Updated On: 10 April, 2021 10:10 AM IST | Augusta | AFP
Golfer Justin trips in nightmare start, but clings to lead

Justin Rose at Augusta Masters yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Justin Rose opened with four bogeys in the first seven holes and saw his Masters lead shrink to one stroke as he made the turn in Friday’s second round at Augusta National.
The Englishman, twice a Masters runner-up, fired his lowest round in 59 tours at Augusta with a seven-under par 65 on Thursday to lead by four, matching the largest 18-hole Masters edge since 1941. But reigning Olympic champion Rose, whose only major title came at the 2013 US Open, stumbled badly in early cool and overcast conditions Friday. Rose found trees to the right off the first tee on his way to an opening bogey for the second consecutive day. At the 575-yard par-5 second, Rose chipped his third shot within three feet of the cup and rolled in the birdie putt.