Thai No 1 holds nerve with late eagle, birdies to make cut in Augusta 

The Thai No 1 and current world No 29 seemed to sure to be heading home early after carding a seven-over-par 79, his worst ever Masters score, in the first round.
The omens were little better early on day two yesterday (Thailand time), as he carded two more bogeys to fall back to eight-over after ten holes, three strokes outside the projected cut at five-over.
But then the big guy hit his stride at last.
He had gone into the tournament promising his fans on Twitter: “The way I qualified for the Masters is amazing. Now I want to show the world an Asian can surprise and contend in a major.”
And he was true to his word.
First, he struck a magnificent second-shot approach at the 13th to within four feet of the hole and sank his putt for an eagle.
He grabbed another birdie at the 15th to reach his five-over target. Again his Masters seemed to be over as he carded a bogey at the par-three 16th.
He headed up the 18th needing a birdie to keep alive and sure enough, another fine approach gave him the chance he needed on the final green and he sank the clutch putt to walk off his best Masters score, a two-under 70, to make the cut for the second time since his debut in 2016.
He will have his work cut out to better his best Masters finish, tied for 15th two years ago, but he was delighted to still be in contention.
“What a great recovery day,” he posted to his Facebook page. “I made it for 70, right on the line, after starting with a 79. Let’s go low on the weekend.”
He said he’d been rewarded for a positive attitude and thanked his online fans.
 “If you don't stand back, there's always a chance,” he added. “Thank you for all the cheers.”

Fallen by the wayside
While no one expects Kiradech to trouble the leaders over the weekend there are plenty of  big-name players who would happily swap places with him right now.
The cut was 5-over-par 149 and while 53 players advanced to the weekend, 11 former Masters champions missed the cut, including reigning champion Sergio Garcia, who didn’t stand a chance after losing eight shots to par in just one hole in the first round.
For the second consecutive year since winning the Masters Tournament, 2016 winner Danny Willett failed to make the cut at Augusta National.
Willett needed pars on Nos. 17 and 18 to qualify for the weekend, but the 30-year-old Englishman bogeyed both.
“It's a bummer,” he said. “We were doing a lot of good work. I have a lot of good positives to take from the week and how we played but, yeah, things just didn't quite fall into place today.”