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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods can thank good friend Justin Thomas for helping push his streak of back-to-back cuts at Saturday’s Masters to a record-breaking 23. When Woods continued second round in the cold, heavy rain and hoped for his final two holes, he was in danger of missing out on first time as a pro. This puts Woods behind at 3 and draws 52nd, making the top 50 and draws cut. But minutes after Woods signed scorecard, Thomas missed a short equal hit in the 17th round, knocking him down to a 3-over, bringing everyone on that number inside cutting line. Thomas then took 18th, allowing Woods to play rest of weekend and paired up with Fred Couples and Gary Player for longest streak of cuts ever made at Masters. “Hopefully I get a chance to play this weekend. Sorry, I got a chance to play this weekend. While Woods got his wish granted, Thomas’ bogey-bogey ending sent him home. The second lap was suspended on Friday as storms swept the course and knocked down three large pine trees near course 16. No one was hurt when they fell, and the workers cleared them until the game resumed on Saturday. Woods was 2 tops by seven holes when he returned to the field, and his bird on par-5 15 gave him some breathing space. But on 17th, a rebel tee gave way bogey, forcing Woods stand near bunker, and a tee shot into trees left of 18 forced him shoot approach through pine straw. Woods was behind the course, backing his approach shot and taking two hits for another bogey. Still, the weather wasn’t getting any better, and Thomas took the brunt of it. On a challenging, uphill par-4 18, with rain so heavy, he had to crash into a turf from 218 yards, Thomas went so far to the left that he nearly fell into crowd of customers. The field shot was quickly checked and another bogey resulted in a second-round 77 and a missed cut. This allowed Thomas Pieters and Charl Schwartzel join Woods to make the cut when he moved 3. This also meant that 12 out of 18 players at the Saudi-backed LIV Golf course made it. Among them was leader Brooks Koepka, who escaped bad weather on Friday and was 12 points below two shots ahead of third-round Jon Rahm. “It’s not going to be easy,” said Abraham Ancer, one of the LIV players who made the cut. But at least everyone will be there with the same things.” Rory McIlroy won’t be there; He missed the cut after Friday’s second-round score of 77 outstripped him by 5 for the title. The runner-up a year ago will have to wait another year for him to take another crack at completing the career Grand Slam. Missing the break include Bryson DeChambeau, who shot for 74 seconds in a row, and 2003 champion Mike Weir, who again finished 4 times in Friday’s second round after being forced to play a marker. One player who made the cut Fred Couples, 63, who was 1 up when he finished his second round on Saturday. The 1992 champion bogey-bogey narrowly survived a finish, but still became the oldest player to qualify for the Augusta National 2020 tournament, beating Bernhard Langer’s goal. “The last four years have been really mediocre golf. Maybe a year, I went half and half off, but that was my goal, and I succeeded,” said Couples. “It’s not like, ‘Ha, ha, ha. Now I can play 36 holes just to make fun of it’.” Make a good match with a few young guys and watch them play.” Couples with 31 following only Jack Nicklaus’ record of 37 at the Masters didn’t know he would be the oldest player to do so. When the couples were told that Langer had improved his grade by 108 days, they replied, “Well, good.” “Today is another day,” he said.
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