At a Glance

AUGUSTA, Georgia – A glance at Friday’s second round of the Masters:

Leaders: Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, both of England and both at 8 under 136.

Just behind: Five players are two shots back, including Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

Who else? Joining Woods and Mickelson at 138 were K.J. Choi, Ricky Barnes and Anthony Kim.

Senior moments: First round leader Fred Couples bogeyed the last three holes and was five back. Tom Watson followed his first round of 67 with a 74 and was also at 141.

Youth movement: Matteo Manassero, an amateur from Italy who is the youngest player in the field at age 16, made the cut at 147.

Missing in action: Among those missing the cut were David Duval, Rory McIlroy and Vijay Singh.

Key stat: Tiger Woods is 8 under for two days on the par-5s, and 2 over for the other 28 holes.

Noteworthy: Neither Poulter nor Westwood have ever been in the lead after any round of a major championship.

Quoteworthy: “It was almost empty. He wasn’t going to miss out on a lot.” Matt Kuchar after hitting his ball into a spectator’s drink on the ninth hole. He ended up making par.

Tee times: 1615 GMT Phil Mickelson, Y.E. Yang; 1635 GMT Tiger Woods, K.J. Choi; 1645 GMT Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood.     AP

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