Masters Day 2: Spieth leads with record score

Jordan Spieth is 14-under through 36 holes. He leads The Masters by five.

Jordan Spieth sets 36-hole record at The Masters
Jordan Spieth sets 36-hole record at The Masters
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Jordan Spieth fired a second round 66 to post the lowest 36-hole total ever recorded at the U.S. Masters. The 21-year-old finished the first two rounds on 14-under-par.

Jordan Spieth fired a second round 66 to post the lowest 36-hole total ever recorded at the U.S. Masters. The 21-year-old finished the first two rounds on 14-under-par.

"It's cool. Any time you can set a record here is pretty awesome," Spieth said. "I'm very excited about today and the way I struck the ball. I struck it, I thought, better than yesterday and didn't rely on the breaks as much."

"I'm very happy," Casey said. "I've played wonderful golf, I really have. I struck it better today than yesterday. Jordan is sticking a target out there for everyone to chase and I'm feeling no pressure because I'm halfway there. I've posted by far the best two rounds I've ever played at Augusta so I'm just going to enjoy it.”

“I’m seven back going into the weekend but a lot can happen on this golf course,” he said. “There's some magic out there. I’ll keep playing my game and hopefully something special can happen."

1998 champion Mark O’Meara played a fine second round of 68. The 58-year-old is tied for 12th on three-under-par.

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
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Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?