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

McIlroy with an easy birdie putt on 10, made by the booming drive and a crashing iron shot to chop that 495-yard par four down to size.

With Rose stumbling, he’s just six back now. But DeChambeau is close, now just one back.

Leaderboard: (-8): Rose; (-7) DeChambeau; (-5): McCarty, Im; (-4): Conners, Scheffler, Aberg, Hojgaard

After marshalling his way around Amen corner with a bit of a scatter-gun nature Justin Rose came through the three holes one-under par.

He gives that back on the 14th though with a bogey five after being slightly out of position.

That feels as though it’s been coming for a while but Rose remains collected and pings his drive on 15 right down the middle of the fairway.

Over on the ninth Rory McIlroy smokes his driver 360 yards down the middle of the fairway and has about 100 yards left to go to the green.

He gets out the wedge and flicks it past the hole with back spin.

There’s too much pace and the ball rolls past the hole, catches a lip on the green and finishes about 20ft from the hole.

He strikes the birdie effort well but it slips wide and he taps in for par.

One of the more understated rounds taking place right now is that of Sung-Jae Im.

He’s four under for the day and thru nine holes has moved to within four shots of the lead.

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