Rory McIlroy holds a six-shot lead at the Masters after the second round, with a chip-in on the 17th hole during that round highlighting his performance. He is the reigning champion of the Masters. Sam Burns and Patrick Reed are tied for second place, six shots behind Rory McIlroy.
Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Wyndham Clark are tied at five under par, one shot behind Burns and Reed. The full leaderboard beyond these top players has not been disclosed. Mason Howell, an 18-year-old amateur, missed the cut at the Masters by five shots, though his exact score after the second round is not confirmed.
He qualified for the Masters by winning the US Amateur last year and was paired with Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young for the first two rounds. According to the Daily Mirror, Mason Howell described McIlroy as awesome and said he learned from his game, noting the chip-in on 17 was one of the coolest things he has seen in sports. McIlroy reflected on his own play, saying he hoped Howell saw that you don't have to be perfect to shoot good scores, and that he thought when he was 18 and started to play tour events, he thought that pros just didn't make mistakes, but Howell saw plenty of mistakes out of him over the first two days, and he fell back on his short game and wedge play, so hopefully Howell saw someone that wasn't perfect but was very efficient with how he scored, and he thinks to be successful at the professional level, that's a big part of it.
Specific mistakes McIlroy made during the first two rounds and the exact cut line score at the Masters after the second round remain unknown.