Masters Leaderbord

Pos	Name		Status	Hole	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1		T. Immelman	Finished	18	-8	68	68	136
2		B. Snedeker	Finished	18	-7	69	68	137
3		I. Poulter	Finished	18	-5	70	69	139
-		P. Mickelson	Finished	18	-5	71	68	139
-		S. Flesch	Finished	18	-5	72	67	139
6		P. Casey	Finished	18	-4	71	69	140
-		S. Ames	Finished	18	-4	70	70	140
8		A. Oberholser	Finished	18	-3	71	70	141
-		M. Weir	Finished	18	-3	73	68	141
-		S. Cink	Finished	18	-3	72	69	141
11		L. Westwood	Finished	18	-2	69	73	142
-		R. Goosen	Finished	18	-2	71	71	142
13		S. O’Hair	Finished	18	-1	72	71	143
-		T. Woods	Finished	18	-1	72	71	143
-		R. Karlsson	Finished	18	-1	70	73	143
-		V. Singh	Finished	18	-1	72	71	143
-		J. Furyk	Finished	18	-1	70	73	143
-		J. Holmes	Finished	18	-1	73	70	143
-		N. Dougherty	Finished	18	-1	74	69	143
20		A. Romero	Finished	18	Par	72	72	144

The Masters – Unlikely lads in front at the Masters

South African Trevor Immelman, finding his form after recovering from health problems last year, birdied the last two holes for a 68 to grab a one-stroke lead in the second round of the Masters.

Immelman, overnight co-leader with Briton Justin Rose, matched his first-round score by posting three birdies on the back nine to reach eight-under-par 136 as he got hot with his putter on a warm, breezy day at Augusta National.

American Brandt Snedeker was alone in second place after he mirrored Immelman’s rousing finish with birdies at 17 and 18 to complete a 68 for 137, two shots better than compatriots Phil Mickelson and Steve Flesch, and Briton Ian Poulter.

However, Tiger Woods has an awful lot to do if he is to win his fifth green jacket, he struggled to get anything going throughout the day and finished with a one-under 71 to leave himself seven shots back.

Immelman, 28, had a benign tumour the size of a golf ball removed from behind his rib cage four months ago and had previously lost more than 20 pounds due to an intestinal parasite.

Second on the leaderboard at seven-under-par was American Snedeker, who mirrored Immelman’s rousing finish with birdies at 17 and 18 to complete a 68 for 137, two shots better than Phil Mickelson, Steve Flesch and Briton Ian Poulter.

Twice winner Mickelson made three birdies on the front side and capped his bogey-free round with a 30-foot birdie at 17 for a 68, while left-handed Flesch had the tournament’s low round by going five-under on the par-fives in a bogey-free 67.

Poulter, who registered an electrifying ace at 16 in the opening round, made three back-nine birdies for a 69.

Rose, in the last grouping, slipped back to two-under-par by the turn, and four times champion Tiger Woods was even par for the day and the tournament through nine holes as swirling winds made conditions tougher as the day wore on.

At four-under-par 140 were Briton Paul Casey, after a 69, and Canadian Stephen Ames, who shot his second successive 70.

Flesch birdied par-fives number two, eight and 15, and had an eagle at the 13th where his three-iron from 234 yards finished a couple of feet from the hole.

Flesch, a relatively short hitter off the tee, who twice laid up to hit wedges in and twice went for greens in two.

Snedeker, 27, drew a huge roar from the gallery at number six with an imaginative chip from the green to carry a mound, landing it at a 90-degree angle from the cup and watching it trickle down a slope and into the hole.

At the other end of the leaderboard, Rose, playing in the last group, endured a torrid round, which was summed up by an eight on the par five 15th.

The Englishman was two over playing the last and is set for a late start on Sunday.

Fred Couples’ streak of consecutive Masters cuts was projected to end at 23, he finished 148 (four over) just one off the cut-line as play was coming to an end.

Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Luke Donald and Jose Maria Olazabal were among the other big name casualties set to miss out on the weekend’s action.