European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 8 2007 stars and stripes Page 45 High scores few highly co leaders Wetterich t Clark at just 2under by Eddie Pells the associated press Augusta a this Spring time stroll through the Pines is turning into something much More taxing yes someone is going to have a Nice Green jacket when this week ends but if s hard to imagine any one saying they got the Best of Augusta National Tiger Woods and Phil Mickel son were nowhere to be found atop the jumbled masters Leader Board Friday after a second straight round of Tough winds tougher greens and scores that Haven been this High in 25 years Brett Wetterich and Tim dark were on top at 2under 142 join ing Vaughn Taylor 143 As the Only players to break Par at the Halfway Point Woods was 3 Over after a wild Day of left handed shots and spectacular saves from the water that resulted in a 2over 74 Mickelson was two shots be Hind him after spending much of Bis Day flirting with the Cut and scrambling in the Woods in route to a 73 the Only real Winner so fan the Golf course the unfortunate thing about this place is you can hit some great great shots and get absolutely nothing out of it said Hen Rik Stenson who was 4 Over and one of at least two dozen players who figured to have a decent shot at this title lesser players would have been going Home had they been in the trouble Woods and Mickel son were in Tiger hit a left handed escape shot after getting stymied near a tree on no 9 but saved bogey he plunked it into the water twice at amen Corner but lost Only one stroke making a Long putt to save bogey on no 12 and a nifty Upan Down for Par on the next Hole he buckled Over in disgust after air mailing the 15th Green but got Upan Down for a Birdie there was also the shot he didst hit he nearly reconfigured Bis entire Lumbar system pulling out of a swing when he got distracted by the Shadow of a Bird flying Over his head i Felt like i broke my Back my wrist my neck my legs Woods said but he didst get Hurt and he still had a Chance i turned basically a 90 into a 74 today which was Nice Woods said in right there in the Ball game so was Mickelson who conceded he was worried about missing the Cut when he was lost in the Woods left of the Lith Fairway he limited the damage to a bogey played mistake free Over the final four holes and shot 73 i think anybody who made the Cut actually has a realistic Chance Mickelson said with the wind blowing the next two Days like if s supposed to i think Rob Tiger Woods reacts to missing a Birdie putt in the masters at the Augusta National Golf club in Augusta a on Friday Woods scrambled and salvaged a 2over 74 that left him in Contention heading into the weekend Over Par is going to win if you made the Cut and shoot in the 60s youre right Back in it sixty players made the Cut at 8over 152 the most since 61 in 1993 As for familiar names other than Arjay Singh there Arent Many at the top Singh shot 71 and was in a group at even Par that included Jerry Kelly Zach Johnson 73 and Justin Rose Johnson was poised to take the Lead when he stood Over a 4foot Birdie putt on the par3 16th he three putted for bogey then bogeyed twice More to close his round if s just the greens Johnson said i guess i got Augusta sized at 145 were us open Champi on Geoff Ogilvy 70 and Padraig Harrington whose 68 was the Low est round Augusta National has Al Lowed for two Days Paul Casey also shot 68 while paired with Woods this Golf course always gives you a Chance to shoot a Good score Harrington said there Are possibilities of making birdies As Long As you keep your Momen Tum going and you dont have a mishap thais the great thing about this course the theory that Only Tiger Phil Rob Ernie Rehnke second from left and Kristopher Boesch right huddle under a Blanket to fight the cold weather on the 18th Hole during the second round of the masters in Augusta a on Friday and a few select others could win Here is out the window As is the notion that the older set can no longer contend among the past champions who made the Cut were Ben Cren Shaw Sandy Lyle Craig Stadler and fuzzy Zoeller scary int it said Zoeller the 1979 Champion Fred couples saved Par from the Sand on 16 from the Trees on 17 and from the fringe on 18 to Fin ish on the number and tie Gary players record for consecutive cuts at 23 i can almost play this course blindfolded said couples who has been nursing an aching Back and played Only his fourth competitive round of the year Friday i can get it around and i think that what i did yesterday and today but i would say this course is a Little too Tough for me everyone will be trying to catch Wetterich and Clark two players very few expected to be leading come the weekend Clark has finished in the top three at the 2006 masters 2005 us open and 2003 pea championship although he never had a serious Chance at winning any of them he remembers seeing his name atop the Leader Board in the third round last year and then he stumbled you have to no matter what happens out there just know that you can still get yourself Back into the tournament Clark said and its never really Over Wetterich meanwhile is play ing his first masters and theres no telling How hell react on the weekend so far though he seems to have figured it out As Well As anyone Euse Ahen Douvas Fred couples tied Gary players record of 23 consecutive made cuts in the masters couples total of 152 was on the outline the masters Friday at Augusta National Golf club Augusta a purse Tea million in 2006 yardage 7445 pan 72 second round Amateur Brett Wetterich 6973142 2 Tim Clark 7171142 2 Vaughn Taylor 7172143 1 Jerry Kelly 7563144 e Vijay Singh 7371144 e Zach Johnson 7173144 e Justin Rose 6975144 e David Howell 7075145 Lucas Glover 7471145 Padraig Harrington Bradley dredge 7570145 Stuart Appleby 7570145 Geoff Ogilvy 7570145 Jim Furyk 7571146 Tir Herron 7275147 Jee Milkha Singh 7275147 Craig Stadler 7473147 Marr Calcavecchia 7671147 Tom Pernice or Luke Donald 7374147 Tiger Woods 7374147 Paul Casey 7968147 Dean Wilson 7572147 Mike Weir 7572147 David Toms 7078148 Henrik Stenson 7276148 Yong Sunyang 7574149 Rory Sabbatini 7376149 Davis love Iii 7277149 Ujj Henry 7178149 Phil Mickelson 7673149 Jose Maria Olazabal 7475149 Robert Karlsson 7773150 Stephen Ames la Poulter 7575150 Scott Verplank 7377150 Ben Crenshaw 7674150 Arron Oberholser 7476150 Koch of 7575150 Jef Sluman 7675151 John Rollins 7774151 Aaron Baddeley 7972151 Trevor Ummelman Billy Mayfair 7675151 Shingo Katayama 7972151 Stewart Cink 7775152 Carl Pettersson 7676152 re Pampling 7775152 Miguel Ange Jimenez Lee Westwood 7973152 retie Goosen 7676152 fuzzy Zoeller 7478152 Brett Quigley 7676152 Sandy life 7973152 Nicla fasth 7775152 Ric Beem 7181152 Angel Cabrera 7775152 Fred couples 7676152 Adam Scott 7478152 Charles Howell Iii 7577152 failed to qualify Michael Campbell 7677153 Chris Dimarco 7578153 Tom Watson 7578ib3 mar Omeara 7776153 Colin Montgomerie Todd Hamilton 7480154 Darren Clarke 8371154 Thomas Bjorn Tjonn Kelly 7777154 Chad Campbell 7777154 Ernie Els 7876154 Sergio Garcia Bart Bryant 7282154 Joe Durant 8075155 Fred Funk 8273155 Bernhard Langer Ben Curtis Nick Ohern 7680156 Steve Strieker 7779156 Arichie Ramsay 7680156 Raymond Floyd 7780157 Ben Crane 7978157 John Edfors 7879157 Paul Goydos 7979158 Troy Matteson Kenneth Ferrie Robert Henby 7980159 Shaun Micheel Gary player 8377160 Larry Mize 8378161 Hideto Tanihara a Julien Guerrier Camilo Villegas 8075165 Casey Watabu 8778165 Dave Womack 8481154 seve Ballesteros 8680155