Among the notables who missed the 1-over cut and won't compete in the last two days of the Masters: Duluth's Stewart Cink, who had eight bogeys and five birdies Friday. The 2009 British Open champ finished 2 over.
Among the other major winners who will be watching this weekend: Lucas Glover (2 over), Retief Goosen (4 over), Padraig Harrington (5 over), Zach Johnson (2 over), top-ranked Martin Kaymer (6 over), Davis Love III (8 over), Sandy Lyle (9 over), Graeme McDowell (3 over), Larry Mize (6 over), Jose Maria Olazabal (6 over), Mark O'Meara (6 over), Louis Oosthuizen (5 over), Vijay Singh (10 over) and Mike Weir (11 over).
Hideki Matsuyama (1 over) was the only amateur to make the cut. The necessary two-day score of 145 tied for the lowest in Masters history.
Next day's pairings
A mix of cultures will tee off Saturday.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Australia's Jason Day, who shot a combined 11 under Friday, will pair off in the last group at 2:45 p.m. They played together in the first two rounds.
Tiger Woods will go off with Korea's K.J. Choi in the second-to-last group, at 2:35. Australia's Geoff Ogilvy will tee off with Spain's Alvaro Quiros, at 2:25.
Ogilvy's balance
Finding a balance in life is helping Ogilvy find success on the golf course.
He shot up the leader board with his second 69 on Friday and is four shots behind the leader, McIlroy. He's trying to become the first Australian to win the tournament.
Though he made $2.4 million last year, almost half of that total came from winning the season-opening Tournament of Champions. He struggled for most of the year, missing the cut at The Players Championship, British Open, U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
"I had quite a rough last year, really," he said. "I kind of reassessed it all and took quite a big break after Atlanta [Tour Championship]."
He found the joy in practicing again and figured out a schedule that enables him to work on his game and spend as much time as possible with his family. With the Masters, he has made six cuts in seven events with one top-10 finish.
"I'm getting more of a handle on how to balance life and tour golf, if you like," he said.
Choi's hybrids
Choi is using several hybrid clubs -- a cross between a fairway wood and an iron -- to stay in contention. He said it makes the par-3s easier to play because the balls fly higher, which allows them to stop easier.
He birdied both par 3s on the front nine, using a 6-iron hybrid on No. 6. He shot a 70 on Friday and is 7 under. He reached 8 under twice, but bogeys at No. 11 and at 18 stopped his progress. He has yet to bogey any of the par-3s.
"I still don't feel like I'm 100 percent comfortable with those hybrids," he said, "but I still plan on continuing to use them."
Holes of the day
Nos. 11 and 12 tied for the hardest hole in the second round. The average score on the 505-yard, par-4 11th was 4.253. It also was the hardest hole Thursday (4.545). It gave up just four birdies, with 23 bogeys and three doubles Friday. The average score on the 155-yard par-3 12th was 3.253. It gave up 15 birdies with 22 bogeys, six doubles and two others.
No. 13 was the easiest. The golfers navigated the 510-yard par 5 in an average of 4.576 strokes. It surrendered four eagles and 47 birdies.
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