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Leishman rides Masters rollercoaster

11th April, 2014
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Marc Leishman stormed into the outright lead early in the second round of the Masters at Augusta National before jumping aboard a bogey train.

Leishman opened with three straight birdies to get to five-under and grab the lead before making bogeys on the fourth, fifth and seventh holes to fall back from the pack.

The Victorian then flew over the back of the ninth green and ended up making a double bogey, before bogey on the 10th hole dropped him back to one-over-par for the week.

Defending champion Adam Scott will get his second round underway shortly, starting at three-under, just a shot off the current lead.

Swede Jonas Blixt and Americans Bill Haas and Kevin Stadler currently lead the way at four-under-par.

Leishman hit a sublime approach from the trees and pine straw on the opening hole to just three feet to get his hot start underway.

Despite once again finding the pine straw on the par-five second the 30-year-old played an impressive lay up before chipping to five-feet and burying another birdie.

When he rolled in a curling 20-footer on the third he was suddenly the sole leader at Augusta National.

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Leishman is no stranger to the lead at the Masters having held the 2013 first-round lead after a 66 and going on to be tied fourth.

But he’ll need to find a way to stop his backwards momentum to stay in the mix for the green jacket.

John Senden sits one-over for the week after just five holes of his second round while Oliver Goss is two-under on his second round through 14 holes to be two-over for the tournament, now two shots clear as leading amateur in the field.

Steven Bowditch is also two-over for the week, six holes into his second round.

World No.4 Jason Day is one-over through 12 holes to fall to four-over, in danger of missing the cut of the top 50 and ties plus those within 10 of the lead.

Matt Jones struggled in his Masters debut shooting a 78 Friday to finish at eight-over, ending his green jacket dream.

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