Unknown Aussie sets Masters pace

Surprise leader ... Guyatt has tamed the tough Kingston Heath layout over two rounds. Source: News Limited

Instead of surprise Australian Masters leader Matthew Guyatt falling back to the pack in Friday's second round, it was tournament favourites Adam Scott and Ian Poulter who couldn't match him.

Instead of surprise Australian Masters leader Matthew Guyatt falling back to the pack in Friday's second round, it was tournament favourites Adam Scott and Ian Poulter who couldn't match him.

And two of the event's other drawcards - Irishman Graeme McDowell and two-time winner Robert Allenby - crashed out of contention.

Guyatt started the day at seven under par with a two-shot lead over Australia's top-ranked player Scott, English defending champion Poulter and New Zealand's Michael Hendry.

By the end of the second round, Guyatt had reached 10-under on the back of a three-under-par 69 and Hendry was the only player still within two shots of him, in outright second spot.

Poulter was left fuming after managing only an even par round of 72 on Friday to fall five shots off the pace.

"I've left quite a few shots out on the golf course and I'm not very happy," the world No.16 said.

Scott, the world No.5, at one stage late in his round climbed to eight-under but a dropped shot on the par-three 15th meant he finished seven under, in third spot, three shots adrift of Guyatt.

That means 37-year-old world No.1474 Guyatt will get his wish of playing in Saturday's final group with Hendry instead of Scott, which he feared might have been more intimidating.

"I don't know whether I'd relish and thrive under it actually, I just don't know," Guyatt said, before learning who his third-round partner would be.

"I actually said to my caddie - it was looking like Mike Hendry might be the guy I get paired with - I said that wouldn't be bad because I've travelled a little bit on OneAsia this year with Mike and get along well with him.

"That might be a good initiation into the final group rather than a Poulter or an Adam Scott or someone like that where the crowds are going to be heavily increased."

While Scott and Poulter are still well in contention and expected to play together in Saturday's penultimate group, McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion, had a horror day.

Despite starting with an eagle and a birdie he shot 77 to be four-over, enough to just scrape through the cut, his last 15 holes including six bogeys and a double-bogey.

Out-of-form two-time Masters winner Allenby looked set to miss the weekend, before birdying the last to also be four-over.

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