Woods found the water at 12 and 13 but dropped just one shot

"I'm not in control of the ball as I would like to be - I haven't been all year - but I'm not going to be a million miles away at the end of the day."
David Howell struggled a little during a testing second round but kept things reasonably tidy and is now in great shape for his first top-20 of the season. And what a place to do it.

"I'm happy really - I think. It was a hard, hard round, way harder than yesterday."
Justin Rose is not sure if his three-over 75 was as good it looks on the leaderboard. It was certainly not as good as it deserved to be - the Englishman played beautifully once more but this time with little reward.

"A bird flew right over me and I stopped my swing somehow. I felt like I broke my back, my neck, my arm. I don't know how baseball players check their swings."
Woods describes his remarkable "airshot"/last-second bail-out when one of Augusta's feathered denizens disturbed his backswing.

"I like it. Obviously it's a spot I've never been in before."
Brett Wetterich may not have led a Masters before - he has never played in one before - but he knows a good feeling when he feels one.

"This golf course always gives you a chance to shoot a good score."
Paul Casey is loving life at Augusta again after his superb 68 in the second round - best forget that opening 79 then.

"I am never going to be too far away and, with the weather forecast the way it is and the greens getting firmer and faster, it wouldn't surprise me if even or over par could win this tournament."
Luke Donald, a US Open-type player if ever there was one, is hoping for a US Open-type winning score come Sunday.

"These greens are the toughest I've ever seen."
Tom Watson, who has played Augusta a few times, was not a happy camper after his triple-bogey seven at 18 saw him miss the weekend by one.