The Masters 2025 Round 2 LIVE: Leaderboard and scores as Rory McIlroy bounces back

Ludvig Aberg is back to (-4) for the week after a super birdie on the eighth.

He’d bogeyed both the sixth and seventh but is now back to level par for the round which will make him feel better.

Tommy Fleetwood is starting to click in this round. Over on the par-three sixth he lands incredibly close to the hole off the tee and pops it in for a two.

Fleetwood is now two under for the day and (-1) for the tournament.

Justin Rose is back to three shots ahead.

Having played the 11th smartly and safely, he’s straight on the green on the 12th and rolls home his putt for a birdie on the Golden Bell.

Rose is now two under for the day and (-9) for the week.

Matt McCarty is making a first appearance in a major since 2022 and his debut at the Masters this week.

The leftie American is up to third after a wonderful birdie two on the 12th and the another on the 13th.

He started double bogey-bogey today as well.

Rory McIlroy has having a steady round. Making pars and leaving himself with chances to birdie.

On the seventh his approach to the green is superb and he rolls his birdie effort to within a couple of inches!

He sighs but it’s been a good start and there are holes to come which he can attack.

Rasmus Hojgaard knocks in another birdie on the par-three sixth!

The Dane is now at (-3) with a share of 6th place on the leaderboard after following that up with a fourth birdie of the day on the 8th.

Leaderboard: (-8): Justin Rose; (-6) Bryson DeChambeau; (-4): Bryson DeChambeau, Corey Conners, Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg

The US Open champion is steadily attacking this round.

He’s now up to -6 and just two shots behind Justin Rose after five holes.

Rose, flicks onto the 10th green after going out of position off the tee. He’s within five yards for par and should convert.

It’s fair to say that Matthieu Pavon’s knitwear game is going a bit better than his golf today. The Frenchman’s natty jumper is perhaps a necessary distraction from a round that has seen him slide from +6 to +10 – his 2025 Masters will be a short one.

Another man climbing the rungs is Matt Fitzpatrick, whose birdie at seven moves him into the group of those five shots back. Good stuff from the Yorkshireman, who split with veteran caddie Billy Foster a month ago in a bid to deliver a jolt to his game after a tricky start to the year.

Here’s Bryson! Two birdies in the first four holes for the beefy American, who has powered his way up into a share of second. A tidy 366-yard drive in there – that’ll play.