On Thursday, Woods gritted out a one-over-par 73 in his first Augusta round since 2015, which left him seven shots behind overnight leader Jordan Spieth.
However, Spieth’s usual magic at Augusta was lacking as he toiled to a doubey-bogey, bogey start and dropped another stroke at the par-four seventh on Friday.
The 2015 champion was consequently two under for the tournament through eight holes of round two, on a tricky opening to the day in terms of scoring for the majority of the field.
It meant that Woods started his second round just four strokes adrift of six players tied for the lead at three under. Of that group, Matt Kuchar and Bernd Wiesberger had played 10 and five holes respectively, while Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed, Charley Hoffman and Adam Hadwin were in the final two groups who had yet to tee off.
Rory McIlroy had briefly shared the lead with Kuchar, but three bogeys outweighed two birdies and the Northern Irishman was one shot off the pace after nine holes of his second round.
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