American golfer Bubba Watson has surged to a second-round lead in the US Masters with the help of five consecutive birdies on the back at the Augusta National on Thursday.
The 2012 Masters champion sparked the best run of the tournament so far when he stuck his tee shot at No. 12 within 3 feet of the cup, following which he tapped in for the first of five straight birdies that pushed his second-round score to 8 under with two holes to play.
According to Sport24, Watson made it five in a row at the par-3 16th, pulling off another magnificent tee shot that rolled up about 4 feet short of the flag and went four strokes ahead of first-round leader Bill Haas, who had an afternoon tee time.
The report mentioned that the American joined David Toms, Gary Player, Geoff Ogilvy and Hale Irwin as the only players to run off nothing but birdies from the 12th to 16th holes.
Kevin Stadler was also at 4 under and briefly in the lead until a double-bogey at the 11th knocked back the second-generation player, who along with his father,1982 winner Craig Stadler, are the first father-son duo to play in the same Masters.
Thomas Bjorn had the best score in the clubhouse after birdies on four of the last five holes and he signed for a 68 that took him to 3-under 141 at the midway point, the report added.
