What a difference a day makes for Rory McIlroy who stormed back into contention at the Masters with a 66. He trails leader Justin Rose by 2.
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Nearly counted out after a collapse during the final four holes Thursday
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Rory McIlroy put himself back into Masters contention Friday, charging up the leaderboard with the low round of the day
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The Northern Irishman, who needs the green jacket to earn the career major Grand Slam
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started the back nine, birdie-birdie on Friday, then eagled 13 and birdied 15 to post a 6-under 66
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It was good enough to move him 24 spots up the leaderboard into third place
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He was asked how he put Thursday behind him and said it was important to get home before his daughter went to bed
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It helped keep him grounded. I just had to remind myself that I played really good golf yesterday
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And, you know, I wasn't going to let two, you know, two bad holes sort of dictate the narrative for the rest of the week
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But yeah, just ultimately, yeah, just proud of how I got back into it today
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While Rory was the story of the day, the leader is still Britain's Justin Rose
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who was steady shooting a 171 to finish at minus eight after two rounds
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He's also looking for his first green jacket. He plans to go shot for shot with the best in the world this weekend
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and took a good-natured shot at the TV pundits, who said he'd fall off in the second round
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I'm glad you told me now, not this morning. That's probably why I'm not going to watch TV all afternoon, so thank you
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What do they know? That why they pundits No Listen I mean sometimes it hard to follow a low round with another one Just the nature of it sometimes But I feel like if you playing good golf you playing good golf you know
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So it's Rose followed by Bryson DeChambeau, who's quietly in the mix for major championship number three
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He says shooting for the middle of the green instead of the flag has been key for him
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Then it's Rory McIlroy and Connors at minus six and four guys at minus five
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who had up and down scoring Fridays, including defending champ Scotty Scheffler, who broke down Y
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It's a day-to-day thing. Like yesterday, I felt really sharp. Today, not as sharp. You know, could the conditions have attributed to that? I'm sure a little bit
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It was definitely much harder to hit the ball where you were looking today just because the wind was blowing from everywhere
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And, you know, that's what's great about this golf course is, you know, it's quite challenging
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And you get wins like that, you really got to manage your expectations, manage yourself around the course
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Some notables who did not manage and therefore did not make the cut
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Legends Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer, who missed the cut with a bogey on 18
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And live golfers Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, and Brooks Koepka, who had a quadruple bogey on 18
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I can relate to that. Saturday is moving day, and after all it's said and done, the players in contention will want to be in one of the final two pairings
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17 of the last 20 Masters winners have come from that spot on the leaderboard when teeing off on Sunday
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis
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