Louis, Branden left to fly SA flag at Augusta

Cape Town - Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace will fly the SA flag over the weekend at Augusta National Golf Club after their compatriots missed the cut at the 82nd Masters on Friday.

Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Championship winner, posted rounds of 71 and 71 to lie in a tie for eighth on 2-under par, seven strokes adrift of halfway leader, American Patrick Reed.

Grace signed for rounds of 73 and 73, and will have his work cut out for him should he wish to break his Major duck come Sunday evening.

After the cut was made at 5-over par, Charl Schwartzel, who donned the famed green jacket at Augusta in 2011, found himself one-shot outside the cut-line to qualify for the final 36 holes after rounds of 72 and 78, while Dylan Frittelli, playing in his first Masters, posted 77 and 74.

Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion, wound up shooting 78 and 75.

Grace will tee off in Round 3 alongside Australia Jason Day at 17:40 SA time, while Oosthuizen will have American Rickie Fowler for company in the fifth-from-last pairing at 19:50.

Second-round scores on Friday from the 82nd Masters at par-72 Augusta National Golf Club:

135 - Patrick Reed (USA) 69-66

137 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 70-67

139 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 69-70

140 - Jordan Spieth (USA) 66-74, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 69-71

141 - Justin Thomas (USA) 74-67, Dustin Johnson (USA) 73-68

142 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 71-71, Tony Finau (USA) 68-74, Rickie Fowler (USA) 70-72, Justin Rose (ENG) 72-70, Bubba Watson (USA) 73-69, Charley Hoffman 69-73

143 - Cameron Smith (AUS) 71-72, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 70-73, Jon Rahm (ESP) 75-68, Matt Kuchar (USA) 68-75

144 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 73-71, Zach Johnson (USA) 70-74, Jimmy Walker (USA) 73-71, Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 72-72, Adam Hadwin (CAN) 69-75

145 - Li Haotong (CHN) 69-76, Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 69-76, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 71-74, Satoshi Kodaira (JPN) 71-74, Russell Henley (USA) 73-72

146 - Jason Day (AUS) 75-0, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 72-74, Branden Grace (RSA) 73-73, Ryan Moore (USA) 74-72, Kyle Stanley (USA) 72-74, Fred Couples (USA) 72-74, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 77-69

147 - Brian Harman (USA) 73-74, Daniel Berger (USA) 73-74, Chez Reavie (USA) 76-71, Kevin Kisner (USA) 72-75, Martin Kaymer (GER) 74-73

148 - Adam Scott (AUS) 75-73, Kim Si-Woo (KOR) 75-73, Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 74-74, Tiger Woods (USA) 73-75 Doug Ghim (USA) 72-76, Bernhard Langer (GER) 74-74

149 - Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 79-70, Webb Simpson (USA) 76-73, Xander Schauffele (USA) 71-78, Phil Mickelson (USA) 70-79, Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 75-74, Paul Casey (ENG) 74-75, Ian Poulter (ENG) 74-75, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 74-75

Missed the cut:

150 - José María Olazábal (ESP) 74-76, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 72-78, Jason Dufner (USA) 73-77, Sandy Lyle (SCO) 74-76

151 - Thomas Pieters (BEL) 73-78, Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 77-74, Dylan Frittelli (RSA) 77-74, Ted Potter Jr. (USA) 73-78, Brendan Steele (USA) 76-75, Patrick Cantlay (USA) 75-76, Danny Willett (ENG) 75-76

152 - Wesley Bryan (USA) 74-78, Pat Perez (USA) 73-79, Patton Kizzire (USA) 76-76, Ross Fisher (ENG) 78-74

153 - Joaquin Niemann (CHI) 76-77, Yuta Ikeda (JPN) 76-77, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 78-75, Alexander Norén (SWE) 74-79, Kevin Chappell (USA) 77-76, Doc Redman (USA) 76-77

154 - Yusaku Miyazato (JPN) 77-77, Austin Cook (USA) 74-80, Gary Woodland (USA) 78-76

155 - Mike Weir (CAN) 76-79, Billy Horschel (USA) 76-79, Ian Woosnam (WAL) 79-76

156 - Larry Mize (USA) 76-80

159 - Angel Cabrera (ARG) 76-83, Lin Yuxin (CHN) 79-80, Sergio García (ESP) 81-78, Mark O'Meara (USA) 78-81

160 - Matt Parziale (USA) 81-79

166 - Harry Ellis (ENG) 86-80

Tee times for the third round of the 2018 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday (a-denotes amateur):

16:00: Paul Casey (ENG)

16:10: Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA)

16:20: Tyrrell Hatton (ENG), Phil Mickelson (USA)

16:30: Webb Simpson (USA), Xander Schauffele (USA)

16:40: Tiger Woods (USA), Ian Poulter (ENG)