It was a day to forgot for the South African contingent after Round 2 of the 2021 Masters at Augusta National on Friday.
After Christiaan Bezuidenhout was tied for fourth after Day 1, Friday's action saw him him fire a 76 to leave himself on 146, nine behind leader, England's Justin Rose.
He was joined on that total by Louis Oosthuizen, who fired shot a 70 to improve greatly on his first round of 76.
Dylan Frittelli missed the cut after he could only managed a 74 to go with his first round of 76.
Charl Schwartzel was the best placed of the South African's after shooting a 71 in the second round.
That left him on a total of 145, eight shots behind Rose.
Second-round scores on Friday in the 85th Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia (USA unless noted, a-denotes amateur, par-72):
137 - Justin Rose (ENG) 65-72
138 - Will Zalatoris 70-68, Brian Harman 69-69
139 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 72-67, Jordan Spieth 71-68
140 - Bernd Wiesberger 74-66, Tony Finau 74-66, Justin Thomas 73-67, Kim Si-woo (KOR) 71-69, Cameron Champ 72-68, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 69-71
141 - Xander Schauffele 72-69
142 - Ryan Palmer 74-68, Collin Morikawa 73-69, Cameron Smith (AUS) 74-68, Corey Conners (CAN) 73-69
143 - Bryson DeChambeau 76-67, Matt Jones (AUS) 74-69, Stewart Cink 74-69, Viktor Hovland (NOR) 73-70
144 - Mackenzie Hughes (CAN) 72-72, Robert MacIntyre (SCO) 74-70, Shane Lowry (IRL) 71-73, Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 74-70, Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 74-70, Michael Thompson 72-72, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 73-71, Brendon Todd 73-71, Abraham Ancer (MEX) 75-69, Bubba Watson 74-70, Jon Rahm (ESP) 72-72
145 - Martin Laird (SCO) 74-71, Kevin Na 75-70, Gary Woodland 73-72, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 71-74, Scottie Scheffler 73-72, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 74-71, Harris English 74-71, Patrick Reed 70-75
146 - Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 75-71, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 76-70, Jim Herman 76-70, Joaquin Niemann (CHI) 75-71, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) 70-76, Webb Simpson 70-76, Matt Wallace (ENG) 74-72
147 - Jason Kokrak 71-76, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 74-73, Billy Horschel 76-71, Phil Mickelson 75-72, Adam Scott (AUS) 74-73, Sebastian Munoz (COL) 74-73, Ian Poulter 74-73, Paul Casey (ENG) 73-74
The following players failed to make the cut
148 - Jimmy Walker 75-73, Matt Kuchar 78-70, Max Homa 74-74, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 76-72, Daniel Berger 75--73
149 - Mike Weir (CAN) 78-71, Lanto Griffin 76-73, Kevin Kisner 72-77, Danny Willett (ENG) 76-73, Brooks Koepka 74-75, Dustin Johnson 74-75, Lee Westwood (ENG) 78-71
150 - C.T. Pan (TPE) 79-71, Dylan Frittelli (RSA) 76-74, Robert Streb 75-75, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 76-74
151 - Victor Perez (FRA) 78-73, Zach Johnson 77-74, Bernhard Langer (GER) 74-77
152 - Brian Gay 78-74, a-Charles Osborne 76-76, Patrick Cantlay 79-73
153 - Carlos Ortiz (MEX) 82-71, Ian Woosnam (WAL) 76-77, Jason Day (AUS) 77-76
154 - a-Joe Long (ENG) 82-72
156 - Hudson Swafford 73-83, Sandy Lyle (SCO) 81-75
157 - Fred Couples 79-78, Im Sung-jae (KOR) 77-80
159 - Vijay Singh (FIJ) 79-80
161 - a-Tyler Strafaci 80-81
163 - Larry Mize 84-79
Matthew Wolff DQ