands and all in heavy use. The old school giant leaderboard is also must see with no phones to deliver live score updates."

Now then, Kevin Na, who loves nothing more than an argument with his caddie, is stood on the par-3 12th tee.

The right hander tees up, water before him, a front-green bunker. Oh, hello, he is asking his caddie to shout at someone to "shut something off".

Apparently it was a leaf blower across on the 11th green. Here goes Na eventually... "down" shouts his caddie. This pair would do well on stage. He clears the green and will have a treacherous chip back with water beyond the green.

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The lowest score in Masters history at halfway belongs to Jordan Spieth.

He - still 21 remember - cannot make birdie on 18 but his six-under round, added to eight under yesterday gives him an overall score of 130. That breaks Ray Floyd's record of 131 set in 1976.

The clubhouse lead is 14 under par. Dear me.

Where are the wannabes? The men who are looking at Jordan Spieth with envy.

Rory McIlroy sinks a five footer on three to save par, that's him stuck on one under. And where has Tiger Woods gone? He is ticking along, causing far fewer headlines than we would like. Still two under through 15, three under for the day.

We just had Kevin Na locked in debate with his caddie. "Unless you take this out of my hands I'm going to go with it." he says. "I can do it."

He has a bang from the middle of the 11th fairway and gets the length he needs, too much in fact. Back of the green. Na is two under. He puts his third to within five feet.

It looks like Jordan Spieth is about to make Masters history by setting the record for the halfway lead. He has a seven-foot putt for birdie on the 18th.

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Two men going in opposite directions are Jason Day and Dustin Johnson. Day started the day at five under but has just three putted on the 14th hole from 18 feet and is now just two under having started three strokes better off.

Dustin Johnson is up for a rollercoaster day. Double bogey on one but responds like a man on a mission with eagle on two, birdie on five. Back to three under. Is he our charger?

So Jordan Spieth is one hole away from some history at the halfway stage, but remember it is not over until it is over.

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The 18th hole - named 'Holly' - is prickly to say the least. It is the third-toughest drag in the tournament this year so far. The par four has taken an average 4.31 strokes. It has given up just 15 birdies in one and-a-half days.

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Jordan Spieth saves par on 17, converting from two feet to stay 14 under and one more par gives him the Masters record at the halfway stage. Will that bother him? He may be more concerned with Charley Hoffman? The American, all in white, has just dropped a lovely 23-foot putt on 14 and that is birdie time - 10 under. Four back.

At what point will the galleries start chanting "Charley, Charley". We need a battle for this Green Jacket.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Augusta

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