Two-time former champion Seve Ballesteros went out in 37 but racked up an 80 to add to his 86 for 22 over Lee Westwood bounced back from a 79 with a round of 73 and at eight over made the weekend cut right on the number Joint overnight leader Brett Wetterich, an early starter, carded a 73 to remain the joint leader at two under Tiger Woods was looking to mount one of his trademark charges but was forced to battle for a 74 and three over Luke Donald started bogey, eagle and went on to post a grinding 74, also for three over Padraig Harrington began with three straight birdies and fired a stunning 68, the first of the week, to rocket to one over England's Paul Casey nearly made an ace on the 12th en route to his own 68 - good enough for three over US Ryder Cup man Zach Johnson led for a while at three under but finished with three straight bogeys Wales' Masters debutant Bradley Dredge puts together a very accomplished round of 70 to get amongst it Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, ghosted through the field and is the best-placed of golf's "big guns" at level par Tim Clark, last year's runner-up, continued his Augusta love-in with a second 71 for two under and a share of the lead England's David Howell found the going tougher on Friday but hung on in there to remain just three adrift Howell's compatriot Justin Rose, who led with Wetterich overnight, also had to dig deep but is still excellently placed
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